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2016 Postmortem

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts) Sun Apr 3, 2016, 11:22 AM Apr 2016

The Sanders campaign didn't invent caucuses. and before 2016 started,

HRC wasn't exactly leading a crusade to have caucuses abolished.

This is a party governance/party reform issue...it should not BE a presidential campaign issue.

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The Sanders campaign didn't invent caucuses. and before 2016 started, (Original Post) Ken Burch Apr 2016 OP

They Know This noretreatnosurrender Apr 2016 #1

Here in WA it was the Democratic Party that decided they would get all their delegates from the liberal_at_heart Apr 2016 #2

Nevada Caucus just started in 2008, they used to have primaries. Bluenorthwest Apr 2016 #3

noretreatnosurrender

(1,890 posts)

1. They Know This

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Sun Apr 3, 2016, 11:28 AM

Apr 2016

but they don't have much else to run with.

liberal_at_heart

(12,081 posts)

2. Here in WA it was the Democratic Party that decided they would get all their delegates from the

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Sun Apr 3, 2016, 11:30 AM

Apr 2016

caucus. We have a wonderful mail in ballot primary that we Washingtonians love, but the party decided otherwise.

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)

3. Nevada Caucus just started in 2008, they used to have primaries.

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Sun Apr 3, 2016, 11:38 AM

Apr 2016

They have a caucus because that's what the Party wanted to have. No Democrat alive has as much experience with the Nevada Caucus as does Hillary Clinton, who has been part of the entire Nevada Caucus history thus far.

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