2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBernie's slow and steady rise - the graph is intriguing, to say the least!
No internet polls or robo-call polls included!
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)NWCorona
(8,541 posts)cosmicone
(11,014 posts)It is continuing to line the pockets of Tad Devine and Jeff Weaver who get 15% of all the ad buys. If Bernie raises another $50 million from children's milk money, Tad Devine and Jeff Weaver will make a cool $7.5 million.
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)cosmicone
(11,014 posts)from here on out by a minimum of 58-42 .... otherwise he loses. Any primary that he wins or loses by a lesser margin means he has to win subsequent primaries by even greater margins.
The only primaries he has won with those margins were NH and VT. That's it.
Handwriting is on the wall.
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)cosmicone
(11,014 posts)One may be down by 58-7 at the end of the third quarter and it is "possible" to score 8 touchdowns in 15 minutes to win the game against an opponent who allowed you only 1 touchdown in three quarters of play.
However, the likelihood of that happening is ZERO.
reformist2
(9,841 posts)Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)Incidentally, as to the rapacious Devine and Weaver: In the for-profit sector, a common arrangement is that the ad agency prepares the ads and is paid by getting that 15% commission on the ad buys. I hadn't heard of that being applied to pay a political campaign manager. Do you have a link for that assertion? Is Robby Mook getting 15% of Clinton's ad buys?
Perogie
(687 posts)cosmicone
(11,014 posts)Perogie
(687 posts)noretreatnosurrender
(1,890 posts)It's a classic example of it takes more time to get the word out when the media is working against you. Not to mention the DNC. But the truth eventually gets out which is why they are so desperate to get him to quit.
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)It is always the media, establishment, DNC, oligarchs etc. If the media had a blackout, how did thousands of people know to go to his rallies, their times, location etc.?
The bottom line is -- Bernie's message did not resonate with the electorate. It is the campaign's fault. A truly "authentic" and "honest" campaign would admit it.
noretreatnosurrender
(1,890 posts)kristopher
(29,798 posts)kgnu_fan
(3,021 posts)reformist2
(9,841 posts)kgnu_fan
(3,021 posts)Perogie
(687 posts)snowy owl
(2,145 posts)If only he'd started earlier. People are waking up but so many have already voted and many do or will regret their vote for Clinton. We have a sad America.