2016 Postmortem

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)

45. It's an interesting little thing

Wed May 18, 2016, 10:17 PM

May 2016

Sanders can beat Trump with Independent support, but since indies can't vote in closed primaries, he can't beat Clinton. On the other hand, Clinton can win those closed primaries, but has no Independent appeal, and so polls worse against Trump.

Turns out, you can't expect your GE voters to win a primary for you... but you also can't expect your primary voters to win the GE for you

Click here to purchase valentine hearts!

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

73 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Hillary is our Mitt Romney [View all] ram2008 May 2016 OP

One big difference. She's been a politician all her life. Romney headed Bain, made his fortune, then merrily May 2016 #1

Funny, I was thinking this exact same thing earlier today One Black Sheep May 2016 #2

The difference is Hillary is winning... asuhornets May 2016 #5

Hillary does a great job winning closed Democratic primaries ram2008 May 2016 #10

democrats get to pick the democratic nominee--it's not hard asuhornets May 2016 #11

Clinton has won 11 open primaries, Sanders has won 4 (one of which was Vermont) mythology May 2016 #49

Not a difference-- Mitt won his primary too. Desert805 May 2016 #14

but he loss against obama..hillary will lose against trump? asuhornets May 2016 #15

i don't have a crystal ball, of course Desert805 May 2016 #16

who might that be? asuhornets May 2016 #17

There are more Independent voters than either Republican or Democratic voters. Fawke Em May 2016 #23

More Independents.....not true...you would have your own party if thats the case asuhornets May 2016 #25

What a silly comment. BillZBubb May 2016 #53

Since you don't like being part of a political party, then asuhornets May 2016 #57

How you ever got the notion I was an independent escapes me. BillZBubb May 2016 #59

The reason why it is not an issue for diehard Democrats asuhornets May 2016 #60

Hillary is not Obama. She's nowhere near the candidate he was. BillZBubb May 2016 #63

thats where u r wrong..they are both cut from the same cloth asuhornets May 2016 #65

Wrong, Obama rocked the young vote, Hillary will not. BillZBubb May 2016 #66

Well, I like burlap.. asuhornets May 2016 #67

Romney won the nomination. frylock May 2016 #19

But he lost against Obama...Hillary will not lose against Trump asuhornets May 2016 #21

She probably will. Fawke Em May 2016 #24

Yeah, okay. frylock May 2016 #40

who dat? asuhornets May 2016 #42

Most Democrats are terrified about Sanders winning the nomination...n/t asuhornets May 2016 #22

That's why nothing gets done. Most Democrats are terrified. frylock May 2016 #38

Obama got alot done in spite of. So will Hillary asuhornets May 2016 #41

I know kaleckim May 2016 #47

And yet she is winning, that fact keeps slipping your mind... asuhornets May 2016 #58

No, I agree kaleckim May 2016 #68

Mitt won a primary, too. Didn't do so hot in the GE, though. Scootaloo May 2016 #33

Apples and oranges asuhornets May 2016 #37

Well, your argument was that Mitt lost. He did - he lost a general election. Scootaloo May 2016 #39

Of course I do asuhornets May 2016 #43

It's an interesting little thing Scootaloo May 2016 #45

NO she is not asuhornets May 2016 #3

Oh, oh, someone got a mad now. nt procon May 2016 #7

not mad at alll....n/t asuhornets May 2016 #8

A diverse coalition is winning against the whambalance crew, we're happy... not whining uponit7771 May 2016 #13

Yes she is too. ThePhilosopher04 May 2016 #46

So that makes Bernie Rick Santorum? Trenzalore May 2016 #4

If I replace Hillary's name with Bernie, what happens? procon May 2016 #6

You would make no sense at all ChairmanAgnostic May 2016 #28

About as much as this frivolous thread. nt procon May 2016 #48

The good news is Americans generally don't elect these types. corkhead May 2016 #9

...and Trump is the opposite of Obama uponit7771 May 2016 #12

You left out Peachhead22 May 2016 #18

Were meals served at those Wall Street luncheons? Barack_America May 2016 #20

Romney never got investigated by the FBI Reter May 2016 #26

Of course he's a crook. Flying Squirrel May 2016 #73

Nu uh. seabeyond May 2016 #27

What utter bullshit The_Casual_Observer May 2016 #29

Actually worse. HooptieWagon May 2016 #30

And Trump is their Obama I guess? JoePhilly May 2016 #31

Hit and run OP. onenote May 2016 #35

Yea ... the new DU. JoePhilly May 2016 #36

Bernie is our Fidel Castro Zorro May 2016 #32

Pretty clear you didn't think this through onenote May 2016 #34

They both bring big crowds... ram2008 May 2016 #50

You can't hide from your own words onenote May 2016 #64

Yes, the same outcome, as in most likely losing ram2008 May 2016 #70

And yet Sanders can't defeat Clinton, despite his charisma onenote May 2016 #72

Sanders is following closer to Romney than Hillary, Hillary pays 35% taxes, Bernie pays less than Thinkingabout May 2016 #44

OMG, they are both people too! mythology May 2016 #51

Corporations are people too! BillZBubb May 2016 #71

Lots of Trump enablers posing as Sanders supporters redstateblues May 2016 #52

Lots more dumb ass comments about Sanders' supporters BillZBubb May 2016 #54

They both got campaign money from Bain Capital. BillZBubb May 2016 #55

spot on! ViseGrip May 2016 #56

Before the general election is out, we'll see our own 47% video. n/t lumberjack_jeff May 2016 #61

Didn't we already see it with her comments on mortgages? BillZBubb May 2016 #69

Yup and Sanders I'm thinking is our Lee Iacocca tandem5 May 2016 #62