February 20, 2016

Gotta get off the site for the night

Only in Clinton land can a 4 point win show that Bernie cannot "appeal to minorites voters". This was never a state we were supposed to win. Can't read their nonsense tonight.

Back to work. Got a week to cut the gap.

Won't be surprised if Hillary comes out for her victory speech surrounded by African American supporters.

February 20, 2016

Since it is indeed about delegates

It will be interesting to see the totals.

Clinton won by 6 in 2008 and lost the delegate count.

Congrats on the percentage victory. Big comeback falls just short. Onward.

Very pleased with the Hispanic tally and while the percentage loss is disappointing, any thought that this fight is over is beyond premature.

Let's not be naive though. This was expected. What's unexpected is that we will pick up the delegates that we will get.

As I predicted, 53-47. Not at all a surprise


Edit: I read it and sounded bitter. Seriously, congrats. Just not surprised. This was a must win for the wheels to not fall off.

February 20, 2016

In honor of the caucuses tomorrow

Before we go to sleep. The consistent inspiring message of a truly great man. He deserves all the success he is enjoying. Night folks.

February 19, 2016

There will be NO coin tosses

But rather they will draw out of a deck of cards

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/02/19/a-deck-of-cards-could-determine-some-nevada-caucus-results/?_r=0

February 19, 2016

Hillary Clinton Will Never be President of the United States

There is a great deal of passion on both sides of this Democratic coin this election season. The GD-P Board is constantly filled with posts attacking both candidates. Some are substantive and some are posted by people who have literally been quoted admitting they are just trolling.

This is not about that. This is about something far more serious that needs to be driven home.

Hillary Clinton will never be President of the United States. Not now. Not ever.

Now right away, some of you have already stopped reading and have gone to the comments to tell me that I am wrong and that Senator Sanders will never be President either. That's fine. I expect that you will write your own OP on this matter.

She very well may win the nomination. She still will never be President.

I cannot put this any more delicately than this: During this campaign, Hillary Clinton has had the opportunity of her lifetime to display to the American public why she should be the entrusted with the privilege of being President. She has had the opportunity to win back the trust (the trust she has admitted she knows she needs to earn back) of the electorate and has continuously failed to do so. She has had the opportunity to be transparent and be an open book to show how honest she actually is. Countless examples of her failure in this matter are alarming. Forget just the e-mails and transcripts, and YouTube videos showing her dishonesty. How about the little things? How about that journalists, working hard, have traveled with her for months. And the last question she fielded from them was ten weeks ago. That is not a transparent campaign.

Like it or not, she is not viewed as genuine. Two people who ARE viewed as genuine? Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. Trump is a national disgrace and an embarrassment at every turn, yet people believe him to be honest and genuine. Again, Hillary Clinton may win the nomination, but how on God's green earth will she be able to run on her own words and record when Trump will destroy her at every turn. Let's not forget that Bernie Sanders is going EASY on her. Now take a look at what Trump is doing to his OWN party. Do you think that worse isn't on its way?

Yet again though, the comments will say, "Bernie will get eviscerated by Trump too". On what grounds? Are there videos of him demonizing racial groups or homosexuals? No. Is there a 13 minute loop of him lying about every position he stands for? No. Are they going to call him old and grouchy? Is that what will tip the scales? Are they going to call him a Socialist? Is that the hard hitting attack they will go on, when a good percentage of the electorate is not turned off by that word? Is the FBI investigating his actions or the actions of those close to him?

But yes, she will have the vote of POC. I don't deny that. Let's look at those states: South Carolina (Red 9 straight times), Georgia (Red last 5 times, 7 out of last 8), Alabama (Red 9 straight times), Mississippi (Red 9 straight times). The list goes on.

Fine fine... Even though that's her "Strength", they will say, "We wouldn't win those anyways". How about battleground states? Colorado, where she is losing ground daily to Sanders (Red 7 of the last 10 times). Iowa, which turned out in record number for the Republican primaries and where she could not get a majority of Democratic votes? There goes 6 more electoral votes. New Hampshire? There goes 4 more. Nevada? Where Trump is expected to cruise to victory again? 6 more gone. And we haven't heard one attack in this GE campaign and we already losing our previously expected plurality. The list goes on.

