2016 Postmortem

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64. Excellent, Accurate, and just otherwise Spot On, Ken..

Reply to Ken Burch (Reply #23)

Wed Jun 1, 2016, 02:36 PM

Jun 2016

By the way, this would make an excellent OP.

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Why are Democrats deliberately choosing the weaker candidate to take on Trump? [View all] Cheese Sandwich Jun 2016 OP

Because it is her turn. That's why. Matt_in_STL Jun 2016 #1

You forget millions of votes and hundereds of delegates. nt. NCTraveler Jun 2016 #5

You truly believe this is how we should pick our nominee? Truly? NCTraveler Jun 2016 #2

Weaker candidate??? The GOP would tear Bernie apart. tonyt53 Jun 2016 #3

Right Meteor Man Jun 2016 #9

Uh, time for a history lesson, McGovern ran in 1972 against Nixon and the similarities are striking. tonyt53 Jun 2016 #13

No, they aren't striking at all. Bernie has NOTHING in common with McGovern Ken Burch Jun 2016 #23

Bernie is more like Mondale who also ran on raising taxes on the middle class redstateblues Jun 2016 #38

A closer analogy-but there was more to Mondale's humiliating defeat than that. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #50

Really? The McGovern campaign reminds me a great deal of the Sanders campaign Gothmog Jun 2016 #56

It's not as though we'd have done better in '72 Ken Burch Jun 2016 #67

Yes, the similarities are striking. McGovern wooed college students the most. tonyt53 Jun 2016 #57

1) It's not accurate to say ALL unions back HRC Ken Burch Jun 2016 #66

Excellent, Accurate, and just otherwise Spot On, Ken.. 2banon Jun 2016 #64

done(with modifications) Ken Burch Jun 2016 #68

Hillary, too. libdem4life Jun 2016 #26

But the attack ads on Sanders write themselves Gothmog Jun 2016 #61

voters over 50 may prefer Hillary to Bernie, that doesn't mean they wouldn't prefer Bernie to Trump thesquanderer Jun 2016 #19

"will ever vote for a socialist" JonLeibowitz Jun 2016 #34

I'm nearly 50 (46) and my Mom and Step-Mom are in their late 60s. Fawke Em Jun 2016 #53

The GOP has nothing on Sanders AgingAmerican Jun 2016 #58

BUT SHE'S AHEAD! MisterP Jun 2016 #4

+1 Truth. nt. NCTraveler Jun 2016 #6

Follow the money Meteor Man Jun 2016 #7

Bingo GreatGazoo Jun 2016 #72

If this were only NOT the case! elleng Jun 2016 #8

I frame those who disagree with me the same way. LanternWaste Jun 2016 #18

Because he tells them things they want to hear, even when they're not true. Donald Ian Rankin Jun 2016 #10

If Bernie has rallies with over 60 bazillion people how come he doesn't get as many votes? Happyhippychick Jun 2016 #11

Because a whole lot of people don't think she'd be the weaker candidate onenote Jun 2016 #12

Because more Democrats are voting for her in the primaries. MineralMan Jun 2016 #14

What till you see the GE... HumanityExperiment Jun 2016 #29

Oh, I'll be around for that, you can be sure. MineralMan Jun 2016 #37

principle HumanityExperiment Jun 2016 #48

The Democratic Party in action Meteor Man Jun 2016 #54

Because Americans are addicted to war and trickle down. nt JEB Jun 2016 #15

Her turn. I don't know why they bothered with a primary. Vinca Jun 2016 #16

That's why no other credible establishment Democrat challenged her. libdem4life Jun 2016 #31

Why did Bernie get beaten so decisively? redstateblues Jun 2016 #41

Beaten decisively? Meteor Man Jun 2016 #52

If it wasn't for the party elites (superdelegates), it would be nearly even. Vinca Jun 2016 #62

Uh. Not really. It was a larger margin than 08 redstateblues Jun 2016 #69

Cheese Sandwich—It isn't difficult to understand. CobaltBlue Jun 2016 #17

I love how on both sides, nobody really wants to tackle climate change. DookDook Jun 2016 #47

Those graphs have a huge caveat: the public does not know Bernie and the Repubs have not defined him LonePirate Jun 2016 #20

In case you've missed it, HRC's numbers JUST DROPPED. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #24

You must be one of those partisans convinced Bernie's numbers will never fall below Hillary's. LonePirate Jun 2016 #25

Bernie is getting swamped in national polls redstateblues Jun 2016 #42

They can't have it both ways. If he was not known, libdem4life Jun 2016 #35

What's that George Carlin observation bvf Jun 2016 #21

Hahaha! nt arikara Jun 2016 #33

LOL!!!!! zappaman Jun 2016 #22

Seems to me "class" is in short supply here. libdem4life Jun 2016 #36

The same people who dismiss these GE polls SheenaR Jun 2016 #27

Because I have a trailer of stone we picked out of the Purveyor Jun 2016 #28

Hillary will be elected RandySF Jun 2016 #30

"Since early April, Clinton's lead over Bernie Sanders among Democrats has grown steadily." riversedge Jun 2016 #32

Maybe it's because you don't believe in democracy. Hillary has millions more votes than Sanders. Trust Buster Jun 2016 #39

Because your premise has been roundly rejected by most Democrats. And, Lil Missy Jun 2016 #40

a pacifist is incapable of protecting america will never be elected president beachbum bob Jun 2016 #43

President Elizabeth Dole. She was way ahead at one point. blm Jun 2016 #44

Let me one up you MyNameGoesHere Jun 2016 #45

Clinton is hands down the candidacy of strength. Sanders hasn't been vetted and would be seabeyond Jun 2016 #46

Because Sanders ran a poor campaign brush Jun 2016 #49

Because it worked out great for President Gore/Kerry Sky Masterson Jun 2016 #51

The polls being cited by the Sanders supporters are worthless because Sanders has not been vetted Gothmog Jun 2016 #55

Democrats have deliberately & on purpose voted for Hillary Clinton...n/t asuhornets Jun 2016 #59

Disagree... Mike Nelson Jun 2016 #60

Because they were told to, and like good authoritarians they do as they are told. [n/t] Maedhros Jun 2016 #63

The weaker candidate is the one losing by almost 3 million votes taught_me_patience Jun 2016 #65

weaker in the general election is what I'm talking about. Cheese Sandwich Jun 2016 #71

Republicans called Obama "the black power communist Muslim from Kenya". How did that work out? imagine2015 Jun 2016 #70

I have no idea why so many democrats are supporting the weaker candidate. ContinentalOp Jun 2016 #73