2016 Postmortem

andym

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12. Given that we lost, we obviously should have run someone else

Tue Nov 22, 2016, 01:51 PM

Nov 2016

because a lot of people are going to suffer after the GOP and Trump get through with this country. And I really hoped Hillary Clinton would win in a landslide-- I feel so badly for her and the nation.

IMHO, the safest potential candidate who probably would have dispatched Trump in an instant was Joe Biden. Losing the Supreme Court for a generation will enshrine citizens united and probably gerrymandering to the great detriment of the country, so in retrospect I'm all for picking the safest possible candidate who would have stacked up well against Trump. As for Bernie Sanders, he was a more risky candidate to run, but if he could have turned around the conversation in this country from "me, me, me" to the idea of promoting the common good, he could have won and had tremendous historical influence.

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Who should have been our nominee in 2016? [View all] el_bryanto Nov 2016 OP

Meh Lithos Nov 2016 #1

Agree 100% n/t SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2016 #2

Please. I'm so tired of this. Please WhiteTara Nov 2016 #3

what's the difference between criticizing and bashing? el_bryanto Nov 2016 #8

No. I don't think that you should go somewhere else WhiteTara Nov 2016 #10

As of now, a bunch of bullshit is tied 8 to 8. NCTraveler Nov 2016 #4

That's been pretty consistent. el_bryanto Nov 2016 #7

I can and have criticized Clinton and praised Sanders on this board. NCTraveler Nov 2016 #9

I really don't think it would have mattered who we had. JimBeard Nov 2016 #5

the person who won 4 million more votes than the other person La Lioness Priyanka Nov 2016 #6

Hillary was an excellent candidiate..She had to go up against Comey, Trump, the MEDIA, and... asuhornets Nov 2016 #11

Given that we lost, we obviously should have run someone else andym Nov 2016 #12

Susan Sarandon and Killer Mike...nt SidDithers Nov 2016 #13

LOL, at least we dodged that bullet. ucrdem Nov 2016 #14

This post is a waste of time. it is done. Over. UCmeNdc Nov 2016 #15

There was one candidate who was ready to keep the Obama recovery roaring. ucrdem Nov 2016 #16

Joe Biden would have taken the Rust Belt. KamaAina Nov 2016 #17

Trash thread Dem2 Nov 2016 #18