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PATRICK

(12,397 posts)
26. Here is the point
Tue May 17, 2016, 05:02 AM
May 2016

Starting with constant pressure and constant suppression of Sanders, but especially his concrete ideas- whatever you think about their value.

You have the inevitable candidate tanking a bit as Biden lingered on the edge of decision. So here big support consited of a lot of doubters. Then she took hits and invariably the pattern of victories and losses was not comforting. Nor was a primary test expected or welcomed. Then inevitability persisted in raising its head by depressing the political power button sometimes in ways that were delightfully incompetent no matter that Sanders was the victim.

The same fears as 2008(minus the Obama hope) persist and are proved and still persist all throughout the inevitability campaign. So we have inevitability, a weak presumptive candidate, a desperately depressing party structure- and fear. Not a little anger, understandably. So the sane political party can think of no way to resolve this positively because the collapse of the presumption is done in a very determined no turning back way.

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"all but assured of securing the nomination" - WP Merryland May 2016 #1
She needs to come clean on the FTA agendas Baobab May 2016 #19
Sanders May just run the table to close this thing out. coffeeAM May 2016 #2
A blessing it would be if this happens. And it's possible. appalachiablue May 2016 #5
Very possible!! nt Duval May 2016 #14
The math is pretty easy at this point. Bernin4U May 2016 #15
May it be so. nt grasswire May 2016 #21
To sum up EdwardBernays May 2016 #3
*snort* dorkzilla May 2016 #9
Lol EdwardBernays May 2016 #11
That's a rousing call to vote for her, by golly! ladyVet May 2016 #13
and their strategy is to attack Bernie supporters, lol magical thyme May 2016 #28
If only Sanders had quit after IA, she would be a fantastically likeable candidate, and she would be thereismore May 2016 #4
Ha, no way! The Bern is Strong and Growing.. appalachiablue May 2016 #6
and she would,,,,,,,, SmittynMo May 2016 #7
People need real change, which she doesnt offer. Baobab May 2016 #20
"If only Democrats didn't have another choice!" AZ Progressive May 2016 #25
Tomorrow's elections in Kentucky and Oregon will be interesting for sure. appalachiablue May 2016 #8
Can't speak for KY, but just cannot imagine Bernin4U May 2016 #16
Hope Oregon is big and KY too, although Clintons are campaigning hard there appalachiablue May 2016 #17
The voting machines are up for grabs in KY I'm afraid. Stevepol May 2016 #27
My hope is, of course, that Bernie wins. Barring that...... LongTomH May 2016 #10
That's an ugly list, but the way it is. Paul Ryan, considered the 'intellectual' appalachiablue May 2016 #12
she will also support fracking & keystone xl pipeline hopemountain May 2016 #23
Oregano, Kentucky, Montana, ND, SD and California are Bernie's! NJ and DC are iffy, but in_cog_ni_to May 2016 #18
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2016 #22
I HOPE SO! in_cog_ni_to May 2016 #29
Don't forget Puerto Rico Duckfan May 2016 #24
Yes! He spent the day there and people were very responsive to his message and in_cog_ni_to May 2016 #30
Here is the point PATRICK May 2016 #26
I coulda told them that a long time ago LiberalElite May 2016 #31
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