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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I don't give a flying patootie that Bernie can't win. This primary is about far more than that. [View all]DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)26. exactly
the 2008 Primary was a gift to the Party, a thorn in DU's side but we gained voters like crazy and looked good doing it.
whereas if this did not happen, the GOP would simply have more time to warm over old crap. Now they will have Bernie biting from the left, Hillary from the center, and they will get the sort of wounds that even Koch money cannot fix, same way even Mitt Money could not fix it.
whereas if this did not happen, the GOP would simply have more time to warm over old crap. Now they will have Bernie biting from the left, Hillary from the center, and they will get the sort of wounds that even Koch money cannot fix, same way even Mitt Money could not fix it.
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I don't give a flying patootie that Bernie can't win. This primary is about far more than that. [View all]
cali
Apr 2015
OP
I think that Bernie's entrance into the race is a GREAT thing for progressives!
CTyankee
Apr 2015
#1
he is cali.. and you're also smart enough to know that sadly the volting populace at large is
dionysus
May 2015
#37
Bernie would be great for the Dem party due to his clarity on the main issues, unlike some of....
dmosh42
Apr 2015
#11
Never apologize for being corny in politics, it is about defining the soul of our Party. That's not
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2015
#18
I agree, she has experience on broad horizons needed by the president. She has
Thinkingabout
Apr 2015
#27
I agree with you, wish many more Ds would 'run for president' for the public exposure of issues.
Sunlei
May 2015
#40
Goldwater moved the Reich Wing forever right in 1964. We have been fighting on a sliding
kairos12
May 2015
#41