2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumRachael on fire for Bernie Sanders crowds in RED STATES!! Woot!
Look for the MSNBC clip, it's awesome!
lostnfound
(16,184 posts)Or if she is not feeling pressure.
I.e., after the departure of Ed Schultz, here she is giving Bernie some good coverage.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)And I wish she hadn't.
But if you ignore the Trump part, it was still great for Bernie regardless.
I loved that little "Bernie" bumper sticker in Dead Horse Alaska.
delrem
(9,688 posts)Rachel has said it herself, she likes politics for the horserace.
That's fine, in the abstract. But when she joined with MSNBC her funding, her personal political situation on the jobsite, has weakened her message to the extent that I stopped listening. I think her coverage of US wars is less than useless.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)But her glee about Bernie's humungous crowds & populist 'socialist' message in Red states
is palpable and I enjoy seeing that on evening nooz.
Plus she has a weird love affair with Oregon, especially Portland, where I live, so there's that
too.
But I hear you.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)doc03
(35,351 posts)guaranteeing the next President is a Republican. All they do on MSNBC is trash Clinton now.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)Hint: Bernie is running as a Democrat, not an independent. He's no GE spoiler. Nope.
AND
Bernie is ALREADY running stronger against many of the GOP candidates than is Hillary, and
this is super-early in the Primary season. The Primaries are still very much in play.
The more people keep saying "Bernie is unelectable" over and over, the more his crowds grow,
and his poll numbers keep climbing.
R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)Which ever comes first.
artislife
(9,497 posts)Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)When that's your slogan you should be worried about someone like Bernie.
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)doc03
(35,351 posts)very weak bench. We got a 73 year old socialist and a 70 year old woman. I don't think Sanders could win a general election and the way everyone here is trashing Clinton and the Republicans have been doing everything they can do to trash her for the last 2 years I think a Republican will win next year. If a Republican wins this time with a House and Senate God help the 99%.
and democracy itself.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)We have a Democrat with FDR credentials in the race, and he's doing VERY well,
even in RED states, in case you haven't noticed.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1280&pid=30707
doc03
(35,351 posts)in Wheeling West Virginia and a similar crowd in Steubenville Ohio (two very small towns) back in 2004. I don't remember any President Kerry. Just because a few thousand people show up at a rally doesn't translate into several million votes to carry Ohio.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)mwooldri
(10,303 posts)He's got to clear that hurdle first. If the polls are to be believed, right now if a primary was to be held in every state she would crush Bernie and any other contender. Even if the vote wasn't first-past-the-post.
If he is "un-electable" he isn't going to win the primaries.
There's plenty of time between now and the first primary/caucus for things to change. Hillary might fire up the base. Any of the candidates might have to drop out on health grounds (age has nothing to do with it). Donald Trump might win the GOP primaries. John Boehner could declare unicorns to be an endangered species. I could win millions of dollars from the lottery.
I'm in the "let's wait and see" crowd right now.
Report1212
(661 posts)delrem
(9,688 posts)Meaningless twaddle for the tabloids.
Report1212
(661 posts)I just dont really know what this is referring to otherwise
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)But if I don't get to it, I'm sure it'll be up soon in an OP.