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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie's STUNNING victory in Democrats Abroad . . . [View all]Matt_in_STL
(1,446 posts)11. I completely agree he is electable, as sad as that is for this country.
The thing people don't seem to understand is that the wave is turning against the "establishment" and that people are hungry for something different. When you couple that with the intense dislike of Hillary by at least half the country, that just adds to it. I believe we will see Trump dial it back for the general election and he really will dodge to the left of Hillary on many issues in hopes of picking up those who feel they are disenfranchised by the system.
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Well some of us are actually honestly looking at Trumpism as a political philosphy
nadinbrzezinski
Mar 2016
#9
Always the same one who find it "clever" but then cry about a lack of unity.
Matt_in_STL
Mar 2016
#12
Hillary will lose the general election because of anonymous posts on the interwebz?
Cali_Democrat
Mar 2016
#17
How about the logic and reason of not bullying, discarding, or marginalizing a fervent and large...
highprincipleswork
Mar 2016
#39