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2016 Postmortem

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Metric System

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Tue Feb 2, 2016, 09:33 PM Feb 2016

Last night felt like a victory for DU's Hillary supporters. Here's why: [View all]

For many months we've been subjected to Hack Attack Goodman's ridiculous articles, in what I can only assume was a covert operation to make us lose our minds and switch support to Bernie. And boy, did he ever call Iowa wrong:

Hillary Clinton Will Finish Third In Iowa, Behind Bernie Sanders and O'Malley. Here's Why

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-a-goodman/hillary-clinton-will-fini_b_8717248.html


Not to mention, we've been told by some DU Sanders supporters that basically everyone hates Hillary and that there's a huge enthusiasm gap. Judging by the rhetoric on DU, you'd assume hardly anybody would show up to caucus for her. But plenty of people did show up for Hillary AND she pulled ahead, however slightly, of the candidate with all of the "enthusiastic" voters and big crowds.

So yes, taking all of this into account, I'd say I feel pretty good about last night's outcome. But what do I know? I'm just a low-information voter.

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Goodman hasn't been posted forever. Never even heard about the guy until Bonobo Feb 2016 #1
Less than a week ago, but who's counting? DanTex Feb 2016 #8
Wow, a poster with 500 posts! Bonobo Feb 2016 #9
While you're at it, smear the 33 people who recced it too. DanTex Feb 2016 #11
Would you rather be called.... daleanime Feb 2016 #2
I'm for Sanders, and even *I* thought Goodman's stuff was ridiculous. (nt) thesquanderer Feb 2016 #3
Have you noticed your fellow Hillary supporters saying for months that she was inevitable? el_bryanto Feb 2016 #4
I never once saw a Hillary supporter on DU call her inevitable. That was a term throw at her by her Metric System Feb 2016 #6
+1 Its not coming from us OR Hillary's campaign Lucinda Feb 2016 #10
No, they never literally used the word *inevitable* frylock Feb 2016 #16
She won and Bernie lost. Agnosticsherbet Feb 2016 #5
Yes, this concerned me. The dem turnout was much lower and the Rethug turnout was its highest ever. JudyM Feb 2016 #7
Yes. Very good point. We should be thinking about that in between fighting each other. Matariki Feb 2016 #14
That is because of the debates AgingAmerican Feb 2016 #18
did anyone besides that one dude ever seriously suggest she was going to come in third? Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #12
Yeah, last night was a HUGE victory for Blockbuster Video! mhatrw Feb 2016 #13
Poor, oppressed underdog Hillary. frylock Feb 2016 #15
Oh please AgingAmerican Feb 2016 #17
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