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2016 Postmortem

TheCowsCameHome

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1. Or vice-versa. No salt on mine, please.

Reply to Fast Walker 52 (Original post)

Fri Dec 16, 2016, 03:17 PM

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My one big regret for this election was not having a Clinton-Sanders ticket [View all] Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 OP

Or vice-versa. No salt on mine, please. TheCowsCameHome Dec 2016 #1

I don't think it would have worked with Sanders on the top, unless he won the primary cleanly Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #3

Maybe so, but if Democrats could not unify in a Trump vs. Clinton election, we have problems. Hoyt Dec 2016 #2

well, that was my big frustration of this election! So many liberals holding grudges and Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #4

I think half of the inter party conflict was pushed by GOP operatives.... bettyellen Dec 2016 #5

Sanders would have hurt the ticket Gothmog Dec 2016 #6

...as if it wasn't on election day, anyway. TheCowsCameHome Dec 2016 #7

maybe.... I know that's the argument against Benrie in the GE, and I think it's right Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #8

Trump would have gone after Sanders just as much as VP Gothmog Dec 2016 #17

I suppose... but she was just a nut, and added nothing good to the ticket Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #19

Palin was very popular with the same type of nut cases who voted for Trump Gothmog Dec 2016 #21

Compared to Trump ? woolldog Dec 2016 #9

Stop talking about the supposed oppo on Bernie when the most damning oppo in history... Ace Rothstein Dec 2016 #12

rightwing oppo on the left is always taken more seriously than left wing critiques of RW Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #14

There were tons of tape of Sanders telling everyone that communism was great Gothmog Dec 2016 #16

yes, although I would hope the damage would have been mitigated if he was the VP candidate Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #18

Again, that did not work for Palin Gothmog Dec 2016 #20

In the real world, raising taxes and being a supporter of Fidel Castro is not a good thing Gothmog Dec 2016 #15

Or Perez, or anybody but Kaine. I knew she was in trouble when she picked him. hollowdweller Dec 2016 #10

I was hoping for Warren. Did Kaine help her in any way? nt killbotfactory Dec 2016 #11

he helped her win Virginia... and didn't do much else but didn't damage her either Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #13

It is clear that Kaine helped a great deal in Virginia Gothmog Dec 2016 #22

i think not choosing him was a big mistake. n/t. okieinpain Dec 2016 #23

Kaine was a dud Axolotls Dec 2016 #24

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