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In reply to the discussion: i understand fully, Hilary's premise that Sen Sanders hurt her candidacy. [View all]lunasun
(21,646 posts)20. Thank you - Her primary opponent refused for weeks
How is that a neutral factor? He did not concede.
no unity no win doesn't help the larger equation that resulted the current situation
Sanders before the 16 convention
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i understand fully, Hilary's premise that Sen Sanders hurt her candidacy. [View all]
Ninga
Sep 2017
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"democrat election"? It is the DEMOCRATIC election. Referring to the DEMOCRATIC party as
still_one
Sep 2017
#2
It's the DEMOCRATIC party, NOT the "Democrat party". All I was doing was informing the poster
still_one
Sep 2017
#24
Actually "Democrat Party" can be traced back to the 1930s or earlier. It became dormant....
George II
Sep 2017
#106
My orginal comment was to post #1, and that poster changed the post accordingly to Democratic
still_one
Sep 2017
#61
When he hung on in the end after California I asked how can he not be helping republicans ?
lunasun
Sep 2017
#7
Easier than what you describe - In January 2013, as she was leaving - she could have left all her
karynnj
Sep 2017
#37
Ditto on the Wall St. speeches & the comment about being broke when they left the WH.
CrispyQ
Sep 2017
#13
She didn't do the same thing in '08. She graciously conceded and worked hard for Obama.
brush
Sep 2017
#23
More media/pundit spew. The 77,000 votes needed to swing the EC was calculated...
brush
Sep 2017
#58
When did Sanders formally drop out of the Democratic race? Not the same unity push imo
lunasun
Sep 2017
#19
If the FBI didn't make something out of the fake email scandal they would have picked something else
StevieM
Sep 2017
#84
My post is in regards to after California,about after she clinched the nomination- way after in fact
lunasun
Sep 2017
#82
No, he didn't have to. The right and honorable thing to do when you see there's no chance to win
lunamagica
Sep 2017
#83
As a Hillary supporters at that time I remember the outrage was epic over that, here and everywhere.
Autumn
Sep 2017
#132
He conceded July 6th. The convention started July 25th, almost three weeks later.
Ken Burch
Sep 2017
#95
I especially like how you move the goalposts without even attempting to hide it.
LanternWaste
Sep 2017
#64
Neither Obama nor Hillary attacked or discredited the DNC "establishment" during their primary
Proud Liberal Dem
Sep 2017
#54
It's my understanding that an overwhelming majority of those who voted for him....
Weekend Warrior
Sep 2017
#15
The small number of hardcore Sanders people were probably lost to us anyway.
Willie Pep
Sep 2017
#31
But would any of those Bernie or Busters have been in Clinton's court whether Sanders had
JCanete
Sep 2017
#56
But those factors should still be discussed honestly, and I've just presented ways in which Sanders
JCanete
Sep 2017
#71
Should we have never had a primary at all? Trump said much more vicious things about his
SweetieD
Sep 2017
#17
The huge difference was that repug primary candidates did not continually attack their own party...
brush
Sep 2017
#25
I completely disagree with that. I never saw Bernie attack anyone.He robustly campaigned for Hillary
SweetieD
Sep 2017
#32
Forget the unity tour. During the campaign a certain senator constantly attacked his own party.
brush
Sep 2017
#36
"All" his campainging for her ??? He hardly campaigned for Hillary at all. Shame on him
trueblue2007
Sep 2017
#38
Your last sentence is ironic considering your avatar. I'm not sigling you out personally, but
lunamagica
Sep 2017
#92
You're right. He never should've been allowed to run as a Dem. It just divided us and it still...
brush
Sep 2017
#100
You numbers were off...and some Obama supporters may have been independents....the
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#124
You don't have to buy it, but the consensus here is that it was indeed "somebody else's fault".
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2017
#110
I'm just hopeful that the Democratic party will come to its senses about the far left. They are not
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2017
#116
Yes. A clear example of "words matter." Sarandon 's callous and off handed words were
Ninga
Sep 2017
#120
No. Fox, Breitbart, GOP, NYT, Judicial Watch all hurt her FAR MORE than Bernie
sharedvalues
Sep 2017
#107
Of course he did. It's not about a popularity contest, it's about FACTS. The statement is true.
Lil Missy
Sep 2017
#127