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La Lioness Priyanka

(53,866 posts) Thu Nov 7, 2013, 05:40 PM Nov 2013

My belief is that no big name Democrat showed up to support Buono [View all]

because they didn't want to appear to lose some sort of proxy war to Christie. Buono would still have lost, though likely with a smaller margin and the narrative for the media would be that "Obama/Clinton/some-other-important-Democrat loses to Christie in 2016"

To that degree even if I don't approve of it, I understand why they stayed away from this.

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My belief is that no big name Democrat showed up to support Buono [View all] La Lioness Priyanka Nov 2013 OP

Lose to not look like losers n/t leftstreet Nov 2013 #1

Sometimes you must destroy the village to save it. HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #3

i am not saying that i approve of this, i am just hypothesizing that this is what happened La Lioness Priyanka Nov 2013 #4

I understand. Yours is an evidence based report of what happened. HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #5

The President didn't even bother walking over and saying hello to her when he was at the shore monmouth3 Nov 2013 #2

That's pretty much it--to localize the election and contain the fallout nt geek tragedy Nov 2013 #6

in my opinion, they should have helped her. the fallout would only last a week or so La Lioness Priyanka Nov 2013 #7

Here's a key aspect I think you overlooked: geek tragedy Nov 2013 #9

yes, this was all calculations about 2016 La Lioness Priyanka Nov 2013 #10

She had to know it wasn't just an uphill climb; it was an insurmountable sheer cliff. MADem Nov 2013 #8

his win would have been viewed as an even bigger victory if all the Dems came out JI7 Nov 2013 #11