2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie's current proposed strategy could win him the nomination. [View all]democrattotheend
(11,605 posts)I don't think any of his criticisms of Hillary were untrue, overly personal, or below the belt, but I do think that he might have done better if he had focused a little less on her and a little more on himself and his message. When I canvassed for him, the undecideds I met liked him, usually more than they liked Hillary. The reason they were on the fence was because they were either concerned about whether he was electable or felt that his plans were unrealistic and/or not specific enough. His slightly more critical approach did not seem to lower voters' opinions of him. However, I think some of the time he spent focused on Clinton's shortcomings as a candidate would have been better spent stressing the specifics of his proposals to rebut criticisms that he lacked specifics.