2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumEvidently, Hillary supporters would have had no problem with Bernie running
as an independent.
Ah, for the halcyon days of May, when they commended him for running as a Democrat.
Now? Bernie shouldn't have been allowed to run as a Democrat.
Whatever can account for the change.
(And Debbie, the "Bernie isn't a Democrat" whiny crap coming from you, is particularly funny)
TDale313
(7,820 posts)Which he already is, even though he's not.
He shouldn't have run as a Den. He shouldn't run as an independent. Face it, to them, he shouldn't have run period.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)And that challenger is getting yuuuge support from the left, Hillary's big weakness.
farleftlib
(2,125 posts)of apoplexy if he ran as an Independent and was pulling ahead like he is now? It makes the current level of hysteria seem like a trip to a Zen Buddhist temple.
brooklynite
(96,882 posts)The polling where he's "pulling ahead" is for the Primary, where they only poll Democrats.
You have no basis for saying he'd be ahead in a 3-way race as an Independent.
But keep dreaming.
farleftlib
(2,125 posts)me and the millions who are turning this into a real contest instead of a coronation.
Sorry that Hillary might have to work for her nomination instead of waltzing effortlessly to it.
She's got her work cut out, big time.
Armstead
(47,803 posts)for running as a Democrat.
He probably could have tipped the balance to the GOP in the General as a 3rd party spoiler.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)Nite Owl
(11,303 posts)Beowulf
(761 posts)JRLeft
(7,010 posts)ucrdem
(15,700 posts)Krytan11c
(271 posts)Serious question.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Good plan, Einstein.
ucrdem
(15,700 posts)Yes, I think that would have been a much better idea. Now, no. But he's promised not to, remember, and politicians never break their promises, do they?
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)We'll have to see if DNC keeps up their end...not looking good so far.
JohnnyLib2
(11,222 posts)This blanket does not cover me as a HRC supporter.
NorthCarolina
(11,197 posts)NOT a Nader style spoiler.
Go back at look at the numerous posts by Hillary supporters clamoring for just that. Of course at the time they assumed that it would be the best way to use the party mechanism to keep him marginalized. That, in retrospect, hasn't been working as they planned, so suddenly they're all like "why is he running as a Democrat"?
Seriously, you can't make this shit up.
cali
(114,904 posts)HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Have to keep a daily scorecard to keep track of them, though.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)ucrdem
(15,700 posts)NorthCarolina
(11,197 posts)Do your own homework. It's easily searchable if you really want to know "who", though I suspect you are well aware of it yourself anyway.
cali
(114,904 posts)Nice try.
thesquanderer
(12,263 posts)In a 3-way, he would split the dem vote and could possibly hand the republicans the presidency.
gwheezie
(3,580 posts)And I'm still glad he's running as a dem, although even if he just recently became one. I support HRC but if Bernie wins, so be it, I'm not going to get mad him because enough dems voted to make him the nominee, that would be a little irrational.