2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumSanders points to polls showing him as a stronger candidate than Hillary against Trump
Bernie Sanders Forges Ahead With Jabs at Donald Trump
By ALAN RAPPEPORT and YAMICHE ALCINDOR
March 19, 2016
Undeterred by questions of delegate math or political momentum, Senator Bernie Sanders brushed off suggestions on Friday that his campaign had no way forward and forcefully made the case that he was the Democratic candidate better suited to defeat Donald J. Trump in a general election.
Let me say a word to you about my good friend Donald Trump, Mr. Sanders said at a rally before more than 3,000 people at a high school gym in Idaho Falls. Just kidding, hes not my good friend. In fact I never even went to one of his weddings.
Despite the veiled jab at Mrs. Clinton, who did attend Mr. Trumps third wedding, Mr. Sanders directed most of his fire at the leading Republican candidate. He said he was making an exception to his promise not to campaign negatively, saying it was a necessary evil because of the gravity of Mr. Trumps rise.
The truth is that Donald Trump is a pathological liar, Mr. Sanders said, spending several minutes discussing Mr. Trumps record of bending the truth. People can disagree about ideas, but you cannot have a president who the American people cannot trust when he speaks.
Mr. Sanders pointed to several polls that show him as the stronger candidate to take on Mr. Trump, ....
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bernie-sanders-forges-ahead-with-jabs-at-donald-trump/ar-BBqDrus
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)imagine2015
(2,054 posts)If you can't provide documentation I have to wonder if you just made this up.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)disingenuous pointing to a poll 6 months out. As for the Romney polls, here they are;
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html
LexVegas
(6,059 posts)rgbecker
(4,826 posts)Only 4 paragraphs in the short article needed to make their point. They need new writers who can stretch it out like we did in high school.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)imagine2015
(2,054 posts)But that's not the way it works in this election.
Very few people are voting in this primary ..... probably less than 10% of potential voters who will vote in the General Election.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)Can you please post the popular vote totals up to this date and let us know which candidate has managed to get the most votes so far?
Just curious.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)and so far Hillary is beating Trump and Sanders isn't. Total 2016 primary votes, by candidate:
Clinton - 8,668,136
Trump - 7,548,429
Sanders - 6,131,951
griffi94
(3,733 posts)He doesn't however seem to be able to win the primaries.
I'm also confident that Hillary can win the GE.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)All the attacks from the GOP are now aimed squarely at Hillary Clinton whom they assume will be the Dem nominee. If Bernie somehow miraculously wins the nomination the GOP will begin to focus their attacks on Bernie and his numbers will drop... like a rock.