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Showing Original Post only (View all)Interesting pre-autopsy of Mondale's doomed 1984 campaign [View all]
This was printed in the Cincinnati Enquirer on August 31, 1984:
This is just over two months BEFORE the presidential election, and yet THIS is happening:
We'll have "everything settled on the ground" before Labor Day? That is insanity.
It was probably the insulated advisors who convinced Mondale to split the difference by picking Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate: make history AND go after the racist white working class vote by choosing an anti-busing crusader.
In any case, whoever becomes the Democratic candidate now should not always assume she's right all the time and learn to run a 50-state campaign.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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"make history AND go after the racist white working class vote by choosing an anti-busing crusader."
George II
May 2019
#4
Exactly right...I am always arguing with those on this site who insist that any of our wonderful
Demsrule86
May 2019
#11
Being in play and actually winning are two different things...Texas was in play during the Cruz
Demsrule86
May 2019
#18
Surprisingly, I am aware of all that...please note that these are districts...house seats
Demsrule86
May 2019
#32
That is not really true...read contemporaneos articles and you will see Mondale was attacked
Demsrule86
May 2019
#33
It would have been a different world ...better... had those Democrats voted for Mondale and saved us
Demsrule86
May 2019
#10
You are preaching to the choir on DU. The problem is always the low commitment voters.
marylandblue
May 2019
#12
I think they are Republicans...they have to like the Democrat but are willing to let a hateful GOP
Demsrule86
May 2019
#20
I live in Ohio and know plenty of Trump voters...and while they might seem nice and some who
Demsrule86
May 2019
#37
But you don't know seem to know them well, what really makes them tick as individuals
marylandblue
May 2019
#38
Not true...Mondale was severely damaged. And there are more Democrats than GOP... especially in
Demsrule86
May 2019
#19
I think the closest it was in a Newsweek/Gallup poll was 48-46 for Reagan the week
book_worm
May 2019
#31
Democrats voted for Mondale...it is a fact. And a very sad footnote in our party history.
Demsrule86
May 2019
#35
The base voted for Mondale. All others voted for Reagan. Don't confuse the party with the base.
marylandblue
May 2019
#43