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2016 Postmortem

Shemp Howard

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2. Agreed, with one caveat.

Reply to TDale313 (Original post)

Fri May 27, 2016, 10:57 PM

May 2016

Warren did not run in the primaries. She chose not to put herself through that grueling process, having to face voters in state after state. Nothing wrong with that, choosing not to run.

But IMHO, that disqualifies her from being our eventual 2016 nominee. It's either Hillary or Bernie. Pick one, Democrats.

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Has Warren handled the primaries pretty much perfectly? [View all] TDale313 May 2016 OP

Above the fray? scscholar May 2016 #1

Fair enough, although I meant on the Dem side. TDale313 May 2016 #3

Agreed, with one caveat. Shemp Howard May 2016 #2

Oh, I agree. I don't really expect her to be the nominee in 2016. TDale313 May 2016 #5

Will do... brooklynite May 2016 #12

Sen Warren has been wonderful. Tavarious Jackson May 2016 #4

Warren is a full spectrum apart NorthCarolina May 2016 #8

Warren has been cowardly and cynical. BillZBubb May 2016 #6

re: "That really tarnishes her progressive credentials." thesquanderer May 2016 #7

Smart people live in the real world. realmirage May 2016 #11

So, the real world is to endorse no one? BillZBubb May 2016 #14

By extension the "real world" would have been... JackRiddler May 2016 #16

According to your perspective. Fortunately reality realmirage May 2016 #20

So, in your real world, no one should endorse anyone! That's brilliant! BillZBubb May 2016 #22

warren knows that disparging either hillary or sanders is doing trumps work...and too bad sanders beachbum bob May 2016 #9

Nope, she should have endorsed Bernie ages ago. One Black Sheep May 2016 #10

"In my eyes" realmirage May 2016 #21

Warren understands how America works. realmirage May 2016 #13

Thanks for your magical view into her brain. JackRiddler May 2016 #17

Rationalizing why she didn't endorse Bernie realmirage May 2016 #19

Don't actually care. JackRiddler May 2016 #23

I think I would have liked to see her endorse someone. bobbobbins01 May 2016 #15

By not running Dem2 May 2016 #18