2016 Postmortem

still_one

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40. I know you don't, and I think you realize I was not being serious either

Reply to Ken Burch (Reply #32)

Sun Jul 24, 2016, 09:49 PM

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If the DNC had been neutral in the primaries, the pro-Bernie rallies today would be MUCH smaller. [View all] Ken Burch Jul 2016 OP

As much as I like Nina Turner it shouldn't be her. JRLeft Jul 2016 #1

Keith Ellison, then. Or Barbara Lee. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #4

Keith Ellison, Raul Grijalva, or Barbara Lee works for me. JRLeft Jul 2016 #5

Lol giftedgirl77 Jul 2016 #2

Theory: The left is energized with hope, the right dispirited. Hortensis Jul 2016 #38

Get over it. annavictorious Jul 2016 #3

The head of the party is still PBO. R. Daneel Olivaw Jul 2016 #6

You're right, if you want to alienate a chunk of people. SpareribSP Jul 2016 #20

People were going to protest Sanders losing regardless of the emails leaking... SaschaHM Jul 2016 #7

The DNC is supposed to be acting a neutral party, they should not have been even strategizing avaistheone1 Jul 2016 #18

Nina Turner would make it worse. She can't control herself. LiberalFighter Jul 2016 #8

Outside of campaigning for Bernie... SaschaHM Jul 2016 #11

Nope. He is my boss at HUD. He already got in trouble violating the Hatch Act. He needs to finish Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2016 #54

My suggestion was for when DWS's term was up. LiberalFighter Jul 2016 #56

Maybe. That's a suggestion. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2016 #57

Sanders lost,we don't owe him an arm and a leg for losing. sufrommich Jul 2016 #9

Yes, Bernie lost. I accept that. I will be campaigning for HRC in the fall. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #10

Clinton got a Secretary of State position. Sanders isn't asking for a cabinet post. chascarrillo Jul 2016 #14

Did Clinton demand SoS as "payment" for support? I've seen no sufrommich Jul 2016 #16

It's not as though they'd put it in writing. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #19

No,it was not "obviously quid quo pro". Obama made it very evident sufrommich Jul 2016 #21

Ugh. This shit again. Squinch Jul 2016 #42

You appear to confuse Quid Pro Quo with Post Hoc Ergo Prompter Hoc. LanternWaste Jul 2016 #55

There's been zero coverage of Sanders rallies today RonniePudding Jul 2016 #12

Msnbc gave it a lot of coverage earlier in the day. SharonClark Jul 2016 #30

I must have missed it. RonniePudding Jul 2016 #31

bernie lost by more than 3 million votes and will not be nominated this week. hillary gets to choose msongs Jul 2016 #13

Yep, he only got like 46% of the vote Duckhunter935 Jul 2016 #33

Nina Turner ... NurseJackie Jul 2016 #15

I also mentioned other possibilities. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #17

I know. I saw. It was funny to me that you included Nina. NurseJackie Jul 2016 #22

She's no kookier than DWS-a politician who thinks maintaining the profits of the payday loan userers Ken Burch Jul 2016 #24

How does Dr. Cornell West sound to you as DNC chair? still_one Jul 2016 #27

The DNC chair should be a person who actually supports OUR presidential ticket. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #32

I know you don't, and I think you realize I was not being serious either still_one Jul 2016 #40

OK. And FWIW, I'm not sure that organizational work would be Dr. West's forte in any case. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #43

Nina Turner has said she does not support our presidential ticket. Squinch Jul 2016 #52

Not sure I believe that. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #53

I wouldn't wish Chairwoman Nina Turner on Nina Turner.... SaschaHM Jul 2016 #39

That's because you've got a good heart. NurseJackie Jul 2016 #59

Donna Brazile apologized to Bernie personally. femmocrat Jul 2016 #23

Hadn't known that. Glad to hear it. I'll remove it from the list. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #25

She is a class act indeed Duckhunter935 Jul 2016 #35

Good on Donna Brazile. avaistheone1 Jul 2016 #36

How much smaller could they get? 72DejaVu Jul 2016 #26

A Better Idea - Never let a NON-Democrat run as a Democrat Ever Again. Lil Missy Jul 2016 #28

And you expect to get some votes with that attitude Duckhunter935 Jul 2016 #37

Most of his supporters will vote for the nominee, the others can take their extortion tactics Lil Missy Jul 2016 #46

If you run in the Dem primaries, you are a Democrat. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #44

No, he was not and is not a Democrat. The DNC supports Democrats. Lil Missy Jul 2016 #47

People who stand for the values of the Democratic Party are Democrats. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #49

I am sure you liked his votes over decades Duckhunter935 Jul 2016 #50

There's no law that have to be treestar Jul 2016 #29

There is a party rule, however, and it's been posted in several threads. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #45

Doubt it Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2016 #34

Doubt it. The protests were planned way before the email leak. DanTex Jul 2016 #41

Well, they had best decide whom they want to support-- HRC or Trump BigDemVoter Jul 2016 #48

The two emails the drama mongers are having a snit over were sent long after the Squinch Jul 2016 #51

Xavier Becerra, Adam Schiff or Claire McCaskill. nt oasis Jul 2016 #58