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leveymg

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7. This is precisely why Hillary will have to raise $2 billion plus to run.

Reply to Segami (Original post)

Tue Jun 2, 2015, 03:24 PM

Jun 2015

She will not enjoy the sort of mass voluntary grassroots GOTV support that Obama received from progressives, labor and minorities. She will instead rely on a lot of media buys and spend huge amounts on spectacles, professional campaign staff, and hopes to get leverage from corporate news coverage.

It will be huge, and if handled clumsily, turn out to be a huge turn-off.

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New Dems And Blue Dogs WHINING It Costs Them More To Run For Congress Than It Costs Real Democrats [View all] Segami Jun 2015 OP

I honestly don't understand the DCCC kenfrequed Jun 2015 #1

And these Democrats are the ones that get beaten in midterms too! cascadiance Jun 2015 #4

Oh gods yes. kenfrequed Jun 2015 #5

Stopped reading at, "Real Democrats" ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #2

Could you please define what is the difference between a conservative Democrat BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #6

While these are really broad, to the point of uselessness, terms ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #8

Snow came to mind after I posted BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #9

I agree; but, as much as we would like to argue about it ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #10

Except polling repeatedly shows this claim is wrong. jeff47 Jun 2015 #12

That is a fair point. I should have said ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #13

I would argue that liberals are the majority by a wide margin BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #14

I edited that to what I should have said ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #15

I would edit to say BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #18

+ another Scuba Jun 2015 #22

+1 Scuba Jun 2015 #21

Liberals: you can count on em when the going gets rough BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #24

If you have a quality product, Downwinder Jun 2015 #3

This is precisely why Hillary will have to raise $2 billion plus to run. leveymg Jun 2015 #7

Keep in mind that Bernie got 100,000 volunteers in the first week that he announced... Mr. Robot Jun 2015 #17

Tsk. Tsk. Sad, very sad. Heartbreaking. Tragic. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2015 #11

Boo fuckin' hoo. Mr. Robot Jun 2015 #16

Is it because the blue dogs are in redder states and its more difficult for a leftier democrat... aikoaiko Jun 2015 #19

^ Wilms Jun 2015 #20

K&R Scuba Jun 2015 #23