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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumLeading liberals begin new push to unify Democrats around Clinton.
Washington Post:
Even as Sen. Bernie Sanders continues to insist he can win the Democratic nomination, several prominent liberals have lined up behind front-runner Hillary Clinton in recent days signaling that the time is now to begin unifying the party to take on Republican Donald Trump.
In endorsements of Clinton this week, California Gov. Jerry Brown and an influential environmental group, the NRDC Action Fund, argued that Democrats must stop fighting each other over their partys nomination. Brown wrote in an open letter that Clinton offers the best chance to defeat Trumps dangerous candidacy, while the fund, a political affiliate of the National Resources Defense Council, wrote that liberal groups must rally around Clinton because Trumps policies would take us back 100 years.
Both efforts seemed aimed at bolstering Clinton in California, an enormous liberal state that Clinton could lose next Tuesday even as she is expected to effectively clinch the nomination in other states. Both reflected how damaging it could be to Clinton to kick off her battle against Trump with such a symbolic defeat.
In endorsements of Clinton this week, California Gov. Jerry Brown and an influential environmental group, the NRDC Action Fund, argued that Democrats must stop fighting each other over their partys nomination. Brown wrote in an open letter that Clinton offers the best chance to defeat Trumps dangerous candidacy, while the fund, a political affiliate of the National Resources Defense Council, wrote that liberal groups must rally around Clinton because Trumps policies would take us back 100 years.
Both efforts seemed aimed at bolstering Clinton in California, an enormous liberal state that Clinton could lose next Tuesday even as she is expected to effectively clinch the nomination in other states. Both reflected how damaging it could be to Clinton to kick off her battle against Trump with such a symbolic defeat.
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Leading liberals begin new push to unify Democrats around Clinton. (Original Post)
kstewart33
Jun 2016
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In TOTAL AND COMPLETE AGREEMENT! The PTB Think We Are All Lemmings Unable To Think For Ourselves!
CorporatistNation
Jun 2016
#8
Hillary should do what Sanders has done, and endorse the AUMA in California
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2016
#7
Viva_La_Revolution
(28,791 posts)1. establishment says wha?
aikoaiko
(34,183 posts)2. Endorsing HRC is not an effective push to unify
But I can see why it would be from an HRC supporters point of view.
kstewart33
(6,551 posts)5. The party will unify behind Hillary.
The stakes are far too high not to. As the GE proceeds, the case against Trump will be so convincing that the large majority of Dems will support Hillary. They may not be enthusiastic about it, but the prospect of a Trump presidency will push them into the voting booth.
aikoaiko
(34,183 posts)6. Yes, Trump may unify support for HRC. These endorsements, not so much.
CorporatistNation
(2,546 posts)8. In TOTAL AND COMPLETE AGREEMENT! The PTB Think We Are All Lemmings Unable To Think For Ourselves!
To "Unify" behind THIS?
e.g., MSNBC To the deniers... Watch THIS Video... It is not comforting to think that she may well be the Democratic Nominee...
Hillary really betrayed Andrea Mitchell... The entire context of this report was of a solemn nature... A Funeral so to speak...
Andrea Mitchell "I do not see this report as ...ANYTHING BUT... DEVASTATING!"
Chuck Todd "After this I don't think that she could get confirmed for Attorney General!"
Lots of FIBBING by Hillary here.. for more than a year!
e.g., MSNBC To the deniers... Watch THIS Video... It is not comforting to think that she may well be the Democratic Nominee...
Hillary really betrayed Andrea Mitchell... The entire context of this report was of a solemn nature... A Funeral so to speak...
Andrea Mitchell "I do not see this report as ...ANYTHING BUT... DEVASTATING!"
Chuck Todd "After this I don't think that she could get confirmed for Attorney General!"
Lots of FIBBING by Hillary here.. for more than a year!
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)3. apparently these 'liberal' leader think voters are lemmings
kstewart33
(6,551 posts)4. No, they think that party unity is essential to defeat Trump.
Your vote is your own.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)7. Hillary should do what Sanders has done, and endorse the AUMA in California
And articulate support for real cannabis law reform at the federal level, i.e. Full descheduling.