Attack those numbers too. That's fine. Nowhere will we see an issue based response as to why she would win those in a GE, but those numbers will be attacked. It's fine. She will never be President.

I keep hearing about how crucial this GE is. How it is vital to have a liberal leaning Supreme Court? Then why are we marching in like lambs to the slaughter with a candidate whose resume is stacked with some impressive positions, but whose campaign has done nothing but trend downward for almost an ENTIRE year. Where is this bounce for her coming from? Do you think its coming from Sanders supporters? Sure count on a lot of us. Not everyone. Is it coming from Independents? Not by the looks of it.

There's only one candidate who can win this GE for us and it's Bernie Sanders. (And no, I did not ever picture myself saying that a couple of years ago).

Everything about his candidacy gives us a better shot of the White House and that is the damn goal. Too idealistic? So be it. We will have the White House. Want to go on that "realism" platform? The White House will be theirs. I try every day to find the silver lining. I am an activist, volunteer, and I have a career. I take NO pride in declaring we would lose. But the simple fact is every day she turns more and more people away rather than toward her.

And that is why Hillary Clinton will never be President of the United States.

Note: This is an opinion piece about the Primary Election and the subsequent General Election. At no point have I violated TOS, nor are my opinions derogatory in nature. You may disagree with them. That's fine.

Edit: I'm going to let this sit and I will go eat some lunch now. I hope this can enable some solutions to be discussed as to how we can actually change this and win in November

February 19, 2016

Bern

?@BernieSanders

Glad to hear @HillaryClinton's promise to remove the three and ten year bars against returning immigrants put in place by the Clinton admin.

10:20 PM - 18 Feb 2016

February 19, 2016

After last night....

you had to figure the trolls would come out of the woodworks and they have this morning so try not to feed them.. You know who they are..


But we need to prepare ourselves for the worst possible outcome on Saturday. A loss by double digits would hurt severely and we (honestly) have zero shot of winning South Carolina outright...

They will spin these two so well that we can't win with POC and that it's over and the general public could fall for it..


So with this being the last day, please try to make some calls to Nevada in your spare time. I plan to after work tonight. Anything that you can do to get a few more caucus goers could make a huge difference for us...

Find the info and instructions here. ..https://go.berniesanders.com/page/content/phonebank

February 19, 2016

Anyone have a better idea of why we needed to "send a message" to Central American children?

Me either.

Or why she believed marriage was between a man and a woman. For literally 66 years of her damn life. She somehow evolved.

Me either.

Or when she will be delivering those transcripts?

Me either.

On fire tonight? Not on the questions that matter to progressives.

February 19, 2016

Maria Teresa Kumar Confirms What Many Already Knew

Voto Latino President Maria Teresa Kumar appeared on Rachel Maddow tonight and confirmed what was obvious in Nevada and is likely true across this nation.

When speaking of the Culinary Union, she confirmed that there would not be an endorsement because the leadership could not get the membership to abandon their support for Bernie Sanders. The disconnect has led them to sit out the endorsement process. She added that typically "what Harry (Reid) says goes", but even he could not influence the union to make an endorsement.

So when Hillary claims ALL the Unions want her, she should add the disclaimer that the majority of unions who actually allow their members to have a voice do NOT support her. And in Nevada it could spell trouble because a large bloc that she thought would be hers will likely not be out caucusing for her Saturday.

If anyone has a clip or transcript, please post. I am simply reporting what I watched.

February 17, 2016

Vegas/Offshore odds vs. Nate Silver

Here are the odds currently being offered:



US Presidential Election

Odds to Win the Democratic Party Nevada Caucus

701 Hillary Clinton 5/6
702 Bernie Sanders 10/11

That's a "virtual tie" for those not familiar with odds. And Bernie was 6/5 yesterday, so that's actually an improvement.

But what do the oddsmakers know... Since when do they make money..

If Clinton was a 69% chance winner, they would get buried here. The books don't get buried.

Just a nice dose of real odds as opposed to odds based on questionable polling.