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2016 Postmortem

MineralMan

(146,254 posts)

4. Big, Big, Big things ARE happening, though.

Reply to NurseJackie (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 20, 2015, 11:56 AM

Nov 2015

They're just not things that Bernie Sanders can address in a way that appeals to voters. His narrow focus on economics is keeping him from dealing with big issues that concern voters as they develop. There will probably be more of those to come, too. Presidents don't just have to deal with the economy and jobs. It's a far bigger job than that.

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Asymptote [View all] Dem2 Nov 2015 OP

You asked: "what does Bernie have to do to change this trend?" NurseJackie Nov 2015 #1

Big, Big, Big things ARE happening, though. MineralMan Nov 2015 #4

I agree that the people without an opinion of the 3 candidates is going down. Dem2 Nov 2015 #8

It's too late moobu2 Nov 2015 #2

To change that, Bernie would have to be someone other than Bernie. MineralMan Nov 2015 #3

I love this post! NurseJackie Nov 2015 #7

Just put all this crap with the rest in the Hillary group. daybranch Nov 2015 #9

W.O.W. DNR MineralMan Nov 2015 #10

I'm sorry, this is unreadable Godhumor Nov 2015 #14

Just unskew the polls firebrand80 Nov 2015 #5

How will changing the polls improve Sander's wekness in foreign policy at a time... Nitram Nov 2015 #6

see my post above, get some knowledge cut the bull and neuter the beast daybranch Nov 2015 #11

Nobody is going to see your above post until you use paragraphs. It's awful stevenleser Nov 2015 #13

If you'd like to "cut the bull, then you should probably not put words in my mouth. Nitram Nov 2015 #15

That is about a 25% difference in Sanders' and Clinton's numbers and that is exactly Samantha Nov 2015 #12

I guess that just about "proves" Bernie's got the race tied up. Nitram Nov 2015 #16