Lawrence O'Donnell On Why The GOP Can't Win 2016

[Playinghardball]

Can Bernie win?

[HooptieWagon]

1. Absolutely an exciting Dem candidate like Bernie can win.

The numbers favor the Democratic candidate, unless the candidate is so uninspiring that Dem voters sit on the hands, and GOP voters turn out in droves to vote against their second-most hated Democrat.

[onehandle]

2. Maybe, but Hillary is going to be our nominee.

And our next President.

[Fearless]

5. That's what everyone said last time too.

Fool me once...

[onehandle]

8. There is no Obama. nt

[Dawgs]

11. Yes, but there's still Hillary. n/t

[Fearless]

16. That's right.

Bernie would bring us real economic changes and not corporate sell offs.

[demwing]

23. Bernie's no Obama, true

but damn y'all! In so many ways, Barack Obama is no Bernie Sanders, either.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

24. Hillary has a lock on the minority vote this time.....

Right?

[Miles Archer]

22. I believe the first part of your statement...

...but not the second.

I personally don't like her. A lot of people don't like her.

I know there are hundreds, probably thousands, of threads on DU where people state why they like her and why they do not. I've stayed out of the conversation and plan to continue to do so, it's an argument I don't care to have. I just don't care for her and can't get behind the "Anyone But Bush" logic about getting her in to keep the Republicans out.

It's going to be interesting because as much as they want one, the Republicans are going to have to go through yet another election cycle without a "Reaganesque" candidate. And since that whole vibe was "in the imagination of the imaginer" anyway (thank you , Frank Zappa), even Reagan himself wasn't "Reaganesque."

Anyway, that's it, I respectfully disagree.

[jwirr]

3. K&R

[LongTomH]

4. I wish I agreed, but.......

......The GOP hasn't won an election fairly since Eisenhower. They've got something dirty up their sleeves for 2016, or at least, they will!

Add to that: A ton of money and Supreme Court decisions that let them spend it, and a compliant, paid-for media. Expect the media talking heads to start labeling Koch bros darling Scott Walker as: "The moderate in the race."

We should expect an uphill battle and be prepared to fight.

[hedda_foil]

21. The media has been referring to Walker as moderate all along.

I agree that the dirty tricks will undermine our candidate and the media will start loving up Walker. They have so much experience at stealing elections with impunity. The Dems never fight back very hard, when they fight at all.

[stevenleser]

6. Disagree with Lawrence here. Every poll has Bernie doing badly against the GOP candidates

and he and they have similar name recognition.

[Dawgs]

10. LOL!! Of course you do. n/t

[stevenleser]

12. Yeah, I have this whole "need facts to back me up" thing. I can understand why you find that funny.

Since you don't.

[Dawgs]

13. Huh? I didn't say anything about your "facts". n/t

[stevenleser]

14. Yes, by implication, you did. nt

[Dawgs]

15. Assume what you want, but I was laughing at you. Entirely predictable. n/t

[stevenleser]

17. I know. Because facts mean nothing to you. nt

[SunSeeker]

18. That may be because Bernie is not a Democrat. nt

[Spitfire of ATJ]

25. That actually INCREASES his appeal.....

Especially after this guy:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Harold_Ford,_Congressional_photo_portrait.jpg

[SunSeeker]

27. Since I am a Dem, someone proclaiming to be an Independent does not impress me.

But to each his own.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

28. You DO know he's not running as an independent, right?

[SunSeeker]

29. You DO know he is not a Democrat, right?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

30. The news says he is.

[SunSeeker]

31. He doesn't say he is. nt

[artislife]

7. Fingers crossed nt

[Dawgs]

9. Recced, but Georgia is still red. n/t

[Quixote1818]

19. Was going to post this video but saw that it was posted a while back.

So here is a kick.

[Playinghardball]

20. Post it again...

Play

[Gothmog]

26. Demographic trends are kiiling the GOP