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In reply to the discussion: If HRC is nominated WITHOUT a primary challenge: [View all]hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)93. That is true and thst is why he won but in actual voters they did split the vote.
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When was the last time a non-incumbent was nominated without a primary challenge?
BainsBane
Dec 2014
#1
Eh...and if they didn't wouldn't people be complaining about a coronation? N/T
Chathamization
Dec 2014
#193
we've had virtual coronations before. people only complain when the media gets it wrong
unblock
Jan 2015
#200
Bush in '88 ran against Dole, Kemp, and several "regulars" (including Harold Stassen!)
George II
Dec 2014
#99
more interesting than the democratic primary in 2000, but still no real contest.
unblock
Dec 2014
#154
Not yet, but he's the one speaking out for those who most need a voice to speak for them.
Autumn
Dec 2014
#17
Well then your advocating another party and thats not what this site is about...
Historic NY
Dec 2014
#132
Not cancelled, but the point of all the anti-Elizabeth Warren and anti-Bernie posters
Ken Burch
Dec 2014
#4
Care to point out an "anti-Elizabeth Warren" post that ISN'T "she's not running"?
brooklynite
Dec 2014
#23
Did you know HRC is rated in the same spot of EW? Guess since it is a left
Thinkingabout
Dec 2014
#119
I know that one misleading graph, posted here about a dozen times, alleged that.
Jim Lane
Dec 2014
#140
The records speaks for a lot. Hillary was pushing for Civil Rights in her college days, it did not
Thinkingabout
Dec 2014
#147
No candidate has emerged with a better record than HRC, there are new and upcoming
Thinkingabout
Dec 2014
#175
If experience doesn't matter why would you bring up McCain's experience?
Thinkingabout
Dec 2014
#179
My point is that I voted for Obama, the less experienced candidate, and don't regret it.
Jim Lane
Dec 2014
#184
It's "an 'anti-Elizabeth Warren' post", which is what brooklynite asked about
Jim Lane
Dec 2014
#141
It was "anti" to assert, falsely, that she "supported racist, anti gay, anti choice policies"
Jim Lane
Dec 2014
#173
Why are you saying that the assertion was false? She voted for a candidate and she surely knew the
MADem
Dec 2014
#177
She said she was a Republican-she preferred the GOP because they better supported markets.
MADem
Dec 2014
#182
Ah, but what's Clinton's position on dogs on Amtrak trains? America wants to know!
Jim Lane
Dec 2014
#186
I don't know--she wasn't a Senator when that legislation was introduced in the House. I'll bet she
MADem
Dec 2014
#191
Droney was a DA--of course he was running on his record as Middlesex County's Top Prosecutor.
MADem
Dec 2014
#195
Not at all. This is a forum to discuss, and or argue about issues and hypotheticals. There are
still_one
Dec 2014
#42
I thought it was Carter and his deregulation of the airlines. However, since
still_one
Dec 2014
#100
Carter's belief that low inflation was more important than full employment didn't help, either.
Ken Burch
Dec 2014
#103
That is true and thst is why he won but in actual voters they did split the vote.
hrmjustin
Dec 2014
#93
You can't achieve presidential greatness as a centrist militarist who defers to Wall Street
Ken Burch
Dec 2014
#158
AFAIK, You NEVER called Reagan Democrats, (and I doubt you ever called Democrats for Nixon)
Ken Burch
Dec 2014
#94
The point is, they were far more disloyal to the party than anybody on the progressive left.
Ken Burch
Dec 2014
#144
if you cannot pledge to accept who we pick in the Primaty....even if it is HRC
VanillaRhapsody
Jan 2015
#196
Who here is demanding that HRC be nominated without a primary challenge ...
1StrongBlackMan
Dec 2014
#9
I would like to know who they are referring also. I see you did not get an answer and iI dont know
Thinkingabout
Dec 2014
#45
When your main intent is to be inflammatory and divisive, setting up straw men
KittyWampus
Dec 2014
#77
I think it is important that all of them run, even if I support Warren at this point...
cascadiance
Dec 2014
#30
I think Hillary and Sanders, but not Warren. Also think Biden, Webb, and maybe Jack Reed. I think
still_one
Dec 2014
#44
maybe it's a complacent "why would Hillary have rivals?" and everyone's arguing about inflection?
MisterP
Dec 2014
#56
If the polls say she is in the lead, that is called news. People are allowed to post news
Agnosticsherbet
Dec 2014
#109
The Supreme Court isn't worth being bland centrist or right-of-center on more than half the issues.
Ken Burch
Dec 2014
#24
It can't outweigh NAFTA, the '96 welfare bill. Glass-Steagall repeal and more executions
Ken Burch
Dec 2014
#81
So if the "Democrat with the ground game" isn't one that is standing up for
SomethingFishy
Dec 2014
#189
The Supreme Court will be at the forefront of our lives in the years to come, and the person
MADem
Dec 2014
#190
No it isn't. There's no TOS rule against linking to another thread on DU to back up an assertion.
MADem
Dec 2014
#148
That's just not true. The TOS talks about people supporting whosoever they choose in the primaries
MADem
Dec 2014
#150
and so will most of us vote for whoever is the Democratic nominee. Hillary will not be the only
still_one
Dec 2014
#47
I post Hillary is leading polls in the Hillary room. Why do you insult me by saying i am trying
hrmjustin
Dec 2014
#105
He thought she was easier to beat and that a nomination fight would hurt Obama.
Agnosticsherbet
Dec 2014
#111
I just read through the replies and still have not seen evidence of anyone saying there should not
Thinkingabout
Dec 2014
#112
I know! Preachin to the choir. Repug, Fake Dem, Conservadem, "centrist", all the same.
RiverLover
Dec 2014
#128