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2016 Postmortem

mhatrw

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7. Hillary's awesomely funded, establishment-backed pay-to-play shtick plays great in deep red states.

Reply to HassleCat (Original post)

Wed Mar 2, 2016, 03:03 AM

Mar 2016

And nowhere else.

Democrats could literally not field a worse candidate than Hillary Clinton in terms of riling up the Republican base to vote against her while leaving the Democratic base stone cold. Nor could the Democrats find a single worse individual to nominate in terms of unfavorability ratings among independent voters.

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Making lemonade from lemons [View all] HassleCat Mar 2016 OP

If Supers have to vote for how their state does... JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #1

I can't speak for other Hillary supporters, but I am happy with the outcome tonight. anotherproletariat Mar 2016 #2

Liberal voices will get no say marions ghost Mar 2016 #5

It will be interesting. I need to wait until the morning nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #3

538 is predicting HC wins in MI, IL, OH, NC, & FL. Lots of delegates there. spooky3 Mar 2016 #4

Wait, who's attempting to make lemonade? Garrett78 Mar 2016 #6

Hillary's awesomely funded, establishment-backed pay-to-play shtick plays great in deep red states. mhatrw Mar 2016 #7