2016 Postmortem

SheilaT

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1. Thanks for posting this.

Thu Jan 14, 2016, 05:39 PM

Jan 2016

Ever since last summer, even before Bernie declared, when the Hillary people were announcing with great smugness that she really, really, REALLY was inevitable this time, at least some of us were highly skeptical. And every time we mentioned 2008 we were brushed off, as if she had never actually been touted as inevitable back then, and besides, they'd played nice (PUMAs, anyone?) and now was HER TURN! So get used to it!

I have been heartily annoyed at the Hillary supporters here who have been incredibly rude and condescending, although they seem to have gone somewhat silent in the past couple of days, which is nice.

Makes me almost want to create a new persona here just to hop into the Hillary forum and say what I really feel.

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Hillary Clinton�s National Lead Is Slipping Faster In 2016 Than It Did In 2008 - WaPo [View all] WillyT Jan 2016 OP

Thanks for posting this. SheilaT Jan 2016 #1

I'm glad someone else noticed the silence. draa Jan 2016 #6

Hillary is now going back up in the polls faster than before up 21 lowa lewebley3 Jan 2016 #64

are you going to provide evidence?' Javaman Jan 2016 #90

Gravis poll: Real Clear politics lewebley3 Jan 2016 #95

link? Javaman Jan 2016 #100

Why cite a shitty gravis poll when the sterling Ann Selzer poll is a day old? JonLeibowitz Jan 2016 #101

I love a lot of the Hillary people and that doesn't change. I know what it is to go down with roguevalley Jan 2016 #10

+ 1,000,000,000 What You Said !!! WillyT Jan 2016 #12

BACK AT YA, WILLYT! roguevalley Jan 2016 #14

Sanders will go under examining : People will find out he is hot air lewebley3 Jan 2016 #18

hot air rises 2pooped2pop Jan 2016 #42

Hot air doesn't haves substance: but if you like Sanders is wind back talker lewebley3 Jan 2016 #45

Honestly, what does that even mean... SammyWinstonJack Jan 2016 #48

Sanders is an empty suit lewebley3 Jan 2016 #60

Tell us in your opinion who would you choose to draft Hillary's INdemo Jan 2016 #79

Patick Leay : The other Senator who knows Sanders is not supporting Him lewebley3 Jan 2016 #104

If I would have said that about Hillary... Rockyj Jan 2016 #102

'Wind Back Talker' John Poet Jan 2016 #75

He has more substance in his little finger 2pooped2pop Jan 2016 #49

No he has not accomplishements either the private sector or the public lewebley3 Jan 2016 #59

But we can all agree his term won't be.... intersectionality Jan 2016 #65

I think we've found the madokie Jan 2016 #73

lewe, your heart is in the right place but you're really, really bad at this. hedda_foil Jan 2016 #85

I hope, lewebley3, that we learn about you too. You throw bombs nicely roguevalley Jan 2016 #70

Did you have to mention RFK and JFK? pangaia Jan 2016 #26

Yeah. My family knew them and they are large lights in my memory. I roguevalley Jan 2016 #69

They were a big influence on me as well. pangaia Jan 2016 #71

I won't. I think I get your point. No foul. My life is pockmarked with disappointment over roguevalley Jan 2016 #72

We are togther. pangaia Jan 2016 #74

agreed. its like Optimus Prime says, Until all are one. There. I just outed my hobby :D roguevalley Jan 2016 #82

indeed.... those aren't such good references for promising leaders Fast Walker 52 Jan 2016 #94

Count me IN! Duval Jan 2016 #96

No Hillary now going back up in the polls: She went down because of GOP attacks lewebley3 Jan 2016 #15

I admire your reckless abandon. floriduck Jan 2016 #21

Bern would turn red in front of Trump and faint: Sanders is a weak looking lewebley3 Jan 2016 #32

LOL. Thanks for the laugh. nm floriduck Jan 2016 #34

Sanders ran from protesters: Hillary was polite and clam she showed leadership lewebley3 Jan 2016 #36

Who had the armed guards, lol? nt Babel_17 Jan 2016 #39

That is right: Hillary is smart enough to look after supporters safety lewebley3 Jan 2016 #40

So Clinton was rootin' tootin' ready, while Sanders is too gun shy? Ok then Babel_17 Jan 2016 #44

Obama is right Hillary is a gun supporter: She for reasonable gun control: lewebley3 Jan 2016 #47

then you have not actually paid attention 2pooped2pop Jan 2016 #46

Sanders does nt' tell the truth: He cannot breakup banks: he has never lewebley3 Jan 2016 #57

