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2016 Postmortem

Orsino

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1. I'm not bothered by a politician's changing his/her endorsement.

Reply to kenn3d (Original post)

Tue Feb 16, 2016, 11:58 AM

Feb 2016

Elections are moving targets, and endorsements are political capital that can be sold more than once.

Rather than dismissing a Lewis endorsement, we should view all endorsements skeptically.

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John Lewis Softens His Stance on Bernie Sanders - EBONY.com [View all] kenn3d Feb 2016 OP

I'm not bothered by a politician's changing his/her endorsement. Orsino Feb 2016 #1

I agree. They have lost much of their power to influence blocks of voters, due to libdem4life Feb 2016 #2

When John Lewis speaks, people listen sammythecat Feb 2016 #5

I found a good one the other day... Fumesucker Feb 2016 #3

How can people mis-spell the President's name after 8 years in office? It's Barack. nt thereismore Feb 2016 #4