2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton Is Now the Presumptive Democratic Nominee [View all]markj757
(194 posts)Last edited Wed Mar 16, 2016, 01:00 PM - Edit history (2)
that Hillary is on the verge of becoming the presumptive democratic nominee after last night. And although I support her candidacy with some reluctance about her shady political machine, I think she will do a good job as President except on issues regarding the Palestinian crisis. I will say this about Bernie, that the liberal wing of the Democratic party could not have a stronger champion, and a louder voice for the issues and policies they care about most. There was a reason SNL did a skit morphing Hillary into Bernie during the primary. Not only will she not forget as she runs in the general, but she also won't forget if she wins the Presidency that she was on the razors edge of loosing a sure fire primary victory, against a Socialist Democrat and the most liberal man in national politics. And I think she will do her best to make sure those liberal ideas are reflected in her policies and how she governs. Because honestly, I don't think she would have been so quick to embrace such a liberal agenda, if not for Bernie Sanders. She would have ran as a moderate to conservative Democrat looking to the general election and never looked back. And to me, that makes Bernie's candidacy win or loose, a tremendous success for the Democratic party.