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2016 Postmortem

JoePhilly

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34. The election is more than a year away.

Reply to morningfog (Reply #25)

Thu Sep 17, 2015, 06:34 PM

Sep 2015

No one will remember anything about these debates, except tgat there were 16 nutjobs.

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'For the second time this year, we, as Democrats, have had to sit idly by and listen [View all] elleng Sep 2015 OP

This is who should have a serious beef with the debates not being held earlier. NCTraveler Sep 2015 #1

Yes, and he does have a serious beef with dnc. elleng Sep 2015 #2

He should and I love how he is taking it to them. NCTraveler Sep 2015 #5

I agree, but not giving them my email. Does anyone do these things and put in phony randys1 Sep 2015 #3

Just make a yahoo or a Hotmail specifically to route stuff to ignore, will take but minutes and then TheKentuckian Sep 2015 #27

Silence is actually the most damning reply Texas Blues Sep 2015 #4

Silence is agreement. jeff47 Sep 2015 #18

Actually, our debates would be more intellectual discussions Texas Blues Sep 2015 #20

Hopefully that will occur. To me, Bernie speaks for millions and millions of Americans. All of us RKP5637 Sep 2015 #31

K & R. n/t FSogol Sep 2015 #6

Does your TV not have an off button? SheilaT Sep 2015 #7

Better to lite one little candle than to curse the darkness upaloopa Sep 2015 #8

Not sure if watching the GOP debates SheilaT Sep 2015 #11

I watched because I can not really believe how crazy most of the republican candidates are. RKP5637 Sep 2015 #32

Silence indicates agreement with what the GOP said. Very sad. IMO the DNC is very poorly run. RKP5637 Sep 2015 #9

IMO the DNC is scared that debates will turn D voters even more progressive than they already are lostnfound Sep 2015 #17

Exactly! The DNC is a dinosaur, a relic, and has drifted so far from being what they once were. RKP5637 Sep 2015 #30

22.9 million people watched the GOP debate. AtomicKitten Sep 2015 #10

22.9 million out of 319 million. SheilaT Sep 2015 #12

wonder no more MoveIt Sep 2015 #13

What I want to know is how many people SheilaT Sep 2015 #14

I was surprised how low their normal ratings are, the death of tv and cable cutters etc. MoveIt Sep 2015 #16

That is a huge number in today's environment particularly when we account for the huge TheKentuckian Sep 2015 #29

Thank you very much for those numbers. SheilaT Sep 2015 #33

A Democratic Party debate would not be a "response" to those nut jobs. JoePhilly Sep 2015 #15

It's not a response, but a contrast. jeff47 Sep 2015 #19

the dnc does not care restorefreedom Sep 2015 #21

Wait, you mean DWS who repeatedly stabbed liberal Democrats in the back jeff47 Sep 2015 #22

sorry. i guess we can wait restorefreedom Sep 2015 #24

The GOP goons are discussing current events on national tv. The Dems? Nothing. morningfog Sep 2015 #25

The election is more than a year away. JoePhilly Sep 2015 #34

Why concede the frame to them for any time? morningfog Sep 2015 #35

Our frontrunner isn't too big on debates, she's big on cakewalks and coronations. reformist2 Sep 2015 #23

I didn't watch the debate but I generally turn off CNN and MSNBC with any mention underthematrix Sep 2015 #26

+1,000 n/t Admiral Loinpresser Sep 2015 #37

DWS AgingAmerican Sep 2015 #28

Silence. Crickets. An empty stage. bigtree Sep 2015 #36

K&R nt Zorra Sep 2015 #38