2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: WHOA! NYR is no RW rag! THIS IS A MUST READ! "The Clinton System" [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)After a time, you just have to accept that some dogs aren't hunting, and trying to make them so do is seen as forced, at best.
Better to sell a candidate with a positive, uplifting message than try to trash the opponent. All that does is solidify the loyal supporters and make the fence sitters wonder why that's the go-to tactic. From many reports, that aggressive bullying, dire prognostications of frog marching, indictments (not in any number of "business hours" fortunately) and dismissive attitude (to include the finger wagging and tut-tutting) just didn't make the sale in the Five State Sweep. In fact, it quite viscerally turned a LOT of people off.
Unless Beiber has pulled a Ted Cruz, joined our party, and filed nomination papers, I'm hopeful we won't see him in GD-P....I suppose it could happen if he's being thrown out of a candidate town hall/rally!