2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum"Exhausting filling in all those blue LOVELY DELEGATE squares. Seems almost insurmountable."
OH SO LOVELY! LOVE HER SENSE OF HUMOR
Jennifer Palmieri @jmpalmieri 18h18 hours ago
Exhausting filling in all those blue squares. Seems almost insurmountable. #ImWithHer #ShesWithUs
****And I agree with this---and I know it will lead to MORE work for Jennifer and her Team--more filling in of BLUE DELEGATE squares!!
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Tom Watson @tomwatson Mar 17 Manhattan, NY
I think compadre @peterdaou is right here: turning against the original brand promise hurt Team Sanders http://bluenationreview.com/decision-that-derailed-bernies-campaign/
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...............Heres whats wrong, terribly wrong: He caved to the pressure from his campaign manager Jeff Weaver and top aide Tad Devine to ride the ever-present wave of Hillary hate and to go after her character, impugning her honesty and insinuating that she is untrustworthy.
As Ive argued repeatedly, Bernies Wall Street dog whistle is a barely concealed attempt to accuse Hillary Clinton of corruption, despite the fact that he lacks a scintilla of evidence to support that claim. No matter how lofty and inspiring his message, it is deeply unjust and frankly, reckless to run a campaign premised on the destruction of Hillarys character through false innuendo. Especially when Democrats are facing a dangerous opponent like Donald Trump in a general election.
At some point in late 2015, Bernies campaign message and the behavior of his supporters became less about something and more against someone. Bernies campaign team determined that his path to victory runs right through Hillarys integrity.
Tad Devine, Jeff Weaver, Cornel West, Killer Mike, and other Bernie aides and surrogates have led the charge against Hillarys character, calling her honesty into question with no justification or evidence.
It has been a grave mistake for his candidacy, perhaps fatal. You cant spend 2015 promising to run a positive, issue-driven campaign, then pivot in 2016 to a full-bore character attack against Hillary Clinton.
Going forward, it would be unwise for Hillarys supporters to pressure Bernie to drop out, despite the prohibitive delegate math. All we should ask is that he drop the character attacks and stay positive.
And he should let go of this outlandish strategy:...............
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PeoViejo
(2,178 posts)You can only believe it if you're asleep.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)riversedge
(70,289 posts)with neuro-motor problems use these for marking their answers on multiple choice questions for testing. They work well.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)PeoViejo
(2,178 posts)You would expect something a little fancier.
Armstead
(47,803 posts)Alfresco
(1,698 posts)riversedge
(70,289 posts)winter is coming
(11,785 posts)Not the sort of sludge I"d expect from a campaign that supposedly has the nomination sewn up.