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2016 Postmortem

Aerows

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10. I'm not concerned

Reply to thesquanderer (Original post)

Thu Feb 11, 2016, 08:19 PM

Feb 2016

Apparently, if Iowa and New Hampshire are examples, people of all races seem to like Bernie and his message.

The only ones that seem to get heartburn over the race of voters are those in the Clinton camp that can't figure out why people aren't voting for her.

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"Team Clinton tries to lower Nevada expectations with incredible (i.e. false) claims" [View all] thesquanderer Feb 2016 OP

ahhhhh, the' "it's STILL because he only appeals to whites" meme restorefreedom Feb 2016 #1

Yup. Meanwhile, BS has favorables at least as high as HRC among blacks who are familiar with both candidates thesquanderer Feb 2016 #4

i am not surprised :) nt restorefreedom Feb 2016 #5

someone's internal polling must suck. you roguevalley Feb 2016 #13

for sure. nt restorefreedom Feb 2016 #14

It also presupposes that Sanders can only win among whites. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2016 #2

Correct. See post #4, too! (n/t) thesquanderer Feb 2016 #12

Isn't Hillary white? Politicalboi Feb 2016 #3

I know. bvar22 Feb 2016 #20

Looks like Clinton internals show them in danger John Poet Feb 2016 #6

If he wins Nevada and even just manages to come close in SC... thesquanderer Feb 2016 #7

We'll know how bad the internals are by how nasty they get. morningfog Feb 2016 #8

And is it my imagination, or do things get worse every time Bill tries to help? thesquanderer Feb 2016 #15

Skinner made a similar claim for WI based on 2008 primary voting data HereSince1628 Feb 2016 #9

I'm not concerned Aerows Feb 2016 #10

It's because Hispanics are Schrodinger's Whites. Shandris Feb 2016 #11

Sounds like a racist remark to me... MrMickeysMom Feb 2016 #16

Yes, they want to reinforce the meme that Bernie can't win with POC thesquanderer Feb 2016 #17

I see this was also posted at... thesquanderer Feb 2016 #18

it's way more than lowering expectations; it's more of her divide and conquer politicking amborin Feb 2016 #19

expectations are severely important Cheese Sandwich Feb 2016 #21