SheenaR
SheenaR's JournalI have not said a critical word of the Sanders campaign thus far
But the NV and SC strategies have me a little baffled coming off of essentially two "victories"..
You cannot lose by 50 when everyone is watching. Yes it is a long campaign, etc. But people listen to the god forsaken MSM. And they are going to do a number on us the next few days.
Even if we were going to lose in SC, you cant lose by 50. Bottom line. In a state we thought we could win a week ago.
Edit: I am a campaign volunteer, a frequent writer here and strong advocate for Bernie. A week ago, many of you said if we won Nevada we could win SC.. Let's not rewrite history. It was said many times.
What does a (unlikely) narrow win by Clinton today do to the race?
I think it definitely shakes things up and turns the tide in our favor (like Nevada did for them) if he can somehow keep it to 10. Not likely, but would be huge.
#WhichHillary is trending nationally on Twitter
Some examples:
The one who dodged sniper fire....
The one who dodges the FBI....
Or the one who dodges transcripts?
So many options.
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8 minutes that sum it up
If you have never seen this interview with Elizabeth Warren please watch this Video. This is just yet another example of how we can't trust Sec Clinton
Go See "Where to Invade Next" if you can
Sobering view of how far ahead Europe (and some other interesting places) is of us despite having less wealth.
I would say it's a must see for the Bernie Supporter
Enjoy the day
Stay the Course
Here's a real shocker:
We are going to lose Saturday. And we will lose the so called SEC states on 3/1.
Again, this is not unexpected. But something is happening that is really hurting us and we need to ramp up our efforts on the ground.
Nevada, while Clinton was favored, has now become the state where "she found here mojo" again. That is the narrative being fed all throughout this country and they are trying to use Saturday as the "nail in the coffin" for us.
All of us have talked about this being a movement. Well we need to move now. We need calls made in the states that we NEED to win on 3/1 through 3/15. For instance, Colorado and Massachusetts may look good right now. But a big loss in SC could change everything if people are being fed misinformation about our chances going forward.
Even Matt Freaking Drudge is trying to frame this weekend as the death-knell for Bernie. Ask yourself why this is? He HATES Hillary. They smell blood and want to face her badly. They have the attacks ready and now they are laying off her a bit.
We need to stay the course. I got discouraged myself last night and almost watched tv instead of doing my nightly volunteering. This is bigger than me. It's bigger than all of us.
Stay the course. If we can get to 3/22 in tact, we are in for a month of victories leading us toward the big prizes at the end.
We have no other choice.
Enjoy the day.
Re: Primarying Obama in 2012
A lot has been said regarding the comments made by Bernie Sanders about having Obama primaried in 2012. I take no issue with anyone speaking up and I have no problem with the idea.
But many here are/have been outraged about this. It is commonly cited here at DU.
My question is, when Lyndon Johnson was a sitting President, and Hillary supported Gene McCarthy against the incumbent, what is the difference? Yes, Johnson later dropped out. But she was in for McCarthy well before that.
So where is the outrage?
She also attended both conventions in 1968. She was 21 and not a little girl. Just curious as to why she would do that.
I'm neither naive, nor unrealistic
And on both sides of this Primary equation we have some great supporters and intelligent minds.
It's a fair statement to say that the primaries weren't over before Nevada. It's also a fair statement to say Bernie was not supposed to and not expected to win Nevada.
So why then did this one loss suddenly mean the end of the campaign? Can we agree that no matter which website you get your news from that this is the narrative they are pushing hard? Do you ever ask yourself why that is?
We have the big contests coming up and three weeks until the 3/15 contests. What was Bernie three weeks out of Iowa, NH and Nevada? He improved on all in the remaining time.
Again, I'm not naive. Team Clinton is in the driver's seat. But how about we let these next few weeks play out before talking about people dropping out. 2/27 and 3/1 are going to serve Hillary well. I like our chances in the states beyond that.
Let's let it play out before we bury any candidate.
Just my morning musings. Flame or talk away.
Re: The Popular Vote Argument
Going through the threads on this topic today I remembered some conversations I had this week.
All week I heard that Hillary Clinton won the popular vote in 2008. You know what wasn't counted in those totals? Caucuses.
So the posts today that list Bernie as leading in the popular vote are correct since it is based on one state.
When you try to do the delegate percentages compared to voter turnout in the caucuses Obama would have won the vote on 2008. Sanders would still be winning here.
It's true today. Will it be true next weekend? Possibly not.
But for now it is. The insane reaction to this and the actual pledged delegate count from the Clinton camp was a bit over the top. We get that there are more races. Just so you know.
Even in an embarrassingly small, expected victory
They are insufferable with the race-baiting and the RW meme trolling.
They have a huge surprise coming their way. If not in the primary, then in November
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