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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Debate coach: Bad night for Bernie [View all]SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)16. Roll Tide
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At the End of the Debate Bernie Received the Bigger Applause. Clearly Bernie Won the Debate.
gordyfl
Apr 2016
#3
Wow... the level of presumption. First, you posted as if there were no primaries to be had,
Betty Karlson
Apr 2016
#28
Not a basketball enthousiast. But I still know presumption when I see it in politicians.
Betty Karlson
Apr 2016
#32
Polls suggest Clinton would barely win from Trump, and lose to any other GOP-er.
Betty Karlson
Apr 2016
#36
You might want to try your obscurantist debating tactics on nickelodian. They might work there.
DemocratSinceBirth
Apr 2016
#41
that graphic went up to March. There have been some shifts (negative for Clinton) since then.
Betty Karlson
Apr 2016
#42
Confidence of lead was calculted over trend up to March. Your logic fails:
Betty Karlson
Apr 2016
#46
Only the latest polls are included in the average. That is where the Confidence Interval comes from
DemocratSinceBirth
Apr 2016
#47
So you too admit that she'd lose to Cruz - and you still insist on taking that risk?
Betty Karlson
Apr 2016
#60
Yes I can read - and I saw that was the part of my response you didn't address.
Betty Karlson
Apr 2016
#62
Nope, the primaries are still going on. NY will not be happy to learn you consider it negligeable.
Betty Karlson
Apr 2016
#39
You don't win primaries with bought and paid-for establishment mouthpieces.
Betty Karlson
Apr 2016
#29
Yes, I certainly remember him losing eight of the last nine states. Wait: that was Clinton!
Betty Karlson
Apr 2016
#65
He stays on message; she goes for gotchas. They were dishonest gotchas but effective.
snowy owl
Apr 2016
#5
Yes, unlike Cinton he doesn't change positions just because a poll or focus group has been had.
Betty Karlson
Apr 2016
#30
Good thing this expert weighed in to tell us why Bernie actually lost this debate
JCanete
Apr 2016
#7
Hellbound sluts lusting after racist and sexist Bernie-bros, the lot of them
Betty Karlson
Apr 2016
#24
If you don't mind I will defer to the opinion of a championship winning debate coach
DemocratSinceBirth
Apr 2016
#33
It's not cut - it's about Sanders getting his butt beat for the entire nation to see
CajunBlazer
Apr 2016
#58