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TwilightZone

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10. "bet the farm on electability"

Reply to crazytown (Original post)

Fri Sep 13, 2019, 06:22 PM

Sep 2019

That doesn't make any sense. She's ahead in everything in your poll, not just electability.

Just because it's the highest doesn't mean that it was her only focus. It's a poll; it has nothing to do with what she or her supporters focused on. It certainly wasn't just electability.

One could only come to your conclusion by ignoring everything but one data point.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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We simply cannot ignore electability [View all] crazytown Sep 2019 OP

I see what you did there Fiendish Thingy Sep 2019 #1

Absolutely not. crazytown Sep 2019 #4

Who is arguing to specifically put ALL eggs in one basket? LanternWaste Sep 2019 #18

Where did I say All eggs? crazytown Sep 2019 #19

That poll was sure right about Edwards. Hoyt Sep 2019 #2

I lost friends telling people he was a con man. crazytown Sep 2019 #5

Edwards struck me as a phoney, but I still intended to vote for him. thesquanderer Sep 2019 #7

In 2007 he was ultra-selfrightous about Iraq crazytown Sep 2019 #9

"Electability" is an intangible. guillaumeb Sep 2019 #3

Not surprising that Hillary would be considered to be more electable than Barack Hussein Obama. honest.abe Sep 2019 #6

it shows people will change their minds if a candidate can convince JI7 Sep 2019 #8

"bet the farm on electability" TwilightZone Sep 2019 #10

I have three memories from the time - electability, inevitability and ready on day one. crazytown Sep 2019 #11

Trump was unelectable, but he chose the strategy of... 4139 Sep 2019 #12

Trump was propped up by Russians JI7 Sep 2019 #13

So many one off interlocking events and actions got Trump over the line. crazytown Sep 2019 #14

Hillary should of won in 2008 and then we'd be electing Obama now. If everybody would of just UniteFightBack Sep 2019 #15

Hillary would have won in 2016 if not for Russian attacks JI7 Sep 2019 #16

And Obama would of whipped rumps ass in 2016, no doubt. nt UniteFightBack Sep 2019 #17