We always hear about the 3 million+ voters for HRC.
Where did they come from? That is what matters.
During the early votes in the Southern part of the
country Bernie was not known very well, and neither
was O'Malley.
Thus both of those candidates were not given the
same chance as the overwhelmingly well known
Clinton.
In my view O'Malley was a year too late to become
a well known candidate, and Bernie was 6-8 months
behind as well.
The debates were set up in such a way that not many
dems watched them: One during an important sports
event, the other the Saturday before Christmas. Who
arranged for this???
It made me very angry at the time, that most of the time
during the debates was concentrating on HRC, Bernie was
second, and O'Malley was almost ignored.
Just think for a moment how different these primaries
would have been without HRC. No scandals, no baggage
and a very fair voting choice. I think, under those
circumstances O'Malley may have won, because he offered
new ideas without being called a "socialist".
It makes me sad to see the media and the DNC insisting
on the candidate with the biggest unfavorable ratings,
which would not have happened between the other two.
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as the smaller, more intimate meet and greet venues.
Wow
It's a long tradition in the south to disrespect outsiders. Bernie is an outsider, fer sure, so there is that.
The way to disrespect people.
High school students are hit by a high-pressure water jet from a firehose during a peaceful walk in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963. As photographed by Charles Moore, images like this one, printed in Life, inspired international support for the demonstrators
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_campaign
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Our candidate has performed very well in the primaries--way better than anyone expected. Furthermore, our candidate draws massive crowds, crowds that HRC could only dream about. No one shows up to her speeches with either numbers or enthusiasm--it's painfully obvious. She has to play small venues so there are no damaging photographs of empty seats.
Just had to set the record straight. Wouldn't want you to be under some kind of illusion.
Cher
What you are misconstruing as preference the public has for your candidate is actually just name-brand awareness. Hillary has been in public life for decades. Running Bernie against Hillary is like running XYZ Toothpaste against Crest.
Despite having that enormous advantage, preference for Hillary drops dramatically in every state when Bernie comes to town. You see this pattern over and over and over again. As soon as people become familiar with Bernie, they drop Hillary like yesterday's leftover soggy sandwich.
I'm a former brand manager, and I can tell you that if my product performed like Hillary when a new introduction (Bernie) came in, I would have been fired, and it wouldn't have taken long. That is a standard across the industry: brand managers do not last if their product loses market share.
There's another element in all this, and that is the voter chicanery that follows HRC wherever she goes, but I won't develop that point any more. I am sure you get the idea.
Cher
Just a few more days and this ugliness goes away.
At least to some...
BTW, my canvassing supports this: every Hillary supporter I encountered in CA said they were voting for Hillary because they wanted a woman president. 
I was shocked at the reason for people's support honestly. I thought people were backing her as the more conservative candidate with more experience, too. Or they didn't like Bernie's style. But nope. 
Sorry your candidate just doesn't have "it."
Cher
This comes up #4:
that's the impression I got, that people had voted before
they'd heard of Bernie, and more than a few were kicking themselves.. 
so those numbers don't mean 
