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In reply to the discussion: So, have we decided who we are purging from the party yet? [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)and small businesses survive the 2008 recession to the same extent that it helped the big banks survive that recession.
She would not have come out worse had she talked about stopping mass murders through insuring responsible gun control. She would not have come out worse had she called for a rational energy policy that views coal as a transitional energy source and builds an industry that creates alternative energy in Kentucky.
She did not win with her relatively conservative platform. She could have introduced some progressive ideas that would actually offer solutions. She did not run a bad campaign but if she could not win with the relatively conservative stances on those issues that she offered, hey, she could have educated a few voters to think beyond the status quo ideas into progressive ideas.
She ran a good campaign until she refused to admit voting (or not voting) for Obama. That's my understanding. She should have been honest in her answer and explained why she did or did not vote for Obama.