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There is little doubt that Hillary will be the nominee... (Original Post) speaktruthtopower May 2016 OP
No metroins May 2016 #1
You're close. Lizzie Poppet May 2016 #3
Sanders > Clinton > Trump. We need to win, and to select the stronger progressive. CentralCoaster May 2016 #2

metroins

(2,550 posts)
1. No
Wed May 4, 2016, 10:05 AM
May 2016

Bernie chose a bad campaign strategy by not focusing on the southern large delegate vote in the beginning.

This is why he lost so early on.

 

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)
3. You're close.
Wed May 4, 2016, 10:12 AM
May 2016

Bernie's campaign began with the problem of conservative Southern states dominating the early primaries, artificially creating momentum for the establishment candidate. In other words, the primary schedule was set up to favor the status-quo...and unfortunately (for the people), that strategy (combined with having the corporate media in the bag for Hillary) may well have succeeded.

Bernie did what he could in the South (and is quite obviously the better candidate for that region's vast majority of working class people), but it was too much to overcome.

 

CentralCoaster

(1,163 posts)
2. Sanders > Clinton > Trump. We need to win, and to select the stronger progressive.
Wed May 4, 2016, 10:06 AM
May 2016

Hillary had name recognition and a powerful set of friends going into this.

Neither of these things give us jobs or healthcare or a healthy environment.

Quite the opposite is true.

And, shes the weaker candidate against Trump.

Sanders for the win.

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