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44. She would have a cakewalk in the Green Primary, Stein is not running and Howie Hawkins is weak
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 02:27 AM
Oct 2019

Last edited Tue Oct 15, 2019, 10:24 PM - Edit history (1)

If Warren wins the nomination, there is a really good chance Schultz steps is as an indie too, and the Libertarians might have a POOR candidate (Johnson was superb in terms of numbers) The Libertarians draw mostly from the Rethugs, and in far greater numbers overall compared to the Greens (which is often overlooked, as add the 5.2 MILLION votes Johnson and McMullin got, to Trump and he beats Clinton in the POPULAR vote as well, even if you add in ALL of the Green voters, who totalled only 1.46 million, but that does not fit some people's narrative, lol.)

Total that data/positing up, and then put Tulsi on a Green ticket, and it is BIG trouble, especially if Bernie and Warren go bonkers on each other in the primary campaign and Bernie does a tepid Warren endorsement, or worse, refuses to endorse her at all. Tulsi as a Green and Schultz as an indie alone could easily draw a combined 6, 7, 8, even 10 (or more) million votes combined (1980 John Anderson, in 2016-adjusted % numbers, would have pulled over 10 million, Perot, close to 30 million based off 1992) and if the Libertarians field a shit candidate, and the other RW 3rd party/indy candidates do meh, it is so Rump's election to lose, especially if we bollocks up the impeachment and the economy does NOT go into recession. Tulsi will pull hard (in terms of her types of voters) from us, Schultz would probably pull 75/80% from us (the Biden/Sinema-voting types), and 20/25% from Rethug Rump haters. Caveat: THAT ALL is a WORST case scenario, I am NOT saying it will happen.


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Tulsi Who? bitterross Oct 2019 #1
Same thing as Jill Stein did? I don't know but it's strange........... nt mitch96 Oct 2019 #2
That is my fear that she will run as a third party candidate. applegrove Oct 2019 #6
The old game of trying to split the vote.. mitch96 Oct 2019 #13
Bernie Sanders --Trump. Hortensis Oct 2019 #17
I am very very worried about this. sharedvalues Oct 2019 #23
That running as a Democrat for the nomination is a set up to give applegrove Oct 2019 #26
Yes. She is bad for Democrats. Very bad. sharedvalues Oct 2019 #27
. applegrove Oct 2019 #28
She's definitely dangerous, I've thought this for sometime now. herding cats Oct 2019 #43
she could honor her principles by dropping out. nt msongs Oct 2019 #3
What are her principles? And to whom does she feel an allegiance to? dem4decades Oct 2019 #29
She's trying (in vain, I hope) to increase her visibility. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2019 #4
She would have a cakewalk in the Green Primary, Stein is not running and Howie Hawkins is weak Celerity Oct 2019 #44
I think it's a vanity campaign, intended to expand her brand. TwilightZone Oct 2019 #5
Hopefully, she'll attrack herself right out Cha Oct 2019 #20
Amazing how Hawaiians hate her sharedvalues Oct 2019 #24
I've asked this all along peggysue2 Oct 2019 #7
My initial and lasting impression is that she is not a true Democrat... Frustratedlady Oct 2019 #8
She's trying to hurt us because she is supported by dark right wing forces we can't see. mahina Oct 2019 #9
+1 applegrove Oct 2019 #11
Yes sharedvalues Oct 2019 #25
I think she's trying to help knock off everyone except Bernie and Biden, and wants pnwmom Oct 2019 #10
lol.. like Joe Biden would have her as his VP. Cha Oct 2019 #21
I'm confident Biden would never validate her as such. herding cats Oct 2019 #42
She has also been boosted by Sputnik and RT Qutzupalotl Oct 2019 #12
Scary. applegrove Oct 2019 #14
Yup, creepy. MBS Oct 2019 #18
Ok that answers the question right there......... nt mitch96 Oct 2019 #22
There are a crapton of banner ads promoting her in my feeds Maine-i-acs Oct 2019 #15
She is going to be The Green Party Nominee ritapria Oct 2019 #16
Would Jill stand for that? (nt) ehrnst Oct 2019 #19
She's not running. TwilightZone Oct 2019 #31
Unlikely. TwilightZone Oct 2019 #30
Tulsi is the wrong candidate running at the wrong time at140 Oct 2019 #32
Are there any laws/rules to prevent her from going independant? Talitha Oct 2019 #33
I think she stated that she would not run third party. I will check that. applegrove Oct 2019 #34
Thanks for the info! Talitha Oct 2019 #35
She could do a bait and switch. applegrove Oct 2019 #37
This message was self-deleted by its author applegrove Oct 2019 #36
Even if she did she'd fragment the RW as much as she'd pull from extreme left. herding cats Oct 2019 #41
I didn't see this... I'll delete mine. herding cats Oct 2019 #38
Leave it up. The more discussion the better. applegrove Oct 2019 #39
I appreciate that but I'd just posted after reading the article then saw yours. herding cats Oct 2019 #40
Okay. Great. applegrove Oct 2019 #45
Probably running away from criticizing Edrogan and Assad dansolo Oct 2019 #46
Now that the kurds have joined with Assad out of necessity she should applegrove Oct 2019 #48
She should run as Putin's VP Yoopy Oct 2019 #47
I agree with others who said she will be Jill Stein 2.0 ecstatic Oct 2019 #49
After throwing a public tantrum about mistreatment, she could flip from dem to repub. not_the_one Oct 2019 #50
I'm thinking kompromat. dchill Oct 2019 #51
She grew up in a cult so she is already harnessed. Cult leaders rely applegrove Oct 2019 #52
Raising cash and visibility .... Pachamama Oct 2019 #53
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