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2016 Postmortem

Axolotls

(21 posts)

24. Kaine was a dud

Reply to Fast Walker 52 (Original post)

Tue Dec 20, 2016, 02:42 AM

Dec 2016

Not sure why he got the VP spot. Well, there was VA of course (though as it turned out it was for naught since it didn't end up mattering in the end)...but other than that, this guy didn't really add anything to the ticket. A disappointment. Bernie would've added pizzazz and brought out younger voters in droves...and I suspect maybe that's why he wasn't chosen in regards to the former--perhaps Hillary did not want him upstaging her.

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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