2016 Postmortem

MineralMan

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11. Hillary Clinton is a primary candidate for President.

Tue Sep 22, 2015, 11:04 AM

Sep 2015

Joe Biden might become one. Why is anyone surprised that she might mention him? In reality, he would be a bigger threat to her campaign than Bernie Sanders is.

One thing that is certain is that Joe Biden will be no better received than Clinton by Sanders supporters. He and Clinton attract the same group of Democratic voters, a group that Bernie Sanders needs to have on his side to win the nomination. Without a sizable percentage of votes in the primaries from that group, he has no chance of becoming the nominee next year.

Anyone who thinks that statement is incorrect need only add the polling results for Clinton and Biden together and compare them to Bernie's poll results.

So, you can expect Hillary Clinton to actively pursue voters who are now polling for Biden. She's not "stalking" him. She's campaigning for the primary elections. There is a difference.

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I don't see how Hillary Clinton's campaign can drag Biden down delrem Sep 2015 #1

They should be concerned about it. in_cog_ni_to Sep 2015 #2

"Bernie supporters will NOT be jumping ..." left-of-center2012 Sep 2015 #4

More whining? leftofcool Sep 2015 #3

I agree. She's been preparing for a long time. Laser102 Sep 2015 #8

The Democratic party has a progressive base? Fumesucker Sep 2015 #5

You know, I can't remember it ever being so blatant, before. delrem Sep 2015 #24

It's the Stages of Grief Demeter Sep 2015 #6

Post removed Post removed Sep 2015 #7

. Capt. Obvious Sep 2015 #10

Same old same old in primary politics lobodons Sep 2015 #9

Hillary Clinton is a primary candidate for President. MineralMan Sep 2015 #11

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2015 #15

Yah, OK, then. MineralMan Sep 2015 #18

Biden is clearly a bigger threat. Garrett78 Sep 2015 #21

Ask President Dean how much polls mean, this far out. n/t ColesCountyDem Sep 2015 #17

Polls mean whatever they mean. MineralMan Sep 2015 #19

Precisely. n/t ColesCountyDem Sep 2015 #20

Remember back in the day artislife Sep 2015 #12

that unnamed sources "feel" something is news these days Bounzer Sep 2015 #13

The leaks and chatter seem to be coming from Biden's side. For months now. Metric System Sep 2015 #14

Probably. delrem Sep 2015 #22

incumbent VP beats former Sec. of State every time Motown_Johnny Sep 2015 #16

The VP isn't any kind of "natural successor". delrem Sep 2015 #23