2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Clinton's opposition to the TPP is insulting [View all]cascadiance
(19,537 posts)You can argue your case for the former, but NOT the latter.
And the "It's not even close" statement so much echoes the corporate echo chamber's "inevitability theme" that DID NOT WORK in 2008, even if Obama was more stealthily a candidate for corporate Amerida than Hillary was then, and John Edwards was in stealth a drawing card to get progressive votes away from Kucinich and any other opposition in the field that could be shut down when he was with his "baggage" then.
This time it's been harder for Korporate Amerika to rig the game like they did in 2008, and they know it. Americans have lived through more difficulty after 2008, and realize the way it was rigged against them then, and aren't going to put up with more BS this time around, no matter how much the "inevitability" card is played to get Hillary coronated is played.