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reddread

(6,896 posts)
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 09:58 PM Jan 2016

IF Hillary loses to Bernie

what would she likely do during and after the general election?
Seems like so many public service possibilities are out there.
Take James Earl Carter and his work with Habitat for Humanity.
would Madame Secretary consider working with Haitian orphans or
perhaps refugee issues?
Its not too soon to start looking at the upsides here, is it?

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IF Hillary loses to Bernie (Original Post) reddread Jan 2016 OP
If she loses Iowa she shouldn't panic, she still has massive leads in southern states. JRLeft Jan 2016 #1
Probably have time for her grandchildren. B Calm Jan 2016 #2
I'm sure Goldman Sachs has a position for her. nt Live and Learn Jan 2016 #3
Also the first thing I thought of. Mufaddal Jan 2016 #19
This will happen. Ed Suspicious Jan 2016 #35
You won't have to worry about that because she's not going to lose FloridaBlues Jan 2016 #4
she would have many options restorefreedom Jan 2016 #5
Then, YAY!!!!! Fawke Em Jan 2016 #6
In The Event That She Loses, The World Will Be Cheering Wildly... CorporatistNation Jan 2016 #36
Not happening. Starry Messenger Jan 2016 #7
the refugee thing? reddread Jan 2016 #8
Bernie winning. Starry Messenger Jan 2016 #9
LOL nt Live and Learn Jan 2016 #30
Sanders wakes and screeches at how cruel dreams can be KingFlorez Jan 2016 #10
You may want to change your tag line... ejbr Jan 2016 #11
Run third party-- The Establishment Party. morningfog Jan 2016 #12
Clinton-Bloomberg Warren Stupidity Jan 2016 #13
I bet we see a few attempts at that reddread Jan 2016 #15
More interesting will Sanders start avprogram like Habitat for humanity? Thinkingabout Jan 2016 #14
Ha! He'll do another sugar shack in VT. MeNMyVolt Jan 2016 #18
Maybe it could start a fad. Thinkingabout Jan 2016 #21
I have the audio! MeNMyVolt Jan 2016 #22
Maybe a musical on Broadway Thinkingabout Jan 2016 #34
Guess you'll never know. MeNMyVolt Jan 2016 #16
She won't, but it won't make winning in November any easier. ucrdem Jan 2016 #17
Not understanding SheenaR Jan 2016 #25
K Street aikoaiko Jan 2016 #20
I expect there is good money in refugees reddread Jan 2016 #23
There is this "tiny" organization called The Clinton Global Initiative Lucinda Jan 2016 #24
That would be the most logical step. Spend more time on that. Kalidurga Jan 2016 #26
That would seem logical reddread Jan 2016 #27
Clearly they would be #Yuge then! Lucinda Jan 2016 #32
+1 for a great reply. MeNMyVolt Jan 2016 #28
Yeah...every now and again I give GDP a whirl Lucinda Jan 2016 #33
Hear tell it makes great money so I am sure they can afford her speaking fees at least. Live and Learn Jan 2016 #31
Oh, is she gonna sell more arms that way? Fawke Em Jan 2016 #38
I wonder how their speaking fee's will fare after a loss like this? reddread Jan 2016 #39
New Poll Shows ‘Surging’ Sanders Losing Ground With the Voter Group He Needs Most Gothmog Jan 2016 #29
Keep singing to yourself sweet lullabies of Sanders' demise. Ed Suspicious Jan 2016 #37

Mufaddal

(1,021 posts)
19. Also the first thing I thought of.
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 11:02 PM
Jan 2016

Something involving that great golden revolving door of Govt/Wall St/Lobbyists/PR.

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)
5. she would have many options
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 10:06 PM
Jan 2016

including outright retirement if thats what she wants.

time with the grandkids, etc.

CorporatistNation

(2,546 posts)
36. In The Event That She Loses, The World Will Be Cheering Wildly...
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 12:33 AM
Jan 2016

This thing has hardly gotten started and the FATIGUE is FULL BLOWN! I am not kidding... You do not have to even look for it.

Hillary WILL lose the General Election if by some turn of "pre engineered" variables she is the nominee.

ejbr

(5,856 posts)
11. You may want to change your tag line...
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 10:21 PM
Jan 2016

Making definitive statements prior to them happening makes it somewhat ironic.

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)
17. She won't, but it won't make winning in November any easier.
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 11:00 PM
Jan 2016

And it won't return a Blue house and senate, either. Which is probably the point.

SheenaR

(2,052 posts)
25. Not understanding
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 11:24 PM
Jan 2016

If Bernie wins, it will be because of massive turnout. And these people will come out again in November. And they would vote Democrat in Senate/House races. Nobody will convince me a Sanders nomination wouldn't help bring both houses to our side.

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)
24. There is this "tiny" organization called The Clinton Global Initiative
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 11:21 PM
Jan 2016

that she might join. The one that is doing incredible work all over the world. The one that you'd know might know about if you had researched Hillary a little bit.

 

reddread

(6,896 posts)
27. That would seem logical
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 11:27 PM
Jan 2016

if theyre tiny now, imagine their stature after a loss to a Democratic Socialist?
I wonder how that would be impacted?

jinxed you owe me a coke

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)
33. Yeah...every now and again I give GDP a whirl
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 12:17 AM
Jan 2016

and get all rational. I'm not too good and the anti-whoever bandwagon stuff.

Gothmog

(145,313 posts)
29. New Poll Shows ‘Surging’ Sanders Losing Ground With the Voter Group He Needs Most
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 11:57 PM
Jan 2016

And Sanders is still not polling well with African American or Latino voters and so maybe he needs to change what he is doing http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/01/poll-sanders-gains-stop-short-of-minorities.html#


Team Sanders is certainly focused on the problem, with a variety of campaign efforts focused on minority voters in the works. The talking points they are putting out there, however, are less than convincing, as I learned as a guest on the public radio show "To the Point" yesterday, when I heard a Sanders supporter argue that an Iowa win would greatly boost Bernie's African-American support just like it did for Obama in South Carolina in 2008. The idea that Sanders's potential to win the black vote in South Carolina is analogous to that of the first African-American president does not pass the laugh test. Still, any early-state win for Sanders, even in exceptionally honkified Iowa and New Hampshire, will likely create some sort of generalized bounce. The question is how high, and how loyal minority voters prove to be to Hillary Clinton, her husband, and her implicit ally Barack Obama. It's worth remembering that she defeated Barack Obama handily among Latinos in 2008, and that Bill Clinton enjoyed robust support in both communities.

Monmouth University has a new national poll out that casts some fascinating, if very preliminary, light on this subject. Compared to its poll in December, Monmouth shows Sanders making pretty big gains: Clinton was up 59-to-26 last month, and only 52-to-37 now. But among black and Latino voters, Clinton has actually expanded her lead from 61-to-18 to 71-to-21. In other words, a legitimate "Sanders surge" nationally has coincided with a deterioration of his standing with the voters he will most need for a breakthrough after the first two contests of the primary season.

Sanders is actually losing ground with African American voters and Sanders' current tactics are not evidently working.

Sanders will not be the nominee unless he can expand his base of supporters. Super Tuesday will be a long day for Sanders. Vermont is one of the last states with 90+% white voting populations
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