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We lost control of the narrative. [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 OP
Wouldn't losing control of something imply once having it? HughBeaumont Dec 2016 #1
Re:CNBC. Obama has been pretty good for the markets, like Clinton DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #3
But the GOP is "perceived" as the party of business, and better for business. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #5
That's the irony. The research suggests Dems are better for the economy, from the highest ... DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #7
Much, much better for the economy. They break it; we fix it. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #18
True, but as has been posted here, the media gave minimal attention guillaumeb Dec 2016 #23
Because we lost control of the narrative pscot Dec 2016 #25
Agreed. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #26
Oh, indeed he has. HughBeaumont Dec 2016 #9
Some of the smarter ones on CNBC do. There are a few good apples . DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #13
I'm more befuddled that people actually fell for it. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #2
Trump said real unemployment is 42% DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #6
Because FOX, Breitbart and Trump all pushed fear, anger and resentment. And the brain chemistry KittyWampus Dec 2016 #10
All news is local. This is not an evenly distributed recovery Amishman Dec 2016 #16
Clinton won on the economy, according to exit polls. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #17
"they're clearly gullible and easily influenced" SubjectiveLife78 Dec 2016 #20
Because Democrats generally appeal to logic and rationalism. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #21
+1,000 etherealtruth Dec 2016 #24
Are the people that voted for Trump for those reasons you stated the ones that won him the election? SubjectiveLife78 Dec 2016 #29
They voted for a pathological liar who is a sociopath. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #30
Given that the corporate media is owned by the 1%, as are many politicians, guillaumeb Dec 2016 #4
The likely GOP voter isn't interested in your narrative Johonny Dec 2016 #8
A large enough number of those people WERE interested in Obama's narrative and delivery. KittyWampus Dec 2016 #11
"Everything is relative. You need to compare things to like things." SubjectiveLife78 Dec 2016 #12
Things are relative to each other. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #14
Yeah, but there's only one President at a time SubjectiveLife78 Dec 2016 #19
Beginning January 20th, 2017 workinclasszero Dec 2016 #15
Speaking in abstracts does not work. Caliman73 Dec 2016 #22
The narrative was right there, people just didn't pay much attention outside their comfort zones. Sunlei Dec 2016 #27
we lost control of getting our votes counted. The big democratic citys have nothing but broken putitinD Dec 2016 #28
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