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2016 Postmortem

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts) Tue Jul 5, 2016, 06:17 PM Jul 2016

Remember when the GOP nominee ran from the sitting president in 2008?

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Remember when the GOP nominee ran from the sitting president in 2008? (Original Post) Drunken Irishman Jul 2016 OP

And now GOPers in Congress are running from their nominee. Cali_Democrat Jul 2016 #1

Yup. SaschaHM Jul 2016 #3

That was also the mistake Gore made in 2000 Doctor Jack Jul 2016 #2

They sure couldn't run towards Bush, I don't see how the sitting President could possibly have help TheKentuckian Jul 2016 #4

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)

1. And now GOPers in Congress are running from their nominee.

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Original post)

Tue Jul 5, 2016, 06:18 PM

Jul 2016

This is a party that cannot be taken seriously.

They are incapable of governing.

SaschaHM

(2,897 posts)

3. Yup.

Reply to Cali_Democrat (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 5, 2016, 06:28 PM

Jul 2016

Trump is in my state, NC, and neither our republican Gov nor our Senators were willing to show up to his rally.

Doctor Jack

(3,072 posts)

2. That was also the mistake Gore made in 2000

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Original post)

Tue Jul 5, 2016, 06:20 PM

Jul 2016

I think Hillary watched that disastrous decision unfold right in front of her and is hell bent on not making the same mistake. Running with Obama is extremely smart. He is quite popular and his campaigning skills are second to none.

TheKentuckian

(25,023 posts)

4. They sure couldn't run towards Bush, I don't see how the sitting President could possibly have help

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Original post)

Tue Jul 5, 2016, 06:40 PM

Jul 2016

In fact, they just would have likely done even worse. The whole campaign was largely about making McShame be Bush's third term.

2000 I think is a better example. Bush was toxic.

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