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In reply to the discussion: Control of SCOTUS was on the ballot in 2016 and we are suffering the consequences of people ignoring this issue [View all]
StevieM
(10,578 posts)21. Yes, the speech was during the primaries, in April.
The point is that she was on the ground in Wisconsin.
More importantly, she spent more money in advertising in Wisconsin than Obama did in 2012. And she had a larger ground operation than Obama did in 2012.
I doubt most voters were aware of whether she even held rallies there. And I am sure that it would not have mattered if she did. She held more rallies in Pennsylvania than anywhere else. The data made it clear that where you held your rallies wasn't what determined the outcome of a given state.
The voters did not feel ignored by the candidates in 2016, they felt exhausted with them. And that election was all about exactly what it appeared to be about at the time: the ridiculous email investigation.
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Control of SCOTUS was on the ballot in 2016 and we are suffering the consequences of people ignoring this issue [View all]
LetMyPeopleVote
Mar 2024
OP
Yes we are, and unfortunately it will be the gift that keeps on giving for sometime. Those
JohnSJ
Mar 2024
#1
Absolutely! The court is on the ballot for every election in the foreseeable future until Alito and Thomas die or retire
In It to Win It
Mar 2024
#37
People upset about Roe v Wade being overturned won't like contraception being banned.
yardwork
Mar 2024
#55
Or that engage and ignore the fact that politics is the art of the possible, not the perfect
Kennah
Mar 2024
#6
Too many people smugly sneer at politics and consider themselves above it.
Hermit-The-Prog
Mar 2024
#28
My (late) neighbor used a very broad brush to excuse his failure to vote...
Hermit-The-Prog
Mar 2024
#36
You are correct. I will never forgive those who thought it was worthwhile to "run-out-the-clock" *
Oopsie Daisy
Mar 2024
#18
Rallies were a 2016 obsession. The Our Revolution that was supposed to happen was
betsuni
Mar 2024
#33
Nobody ever interviews me in a diner. I weep constantly over that. No candidate seeks out my town.
Hekate
Mar 2024
#34
Not whining about being ignored, taken for granted, not listened to, voices not heard, betrayed,
betsuni
Mar 2024
#42
As it happens, in my midlife I got to actually see a few presidential candidates & one President
Hekate
Mar 2024
#43
Wow! I think the only politician I'd be interested in shaking hands with is Bill Clinton and I don't even
betsuni
Mar 2024
#47
It was an unusual experience on several levels. For one thing, the surge of the crowd lifted me off my feet...
Hekate
Mar 2024
#76
And even now, we have a whole NEW batch of disloyal folks who are attacking, undermining, and *
Oopsie Daisy
Mar 2024
#15
It's still amazing that people, after forty years of clear evidence that both parties are not the same,
Aristus
Mar 2024
#17
That both parties are the same now simply means both are capitalist. The ONLY way they
betsuni
Mar 2024
#24
They sure pay close attention to and repeat mis/disinformation about Democrats.
betsuni
Mar 2024
#46
That the USA is capitalist is neither new, nor controversial, nor the biggest problem of real people.
RandomNumbers
Mar 2024
#73
Problem started in 2015/16 when "democratic socialism" got a new definition along with "progressive."
betsuni
Mar 2024
#86
Weaponizing "progressive"against Democrats ("establishment") and giving it a new definition:
betsuni
Mar 2024
#70
Stunning overconfidence, an almost religious belief they are right, black or white thinking,
betsuni
Mar 2024
#71
But she got paid for speeches at Goldman Sachs Wall St. Wall St. Wall St., that was more important.
betsuni
Mar 2024
#38
And yet today we have DEMOCRATIC members of Congress refusing to endorse Biden and implicitly supporting Trump.
tritsofme
Mar 2024
#48
Liberals who were too pure to vote for Hillary Clinton are the reason why the SCOTUS is full of partisan hacks
LetMyPeopleVote
Mar 2024
#50
Are people as angry at RBG for not stepping down and allowing a Dem President to choose her replacement?
TheRickles
Mar 2024
#57
In my lifetime, only once has the same party won three presidential elections in a row
MichMan
Mar 2024
#84
Thank Susan Sarandon and all the other liberals who were too pure/lazy to vote for Hillary in the general election
LetMyPeopleVote
Mar 2024
#64
For everyone who refused to vote for Hillary Clinton, everything the SCOTUS does is your fault
LetMyPeopleVote
Mar 2024
#87