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Marr

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37. Oh right, because Obama was just electoral candy.

Sat Mar 21, 2015, 11:22 AM

Mar 2015

A black man with not one, but two names that recalled our biggest national bogeymen of the day. Can't judge a hyper-connected, hyper-funded political insider too harshly for losing to someone with such an easy ticket.

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The Hill: Why Hillary Can Win Big [View all] RiverLover Mar 2015 OP

It does look good for Clinton. ananda Mar 2015 #1

Just VOTE....vote for anyone but a christofascist who wants World War 3. It is not brain surgery. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #2

Well first we need a primary with some progressives in the mix. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #27

What blue states do you predict will turn red if HRC is the nominee? OKNancy Mar 2015 #3

I don't think she will be the nominee. RiverLover Mar 2015 #4

ROFL OKNancy Mar 2015 #5

Have fun down there. RiverLover Mar 2015 #6

Exactly...nt SidDithers Mar 2015 #7

Yes, you got no answer treestar Mar 2015 #8

Many people think in terms of a popular vote OKNancy Mar 2015 #12

My vote in Arkansas has always been symbolic Art_from_Ark Mar 2015 #26

Mississippi (sarcasm) still_one Mar 2015 #32

2008 is not comparable in that treestar Mar 2015 #9

Oh right, because Obama was just electoral candy. Marr Mar 2015 #37

I don't see him that way treestar Mar 2015 #40

In an America that is seeing rapid demographic changes such candidacies will be seen as the norm./NT DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #50

Are you denying that Obama had a steep demographic hill to climb in 2008? /nt Marr Mar 2015 #55

It was an incredible achievement DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #56

No living person who is eligible to run in 2016 has received more presidential primary votes geek tragedy Mar 2015 #10

Fact check RiverLover Mar 2015 #11

Obama is not eligible to run in 2016. Will edit my post title to make that clear nt geek tragedy Mar 2015 #13

Nice try. No one has ANY primary votes for 2016 yet. RiverLover Mar 2015 #14

Here's what matters from '08 primaries: Both Clinton and Obama individually got more votes in the Bluenorthwest Mar 2015 #24

Point to an instance where her popularity "nose-dived" brooklynite Mar 2015 #15

Wow. Lets wait & watch the primaries to see about that. RiverLover Mar 2015 #16

Hillary Clinton's popularity over time (Gallup) brooklynite Mar 2015 #34

IT's only gone up since then treestar Mar 2015 #42

BS Her favorables are falling, unfavorables rising, peaked in 2011. "Conversation with America" WTF NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #17

"She's going to ruin our parties brand." DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #19

"Conversation with America"? WTF? It's like a god damned Bathroom Tissue commercial. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #21

Working folks are too busy, errrrr, working than gazing at their navels DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #29

Well Stated.. KoKo Mar 2015 #38

+ Millions! RiverLover Mar 2015 #20

And the media is trying to start a horse race by throwing Clinton in android fan Mar 2015 #22

The proposition that because someone lost one battle he or she will lose every succeeding battle. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #18

Aren't you just a -little- ashamed to support someone who went to extraordinary lengths RiverLover Mar 2015 #23

Next to my mom and girlfriend I hold no woman in higher esteem than Hillary Clinton... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #25

About that 'lost one election so that means all will be lost' concept. In Liz Warren's Republican Bluenorthwest Mar 2015 #31

"Elizabeth Warren Destroys Reaganomics in 1 minute" RiverLover Mar 2015 #36

Do you really think the email non scandal is a reason not to support someone? Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #54

Clip: In which Hillary Clinton shares how she connects so well to everyday working folks: NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #28

The CFR boogey man, ay DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #33

If you've been following Hillary on Twitter Proud Public Servant Mar 2015 #30

The author's track record is abysmal Man from Pickens Mar 2015 #35

That's hilarious (dark comedy). Thank you for the info! RiverLover Mar 2015 #39

Did you notice? Man from Pickens Mar 2015 #44

Franklin Roosevelt created the Office Of Strategic Services which was the forerunner to the CIA. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #49

The author criticizes Bibi and Rudy and praises President Obama, according to your citation DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #48

you didn't look very closely did you Man from Pickens Mar 2015 #51

So he is 90% pro Democratic and 10% pro Republican DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #53

except , as people are constantly pointing out, she's not Bill Clinton cali Mar 2015 #41

Contentious but true. /nt RiverLover Mar 2015 #43

Nobody was more unlikeable than Nixon DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #45

if there was not substitute for persistence than Harold Stassen would have cali Mar 2015 #46

Stassen was a fringe candidate...Anybody was going to look unfavorable compared to John Kennedy./NT DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #47

I want Bernie, but if he isnt the nominee I will vote for who HE votes for... NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #52

Democrats don't ever get "mandates". Ever. The Republicans and the media KittyWampus Mar 2015 #57