2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Tell me three things Hillary will do as president to improve my life as a PERSON that Bernie has not [View all]ancianita
(36,048 posts)committee relationships with GOP office holders matter. A lot.
1. Yes, she has a better relationship with the GOP than Obama. Paul Ryan and Bob Corker, Lindsey Graham, Robert Bennett, Mike DeWine, and in the past, Trent Lot, Tom DeLay and even effing Gingrich.
People here can't have it both ways, saying on the one hand, she's like the Republicans just because she has worked at length with them, or has sold out to big money influence as they have, and then doubt that she will have any influence on bipartisan legislation in the future.
She has a better record pro-party vote record than Russ Feingold, by the way.
None of the above can be said of Bernie Sanders.
2. She can fire up the base because she already has won much of the women's vote across demographics and even across parties.
3. Her sweep of the presidency can very well lead to big coattail voting of women into the House, yes. That's yet to be seen, but women are getting ready to run.
The only people "saying stuff" around here are broad brush attackers who hate her big money backers. No one is perfect, but I won't, as a Democrat, pay attention to much more of the bullshit tossed around here about Hillary's qualifications, goals and leadership.
4. The WORLD knows Hillary better than ANYONE running for president. ANY. ONE. The world also knows that Hillary is better qualified to be president than anyone running. ANY. ONE. Bernie included. Those two things alone are really, really important for this country. Those are two big differences between parties that people need to appreciate.
I'm tiredtiredtired of party disloyalty bullshit about the general election. If people here say they're not going to vote Democratic in the general, I say they should be banned from DU.