Electability is my main issue (Reply #87)

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Tue Mar 12, 2019, 10:09 PM

Gothmog (86,009 posts)

87. Electability is my main issue

I do not believe that sanders is electable

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96 replies	Author	Time	Post
Sanders and electability... [View all]	RobertDevereaux	Mar 2019	OP
Here is another snip from the article:	TexasTowelie	Mar 2019	#1
One would hope every candidate's team is addressing their candidates weaknesses as	Nanjeanne	Mar 2019	#4
After reading the pollster's comments I'm reminded of the following:	TexasTowelie	Mar 2019	#6
I am a woman. And after some of the comments about abortion rights and identity politics, I	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#13
Comments about abortion rights?	Hassin Bin Sober	Mar 2019	#22
Who told us on Maddow that a beleaguered women's health organization is "establishment" ?	emulatorloo	Mar 2019	#28
Calling PP establishment versus:	Hassin Bin Sober	Mar 2019	#33
Yeah love Bernie's essay on how women get cancer because they won't put out for their revolutionary	emulatorloo	Mar 2019	#36
You should look at the beginning of this sub thread to see who I was speaking to and about.	Hassin Bin Sober	Mar 2019	#38
Nope...he endorsed Hugh Mello and said we needed to welcome people with opposing views on	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#51
See the article From 2015	Hassin Bin Sober	Mar 2019	#58
There is a difference than welcoming those with opposing views...we have a Senator from PA	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#60
Just to be clear. Sanders never supported an amendment to restrict abortions.	Hassin Bin Sober	Mar 2019	#61
Sanders campaign for Mello who did succeed in restricting abortion in Nebraska...so that	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#95
Sen. Sanders voted for the crime bill and against the Immigration bill...he also voted against	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#68
Joe Biden WROTE the damn crime bill. Since we are doing whataboutism. And it was 1994. Not 40 years	Hassin Bin Sober	Mar 2019	#86
The violence against women act was a provision of that bill you know....and I don't give a damn	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#88
Oh you mean Senator Sanders doesn't currently face "this sort of thing"?	Hassin Bin Sober	Mar 2019	#90
No surprise there!!	InAbLuEsTaTe	Mar 2019	#2
Electability is an argument I've never understood...	TCJ70	Mar 2019	#3
You are right, it makes no sense, especial this time around.	marylandblue	Mar 2019	#8
Electablity is a key factor in this race	Gothmog	Mar 2019	#66
Electability isn't a valuable criterion to use to try to sway others...	TCJ70	Mar 2019	#89
Willing to bet that EVERY campaign says their candidate is strong...	brooklynite	Mar 2019	#5
Bernie would be among the least-possible Dems to beat Trump	scheming daemons	Mar 2019	#7
Trump begins with about 40 % of vote. I think he will be tough to beat and I believe	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#9
That's a poor number for an incumbent. Trump also zero chance of getting 50% of the vote. Zip. Nada.	John Fante	Mar 2019	#26
He won with numbers like that last time.	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#49
Barely. And he needed a ton of help to pull it off.	John Fante	Mar 2019	#69
With voting supression and cheating...I will take no chances. We need an electable candidate who	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#72
Then Biden is the safest choice. I much prefer him over Bernie anyway.	John Fante	Mar 2019	#76
I don't think Sen. Sanders is electable myself in a general. Of course if I am wrong he has my vote.	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#77
Agreed. Polls mean nothing right now. Whether they're preference polls or hypothetical matchup polls	Garrett78	Mar 2019	#10
I think Sanders would beat Trump handily.	marylandblue	Mar 2019	#12
I'm not so sure about it	blue cat	Mar 2019	#14
On certain issues, he is not so different. Trump ran on a non-interventionist	marylandblue	Mar 2019	#16
Trump's foreign policy message called for the US to commit literal war crimes.	John Fante	Mar 2019	#29
Well allowing for the usual lies and bluster	marylandblue	Mar 2019	#32
Yeah cool story	blue cat	Mar 2019	#30
