2016 Postmortem

senz

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46. Well, I did take it and run with it

Thu Dec 17, 2015, 06:44 PM

Dec 2015

and after a mile or two, I probably should have stopped and apologized. Sometimes the act of writing clarifies things for me, and then it sort of expands beyond the original thought. So, sorry to have run off (or run on) there.

However, when you wrote,

...years of frustration and disappointment, more 2010 / 2014 like midterm election results

I could see it happening, how inevitable it would be, and then it hit me how little she inspires people. The fact that she's a woman gets some excited, but that by itself is not leadership. A leader with vision, a leader with a clear purpose, would not leave progressives frustrated, disappointed, and unmotivated.

So that's what I meant. Thank you for triggering those thoughts.

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Will Hillary stop evolving now? [View all] MannyGoldstein Dec 2015 OP

You forgot the Kalidurga Dec 2015 #1

The third choice was broken MannyGoldstein Dec 2015 #2

Good I am going to change my vote. Kalidurga Dec 2015 #4

During the general election campaign, Eric J in MN Dec 2015 #11

And the TPP. senz Dec 2015 #20

Hard right as soon as the coast is clear. Warren Stupidity Dec 2015 #3

Devolution - HRC Is A Pawn Of the Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks That Pay For Her Campaign cantbeserious Dec 2015 #5

I don't believe she really evolved at all. Chan790 Dec 2015 #6

Wow, my one vote is 25%. senz Dec 2015 #7

How important does 3% feel? Feels lonely I bet :P JonLeibowitz Dec 2015 #23

lol - feels normal senz Dec 2015 #24

No. KMOD Dec 2015 #8

Ah yes, that's all that counts. senz Dec 2015 #9

Have some eggnog KMOD Dec 2015 #17

That sarcasm, sir / madam, Betty Karlson Dec 2015 #29

Wow senz Dec 2015 #32

..... bigwillq Dec 2015 #37

and have some cheeezecurds with your eggnog... riversedge Dec 2015 #52

Aww... senz Dec 2015 #56

Once again Buzz cook Dec 2015 #60

Always a magikarp, never a gyrados n/t Scootaloo Dec 2015 #10

Sadly, I got that. historylovr Dec 2015 #38

I had to look it up. senz Dec 2015 #39

It's "he" just so's you know Scootaloo Dec 2015 #47

Okay, thanks! senz Dec 2015 #48

Pretty lazy satire... brooklynite Dec 2015 #12

Hillary Clinton is to the right of most Americans MannyGoldstein Dec 2015 #13

Is Bill Clinton also a mainstream Democrat? Eric J in MN Dec 2015 #14

Signed the Telecom Act that solidified the media monopoly. senz Dec 2015 #18

Some of her supporters are already laying the groundwork kenfrequed Dec 2015 #15

Yes, I've noticed that. senz Dec 2015 #21

I used to train ponies. Fawke Em Dec 2015 #28

I'm guessing another swerve left in January MisterP Dec 2015 #16

She will also evolve from hawkish Statesperson to Bush doctrine pre-emptive war President. Dragonfli Dec 2015 #19

Not the right poll Buzz cook Dec 2015 #22

I don't think anyone as deeply entrenched senz Dec 2015 #25

I call BS on No. 1. Fawke Em Dec 2015 #30

Really? Buzz cook Dec 2015 #50

So you admit that president Clinton would mean: Betty Karlson Dec 2015 #31

Another truth within your comment senz Dec 2015 #41

I don't know that that truth was contained within my comment. Betty Karlson Dec 2015 #45

Well, I did take it and run with it senz Dec 2015 #46

It is the same moment as 2000 Buzz cook Dec 2015 #51

I did live through it and remember it very clearly. senz Dec 2015 #55

You miss the point Buzz cook Dec 2015 #58

No, you miss the point. senz Dec 2015 #61

Now you'e simply changing the subject Buzz cook Dec 2015 #62

No. Buzz cook Dec 2015 #49

Which is happening right now: Clinton has written off the millennials. eom Betty Karlson Dec 2015 #57

How so? Buzz cook Dec 2015 #59

I went with the Chavez answer olddots Dec 2015 #26

Yawn. Another cynical Hillary dissing thread that hopes to create pile ons. The number of still_one Dec 2015 #27

Perfect analogy. nt Bobbie Jo Dec 2015 #42

No she will not stop evolving, her feet are not stuck in cememt. Thinkingabout Dec 2015 #33

If she wins the nomination, she'll rapidly evolve into Mitt Romney, only more hawkish. Scuba Dec 2015 #34

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It depends on her environment. Vattel Dec 2015 #36

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I hope not. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #43

Evolve or go extinct. MineralMan Dec 2015 #44

What's wrong with evolving? Didn't you vote for Reagan? zappaman Dec 2015 #53

She'll twirl, twirl, TWIRL TOWARD FREEDOM! [n/t] Maedhros Dec 2015 #54