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Showing Original Post only (View all)Why Hillary Needs Sanders to Drop Out of the Race (and Sanders Has No Need for Hillary to Drop Out) [View all]
Hillary has only two responses to Sanders.
Either Hillary lies about Sanders' record:
Or Hillary molds her flexible "core values" to become more and more like Sanders (as brilliantly parodied by SNL):
This second option is interfering with Hillary's election strategy because she is planning to swing hard right in the general election after she plans to get the nomination based on empty promises to the left, and the Sanders campaign is fucking with the timing of Hillary's about face.
Sanders does not have a similar problem because he's going to campaign in the general election on the exact same platform he's using to win the nomination.
This -- as much as anything -- is a key difference between the two campaigns.
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Attorney in Texas
Mar 2016
OP
This is a really good point. If she is the nom, Hillary is going to look so silly swinging right
reformist2
Mar 2016
#2
Thinking that I hope Bernie goes last tonite at the townhall so he will be able to respond
jillan
Mar 2016
#3
Her playing Hokey Pokey with whether she's a progressive or a moderate
winter is coming
Mar 2016
#10
I think the point was that Clinton is halfway to the 50.1 percent mark in delegates
onenote
Mar 2016
#76
+1!!! Yes, commentators and pundits talk about a shift in earlier campaign promises
Dustlawyer
Mar 2016
#41
maybe you could describe what a president looks like and I'll fill in the blanks?
GreatGazoo
Mar 2016
#67
Exactly! He hardly looks presidential at all! Not like Obama or Hillary who totally do. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Mar 2016
#70