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In reply to the discussion: More and more likely: A third-party "real Republican" candidate for president. [View all]WhaTHellsgoingonhere
(5,252 posts)92. Obama clearly ran to the left of Hillary, but governed like the Second Clinton. For the life of me,
I'll never understand the New Democrats' Party. What are they so affraid of that they run to they immediately abandon core Democratic values and govern right of center. Then we just accept that Democrats don't vote as a given. Republicans don't have this problem. For worse or worser, they follow through on all of their awful promises. And the Democratic Party just tags along.
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More and more likely: A third-party "real Republican" candidate for president. [View all]
Hortensis
May 2016
OP
Great. I hope every one who ran for POTUS this time starts his or her own party.
merrily
May 2016
#1
Strong women are generally considered less "likable." It's a thing with some men. n/t
pnwmom
May 2016
#58
That's just the perception with Hillary. Fact checkers say she's one of the more truthful.
pnwmom
May 2016
#80
Are you available to be drafted as the Democratic Party's real Democrat?
1StrongBlackMan
May 2016
#7
You know that your statement runs counter to all Democratic values, right? A majority
Squinch
May 2016
#35
Um, no. It's that not enough people like your candidate. By a factor of multiple millions.
Squinch
May 2016
#61
Gosh, he did. Looks like the country will be in for a shitty four years. But hey your corporate
Katashi_itto
May 2016
#64
You mean you aren't going to do a GBCW thread and leave DU in a flurry of fury at the oligarchs?
Squinch
May 2016
#67
Limp wristed, huh? And of course you don't see it as a victory. That's because you lost.
Squinch
May 2016
#69
I think they are in the minority of BS supporters, but they certainly are obnoxious.
Squinch
May 2016
#88
Obama clearly ran to the left of Hillary, but governed like the Second Clinton. For the life of me,
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
May 2016
#92
They want to run a strong candidate with a chance of beating Clinton and Trump. The OP is wrong.
JimDandy
May 2016
#60
I didn't remember that Johnson was the libertarian candidate. That could have legs.
thesquanderer
May 2016
#91
Yes. All they need to do is find a candidate who can throw it to the house, no need to win outright.
thesquanderer
May 2016
#21
It's not specifically about the swing states, it's also about the blue-ish ones.
thesquanderer
May 2016
#57
No Hortensis, that is not what I said. I said that a third party conservative candidate
Nitram
May 2016
#18
Who would it be? The republicans themselves didn't seem to like any of the "real" republicans that
hughee99
May 2016
#40
I think it would be interesting if they do... Many have said, if there are 2 Pub candidates in the
glowing
May 2016
#54
Can they set the rules for the convention still, have delegates free to vote any way they want?
L. Coyote
May 2016
#63
If fRump got most of the gop vote in primaries, why would those voters change?
lindysalsagal
May 2016
#86