2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If You Break It, You Own It - Hillary's vote for the war is the defining issue for me [View all]EndElectoral
(4,213 posts)1. Iraq War Vote - voted for it. This is the major one. Perhaps people will be forgiving, but it helped enable the mess that exists to this day. It is the one unforgiveable vote that stops me from even considering her.
2. TPP - writings indicate a pretty strong supporter of it. Unions dramatically against it. Yet, she wants the AFL-CIO endorsement.
3. Keystone XL pipeline - equivocates, refuses to say what she'd do which makes her appear indecisive.
4. Bengazi - left a mess in terms of this phone email and GOP will hammer her on it.
5. Victor Pinchuk scandal - looks very bad in terms of favoritism to Pinchuk with Iran when she was Sec. of State.
6. Bank bailouts and TARP - big difference on their votes on how Sanders and her addressed the market mess. Since banks profited immensely it may be used to attack her as over friendly to the financial sector, especially if her contributions from that area are excessive.
7. Trust- perhaps this may be the biggest one. Do people beyond her most ardent supporters trust her? Polls say no.