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2016 Postmortem

jeff47

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13. This. And this is why we lost 2014 and 2010.

Reply to lumberjack_jeff (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 29, 2016, 02:35 PM

Jan 2016

The people keep telling the party what they want. The party keeps saying "Shut up and vote for us".

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WaPo Morning Plum- Democrats badly underestimated Bernie Sanders. That was a very serious mistake. [View all] ViseGrip Jan 2016 OP

this Democrat did not underestimate him. nt grasswire Jan 2016 #1

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

^^THIS^^ CharlotteVale Jan 2016 #5

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

Good point. They understand what people want dreamnightwind Jan 2016 #7

This. And this is why we lost 2014 and 2010. jeff47 Jan 2016 #13

I think that the pundit types are caught in their own echo chamber--they don't talk to real people. bklyncowgirl Jan 2016 #16

What the public NEEDS* Fearless Jan 2016 #18

+10,000 nt Live and Learn Jan 2016 #34

DEMOCRATS!?! Matariki Jan 2016 #8

+1 daleanime Jan 2016 #25

the only ones who underestimated were not paying attention. restorefreedom Jan 2016 #10

The real problem with our Democratic Party is they refuse to acknowledte that we have not Todays_Illusion Jan 2016 #11

Every Friday for years, Bernie showed up on Tom Hartmann's program. Hoppy Jan 2016 #14

Where we have another serious problem is for liberal/progressive legislators especially since Todays_Illusion Jan 2016 #35

How dare the rabble not do exactly what we tell them to do! mhatrw Jan 2016 #12

By "Democrats" they mean the Beltway Bubble Z_California Jan 2016 #15

When We Stand Together - No Citizen Need Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go cantbeserious Jan 2016 #17

The DNC record is failure. Debbie: Resign NCjack Jan 2016 #19

K&R! Duval Jan 2016 #20

Interesting Narrative by Sargent benny05 Jan 2016 #21

HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT Jan 2016 #22

I'm a Democrat and I didn't underestimate him. GO BERNIE! Akicita Jan 2016 #23

The only thing that the Washington Democrats underestimated about Bernie Sanders was the... BlueJazz Jan 2016 #24

well said. Ligyron Jan 2016 #28

Thank you. In case you didn't sense it, my blood was boiling at the time. BlueJazz Jan 2016 #30

Bernie is the solution for jomin41 Jan 2016 #29

That was serendipity, not a mistake. ErisDiscordia Jan 2016 #31

I think they underestimated how pissed off America is..... KentuckyWoman Jan 2016 #32

Bernie has something you can't duplicate. Skwmom Jan 2016 #33

This quote stood out. blackspade Jan 2016 #36

K & R. Thanks for finding and posting. Surya Gayatri Jan 2016 #37