2016 Postmortem

MineralMan

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7. Well, Bernie is financially supporting a candidate who is primarying

Tue May 24, 2016, 04:57 PM

May 2016

a sitting House member. So, maybe you're right. As near as I can tell, though, nobody he is supporting is likely to be elected. Tim Canova will have a long, hard row to hoe to beat Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who won her last election with a 62% majority. She appears to be quite popular in her district.

Bernie's coattails seem to be tattered and threadbare, as far as I can tell. He's not supporting any of our progressive incumbent members of Congress with funds or endorsements. Is it any wonder that they will be voting for Clinton at the convention.

Instead, he's relying on threats from supporter to change their votes. I'm not sure that's going to work out well for him.

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How to Court Super Delegates [View all] MineralMan May 2016 OP

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That guy Obama is a superdelegate. yallerdawg May 2016 #2

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Well, Bernie is financially supporting a candidate who is primarying MineralMan May 2016 #7

First rule of a revolution, unseat the corrupt bourgeoisie. insta8er May 2016 #9

Definitely sounds like they consulted PR experts about that. Surya Gayatri May 2016 #8

You are smart enough to post something useful at DU. PufPuf23 May 2016 #10