You heard wrong. Bernie called for a NATO "like" organization/coalition to fight ISIS	Hassin Bin Sober	Mar 2019	#37
Yup	bkelly	Mar 2019	#45
Fishy no matter the explanation	blue cat	Mar 2019	#46
Lol. Ok.	Hassin Bin Sober	Mar 2019	#50
RT was pushing the "we need a new 'Nato-like' organization that includes Russia"	lapucelle	Mar 2019	#55
Bernie would smash Trump.	John Fante	Mar 2019	#27
No he wouldn't	blue cat	Mar 2019	#31
And "No, he wouldn't" is your opinion.	John Fante	Mar 2019	#34
Some opinions border on wishful thinking...not saying yours .	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#52
Fact is, Bernie is extremely popular with large segments of the Democratic base.	John Fante	Mar 2019	#70
I see no indication of that. I do think he is not popular with large segments of Democrats.	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#71
Did you see the Iowa poll over the weekend? Bernie finished a close second to Biden.	John Fante	Mar 2019	#75
Polls are everywhere... but even if he wins Iowa...North Carolina will be the end.	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#80
Iowa is a rural white state	radius777	Mar 2019	#85
I also say "No he wouldn't"	katmondoo	Mar 2019	#53
They also said George McGovern would handily beat Richard Nixon	still_one	Mar 2019	#79
People ignored the polls, which showed Nixon consistently leading by a wide margin	marylandblue	Mar 2019	#83
Agree completely!!	Thekaspervote	Mar 2019	#18
Bernie had major support among independents in 2016.	RobertDevereaux	Mar 2019	#21
Err, what?	Kentonio	Mar 2019	#43
Not "among"... the LEAST imo.	Amimnoch	Mar 2019	#48
I guess people aren't too concerned as to his "likeability" because he's a man....	George II	Mar 2019	#63
Bernie is a loser...	NurseJackie	Mar 2019	#64
I'll be interested to see polling of head to head matchups.	David__77	Mar 2019	#11
Sure I totally trust a Sanders pollster	NastyRiffraff	Mar 2019	#15
The avenue of attack Bernie faces in a democratic primary	Trenzalore	Mar 2019	#17
Correct!! Hopefully he will not be the candidate. The repukes will dig him such a hole to stand in	Thekaspervote	Mar 2019	#19
The playbook will largely remain the same regardless of the candidate	Trenzalore	Mar 2019	#20
Sanders' essays and the fate of Burlington college	forklift	Mar 2019	#24
The die-hard faithful will always think he is electable	forklift	Mar 2019	#23
Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-Vt) isn't electable in my estimation	CrossingTheRubicon	Mar 2019	#25
I agree!!	OhZone	Mar 2019	#35
Sanders can't hold onto the Obama/Clinton coalition.	radius777	Mar 2019	#39
The article from the Daily Beast . . .	peggysue2	Mar 2019	#40
And that's just the tip of the iceberg	radius777	Mar 2019	#41
That "bread lines are a good thing" enrages me because who's most likely to be in those lines?	betsuni	Mar 2019	#42
You might want to reconsider saying a Democratic presidential candidate has 'dictatorial sympathies'	Kentonio	Mar 2019	#44
The facts are the facts.	radius777	Mar 2019	#47
Gee! Maybe	True Blue American	Mar 2019	#57
LOL!!	peggysue2	Mar 2019	#62
Do you disagree with his comments?	David__77	Mar 2019	#67
I don't think such comments will play well.	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#73
What would you call it?	Tarheel_Dem	Mar 2019	#74
Prediction, something I never do.:)	True Blue American	Mar 2019	#56
I hope you are right!	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#78
So far	True Blue American	Mar 2019	#81
I met Joe Biden a number of times when I worked for Pres. Obama's two campaigns. He is a great guy.	Demsrule86	Mar 2019	#84
There are a LOT of videos out there that will be issues around this time next year.	George II	Mar 2019	#65
As a Latina, I will never get over his vote on immigration reform. And to add insult to injury, the	lunamagica	Mar 2019	#54
I strongly do not believe that sanders is electable	Gothmog	Mar 2019	#59
Agreed. nt	OhZone	Mar 2019	#82
Electability is my main issue	Gothmog	Mar 2019	#87
Bernie wrote the platform that all just about all the democratic candidates are running on	workinclasszero	Mar 2019	#91
Yeah, he wrote FDR's platform too.	MrsCoffee	Mar 2019	#92
.....	ehrnst	Mar 2019	#93
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Mar 2019	#94
Washington Post-'Electability' and 'Bernie' don't belong in the same sentence	Gothmog	Apr 2019	#96

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