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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: WaPo Morning Plum- Democrats badly underestimated Bernie Sanders. That was a very serious mistake. [View all]grasswire
(50,130 posts)1. this Democrat did not underestimate him. nt
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WaPo Morning Plum- Democrats badly underestimated Bernie Sanders. That was a very serious mistake. [View all]
ViseGrip
Jan 2016
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Was this after he got taken down by Bernie at some luncheon? Saw the video. Bernie
libdem4life
Jan 2016
#2
More to the point, they either badly misunderstand what the public wants, or consider it immaterial.
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2016
#3
Exactly, and that comment above just mirrors the way they choose to ignore it. Bad contest strategy!
ViseGrip
Jan 2016
#4
They also didn't realize how large the number of Americans is who are totally fed-up of
Cal33
Jan 2016
#6
++ true= Bernie Sanders, the right man at the right time. This is why he will win!
Vincardog
Jan 2016
#9
The media and pundits live in the same bubble as the Beltway politicians...
tex-wyo-dem
Jan 2016
#26
They also are not interested in understanding how this 74 y.o. "socialist" could be so popular.
Cal33
Jan 2016
#27
I think that the pundit types are caught in their own echo chamber--they don't talk to real people.
bklyncowgirl
Jan 2016
#16
The real problem with our Democratic Party is they refuse to acknowledte that we have not
Todays_Illusion
Jan 2016
#11
Where we have another serious problem is for liberal/progressive legislators especially since
Todays_Illusion
Jan 2016
#35
When We Stand Together - No Citizen Need Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go
cantbeserious
Jan 2016
#17