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riversedge

(70,242 posts)
Fri Nov 7, 2014, 10:55 AM Nov 2014

How Hillary Clinton won the 2014 midterms

Last edited Fri Nov 7, 2014, 05:23 PM - Edit history (1)




Never count your chicks before they are hatched.


I do hope she has primary contenders.




How Hillary Clinton won the 2014 midterms


The GOP had a good night. But the map, the math and the reality of Washington dysfunction favor the presumptive Democratic nominee in 2016



Andrew Romano
By Andrew Romano November 5, 2014 2:59 AM Yahoo News



........There was good reason, in other words, for conservative journalist Philip Klein to crow on Twitter that “this is what a wave feels like” — because it is.

But here’s the thing: In politics, the easy answer isn’t always the only answer, and the winner of an election isn’t always the one who benefits most. Take a closer look at demography, geography and the road ahead for the parties, and it’s clear that the long-term winner of the 2014 midterms wasn’t the GOP at all. The long-term winner, in fact, wasn’t even on the ballot this year.

Her name is Hillary Clinton...................


edit to add link: (so sorry I missed it earlier)


http://news.yahoo.com/how-hillary-clinton-won-the-2014-midterms-075943434.html
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Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
1. Funny, I thought the republicans won the 2014 midterms
Fri Nov 7, 2014, 10:58 AM
Nov 2014

...The joke is there if someone wants to pick it up.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
2. The OP did not provide a link but this headline has been posted before.
Fri Nov 7, 2014, 11:08 AM
Nov 2014

If it's the same article I saw on DU earlier this week, it actually says that the people she campaigned for lost and her campaigning skills are rusty.

So, once again, a headline may look further away in the rear view mirror than the text of the article.

 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
3. Her supporters are absolutely DELUSIONAL.
Fri Nov 7, 2014, 11:11 AM
Nov 2014

Every candidate she stumped for LOST. The Third Way style of politicking is a LOSING STRATEGY.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
4. Link the article, pls. Headline is one part bs and one part imagined propaganda.
Fri Nov 7, 2014, 11:11 AM
Nov 2014

Please see Reply 2.

It's easy to win in some shill's imagination if you aren't even running.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
6. Interesting article, and her haters here hate it...
Fri Nov 7, 2014, 11:32 AM
Nov 2014

Makes a valid point not just for Hilary, but the Dem candidate...whoever that is...will do well in swing states...we may be seeing a trend where the Dems hold onto the Presidency for a long time, but Congress keesp going Repuke.

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