Brilliant pundits . . . "Democrats should choose a person who can win."

[pdsimdars]

I bet everyone has heard someone on TV seriously say this. Some say to choose a new face. Some say experience. Then the real geniuses say to choose a person who can win.
Sh*t!!! why didn't we think of that? We want to win.
Don't we choose someone we want to win every time?

[rusty quoin]

1. That's why they get the big bucks

[FSogol]

2. Turn off your tv. n/t

[LisaM]

3. Choose someone the media will cover fairly.

That would be quite refreshing.

[marylandblue]

4. They mean something specific by that.

It means don't pick someone you actually like, pick someone you think other people will like. Who will lose because because nobody would actually like him or her.

[pdsimdars]

7. Nailed it!

[Bradshaw3]

5. The two are not the same

Choosing "someone we want to win" is not the same as choosing someone "who can win". Since there is no link I assume, whoever the pundits are, they mean choose someone who is more likely to win than other candidates. And primary voters don't always vote based on who is most likely to win in the general; in fact, I think for many that is down the list of considerations. You will see it played out on here many times over the next year and a half.

[quaker bill]

6. The problem with this logic

is that when we pick someone "who can win" we often choose poorly. We tend to go with resume' over inspiration (Obama being the rare exception). Questions like who has the most "electable" policy positions come to the fore.


If 2016 should have taught us anything, it should have taught us that people in sufficient number do not vote for the very best resume' and least edgy policies. Now a great many people do vote for this, no doubt, just not enough. We have lots of potential candidates that can and absolutely would get 48% of the vote, a very dependable and loyal 48%. However, we need someone who can get 53 or 54%. This takes a bit of risk and a bit of courage to venture outside the box. The candidate probably needs to be somewhat larger and more colorful than normal.