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2016 Postmortem

JRLeft

(7,010 posts) Sun Jan 24, 2016, 08:09 PM Jan 2016

Republicans may think they want Bernie, but remember this.

“Back in 1980, a lot of Democrats wanted to run against Ronald Reagan, because they thought he would be too conservative to win.”

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2015/08/28/why-democrats-and-republicans-are-boosting-the-opposing-presidential-candidates/qErhc1GphBrKtYgqDh2FhP/story.html

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Republicans may think they want Bernie, but remember this. (Original Post) JRLeft Jan 2016 OP

I don't actually believe they do want to run against Bernie... TDale313 Jan 2016 #1

It wouldn't surprise me if they do, but they could be in for a big surprise. JRLeft Jan 2016 #2

I remember this. Bernblu Jan 2016 #3

Sometimes you think you want something only to find out you really didn't want it. JRLeft Jan 2016 #4

TDale313

(7,820 posts)

1. I don't actually believe they do want to run against Bernie...

Reply to JRLeft (Original post)

Sun Jan 24, 2016, 08:25 PM

Jan 2016

They've been preparing to run against Hillary for ages, and have decades of oppo research. And there is a serious anti-establishment mood out there and she is very much a Washington insider.

And if they do, I agree they're in for serious surprise.