Socialist, commie.....which is it...? SammyWinstonJack Jan 2016 #51

Only Sanders knows lewebley3 Jan 2016 #56

Thank God the GOP won't be attacking her anymore. DisgustipatedinCA Jan 2016 #23

Hillary is leading in Iowa by 21 points again: Gravis poll lewebley3 Jan 2016 #24

LOL! merrily Jan 2016 #28

I don't thnk the race has changed: the Media is playing games for money lewebley3 Jan 2016 #29

LOL! merrily Jan 2016 #31

No, it's true. Hillary's ahead of Bernie 94% to 73%...a 21-point difference with all 167% counted. DisgustipatedinCA Jan 2016 #50

Gravis has no gravitas. merrily Jan 2016 #54

Pass some of that stuff this way, eh? Plucketeer Jan 2016 #37

Read Real Clear poltics: lewebley3 Jan 2016 #38

Is this the poll CoffeeCat Jan 2016 #61

LOL! She didn't go down in Iowa because of "GOP attacks." CoffeeCat Jan 2016 #58

You must be reading polls from three months ago. John Poet Jan 2016 #76

You make a good point. GOP attacks are hurting Hillary. And it will get even worse during the totodeinhere Jan 2016 #86

Maybe some of the most strident HRC supporters that have gone silent were being paid Dustlawyer Jan 2016 #91

Sorry, i have away for a while -- who confessed? LondonReign2 Jan 2016 #92

I thought she would peak at the end of December Rosa Luxemburg Jan 2016 #2

"the final turn?" We haven't even gotten to the backstretch. winter is coming Jan 2016 #3

K&R CharlotteVale Jan 2016 #4

Watch out Clintons and the American Aristocracy, the People's Movement is gaining rhett o rick Jan 2016 #5

That sure explains some of the frantic, angsty posting we see here in GD-P Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #7

BERN BABY BERN retrowire Jan 2016 #8

If that doesn't make you smile you're dead inside. Ed Suspicious Jan 2016 #11

Oh so bad. SmittynMo Jan 2016 #9

I want to say this. MrChuck Jan 2016 #13

Great post and welcome to DU! in_cog_ni_to Jan 2016 #19

Nice! ljm2002 Jan 2016 #20

+1000000 SammyWinstonJack Jan 2016 #53

Very well said, MrChuck. senz Jan 2016 #66

One word: pretty brutal. OK two. nt thereismore Jan 2016 #16

Heard this on MSNBC a while ago. Go Vols Jan 2016 #17

America is sure "ready for Hillary" Still In Wisconsin Jan 2016 #22

ready for that. SammyWinstonJack Jan 2016 #55

I wonder what the excuse will be this time? hifiguy Jan 2016 #25

I said that as soon as she "had to" go in front of the cameras Purveyor Jan 2016 #27

So now we understand why DWS tried to hide the Democratic debates. senz Jan 2016 #67

Hillary is losing her shit. Can't wait to see what comes next. winter is coming Jan 2016 #30

LOL!! (nt) CoffeeCat Jan 2016 #63

Ouch. progressoid Jan 2016 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Jan 2016 #35

Consumers of health care services in the USA know there is a fundametal problem. Enthusiast Jan 2016 #41

Yeah but... Z_California Jan 2016 #43

from the looks of that chart ... Jarqui Jan 2016 #62

This popped into my head... Maedhros Jan 2016 #52

Yep... WillyT Jan 2016 #68

Late Night Kick... WillyT Jan 2016 #77

If she has to lose do it early. peace13 Jan 2016 #78

She needs an exit strategy. HubertHeaver Jan 2016 #98

I agree. peace13 Jan 2016 #103

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jan 2016 #80

HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You Uncle Joe !!! WillyT Jan 2016 #83

Keep up the good fight, WillyT. Uncle Joe Jan 2016 #84

Beautiful. morningfog Jan 2016 #81

She hasn't "plateaued" yet! n/t delrem Jan 2016 #87

RCP average is 11 points closer today than on the day of the Iowa caucuses in 2008 jfern Jan 2016 #88

Wow! Talk about tanking... n/t Betty Karlson Jan 2016 #89

I want our eventual nominee to win.... humbled_opinion Jan 2016 #93

K&R. Duval Jan 2016 #97

K & R Dont call me Shirley Jan 2016 #99