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Hortensis

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9. NONE of our candidates are trying to draw

Wed Mar 20, 2019, 11:53 AM

Mar 2019

Trump’s base. Those hard-core authoritarians, racists and other deplorables are maybe 35% of the approximately 24% of the electorate who are still Republican plus a smaller percentage of “independents”who are nevertheless also very loyal to Trump.

Of course no one plans to win by appealing to them. That would be stupid, and our people are far from stupid.

Even Bernie Sanders, who IS trying to draw big numbers of conservative populists disappointed by Trump to his flag, isn’t going after Trump loyalists.

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"Who can beat Trump" is the WRONG question [View all] DemocracyMouse Mar 2019 OP

Yes please. Heard a pundit this morning on Joe, saying basically that. lagomorph777 Mar 2019 #1

We will have a blue wave Cary Mar 2019 #2

And never underestimate the radical trolls on the Russian payroll! DemocracyMouse Mar 2019 #4

It's another way of asking the same question: The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #3

No, it's the same question themaguffin Mar 2019 #5

I'm so sick of the "candidates don't excite me" attitude LongtimeAZDem Mar 2019 #6

Me too. Its ridiculously lazy and shows profound ignorance Squinch Mar 2019 #7

1 + 1 equals 2 DemocracyMouse Mar 2019 #10

Exactly - find the candidate who will motivate 2016 non-voters to vote Quemado Mar 2019 #8

Yeah.... but that's not quite it. DemocracyMouse Mar 2019 #12

NONE of our candidates are trying to draw Hortensis Mar 2019 #9

AND, the most important question, "Who can fix our country?" nt woodsprite Mar 2019 #11

Bingo. DemocracyMouse Mar 2019 #13

Locking... DonViejo Mar 2019 #14