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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: PURE SPECULATION: Could Bernie be staying in because he knows something we don't? [View all]democrattotheend
(11,605 posts)12. To be fair, the same could have been said about Obama in the summer of 2008
There was a time before the financial crisis when his campaign was floundering, and there were a few in the party establishment who were suggesting that Hillary could still be nominated.
If the e-mail scandal blows up and Hillary looks unelectable by the convention because of it, she needs to be replaced. But as a general rule I would not support the superdelegates overriding the will of the primary voters just because the candidate who won the most primary votes is not polling well at the moment. That would set a bad precedent, IMO.
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PURE SPECULATION: Could Bernie be staying in because he knows something we don't? [View all]
democrattotheend
May 2016
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... And who will spend her entire tenure in the WH mired to her neck in hearings when not being
JudyM
May 2016
#25
I really think republicans will be more obstinate to Hillary than to Bernie. It's just their
RKP5637
May 2016
#34
At least with Bernie, Republicans need to conjure-up bullshit out of thin air to criticize
99th_Monkey
May 2016
#42
To be fair, a lot of the "decades of baggage" was pulled out of thin air
democrattotheend
May 2016
#49
Fresh start sounds great, doesn't it? Unfortunately a lot of independents in the middle are thinking
JudyM
May 2016
#90
Absolutely! Same as tRump will get a helluva lot more votes from people who would otherwise
JudyM
May 2016
#60
Hillary is a politician. Trump is a business man. Hillary will play the political
RKP5637
May 2016
#70
That is a very good observation. Made me feel a little ugh in my gut. WTH are we in for...
JudyM
May 2016
#91
I have my doubts about Hillary winning against Trump. She has too much baggage, right or wrong,
RKP5637
May 2016
#30
It's certainly possible that both those things are motivating him right now.
DemocraticWing
May 2016
#11
I agree. TPTB are far too smart not to have contingency plans no matter what their public
RKP5637
May 2016
#55
To be fair, the same could have been said about Obama in the summer of 2008
democrattotheend
May 2016
#12
Ironically, the supers were put in place to stop candidates like Bernie
democrattotheend
May 2016
#27
I'd be outraged if Bernie wasn't the pick in the event of a HRC withdrawal...
Yurovsky
May 2016
#117
Although I believe that is possible, I lean more towards understanding the task at hand
me b zola
May 2016
#17
None of us know the outcome of these investigations. I think Bernie is staying in for those of us
mmonk
May 2016
#35
Why do you think Pelosi keeps butting in saying Sanders should stay in the race?
Barack_America
May 2016
#36
25 responses and only 2 of them are snark! Actually seems like a discussion happening.
JudyM
May 2016
#39
In for the fact Sanders has bern saying from the start he was in it to win it.
Thinkingabout
May 2016
#81
Sanders said long ago, he would stay in through the entire process. And so it was.
Sunlei
May 2016
#106