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Hillary Clinton

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17. He was supposed to debate her from the left, give her a sparring partner

Reply to SirBrockington (Reply #15)

Sat Jun 18, 2016, 03:10 PM

Jun 2016

Debating just Martin O'Malley would not make for riveting TV. She would also be able to move leftward and bring the voters with her once Bernie staked out the extremes, her left shift looking moderate by contrast. This is classic political theory as taught at Wellesley in the late '60s.

He wasn't supposed to pose a real threat, or divide the party.

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The First Female Nominee should not have to share... [View all] SaschaHM Jun 2016 OP

He can speak to his farting protestors outside! Freddie Jun 2016 #1

To my knowledge... yallerdawg Jun 2016 #2

He could at the very least concede without endorsing SirBrockington Jun 2016 #14

I must differ. BootinUp Jun 2016 #3

Typical. The female has to be considerate of the male "feels". DawgHouse Jun 2016 #4

Always Ellen Forradalom Jun 2016 #11

I couldn't possibly agree more. Maru Kitteh Jun 2016 #5

+1! BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #6

As my father would say,... MarianJack Jun 2016 #7

It's called the Nominating Convention for a reason. procon Jun 2016 #8

I am old enough to remember 1960 -- Adlai and Symington, JFK and LBJ nominations splat Jun 2016 #9

Hillary is going to do whatever she thinks she needs to do to win... Walk away Jun 2016 #10

It has nothing to do with gender. The party should not cave in for his blackmail question everything Jun 2016 #12

That is the only rule change that matters: only vetted Democrats allowed to run for president... teamster633 Jun 2016 #16

No bowing down to the loser DemonGoddess Jun 2016 #13

I blame DWS incompetence SirBrockington Jun 2016 #15

He was supposed to debate her from the left, give her a sparring partner splat Jun 2016 #17

K & R SunSeeker Jun 2016 #18

K&R sheshe2 Jun 2016 #19

Hell NO.. no giving in to BS' pouting. Cha Jun 2016 #20

K&R NEDem Jun 2016 #21