2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Tens of thousands to leave Democratic party the day after their primaries in protest [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)People prefer Hillary.
Bernie's followers love to tell us what we did wrong all these years. Well, you blew it. This should be a lesson, so take a lesson. No matter how much you want to burn the Democratic barn down, to make any difference you have to appeal to the much larger block of liberals directly to your right.
Next time, therefore, choose an iconoclaust who is also an accepting and gracious liberal, not an off-putting intolerant far-lefter -- and one who wouldn't turn 80 while still in office.
We have no idea how much difference that last may be making, only that it is a foolishly unnecessary negative to saddle yourselves with.
Oh, forgot: Choose a candidate who intends to win right from the beginning. Clue: The real beginning will occur at very least a year before you know he or she even exists.