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2016 Postmortem

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6. Well obviously that didn't happen either...

Reply to Fast Walker 52 (Reply #4)

Sun Dec 18, 2016, 10:46 AM

Dec 2016

Congress didn't flip and we lost the presidency.

Even if they believed the polls, the fact is that in most polls those swing states were showing too tight to take for granted. Definitely too tight to be putting resources into some of those other states that we were either going to win already or ones that we were never going to win.

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On Progressive Politics: Its the Strategy, Stupid [View all] JHan Dec 2016 OP

Here is what strategy was bad.... vi5 Dec 2016 #1

I agree that the pop vote lead proves that most people agree with the liberal platform.. JHan Dec 2016 #2

Obama needed to be a better salesman.... vi5 Dec 2016 #5

but in fact her 50 state strategy was in part to expand the base and was planned Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #4

Well obviously that didn't happen either... vi5 Dec 2016 #6

Fair enough. But did you read the piece? Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #7

I more or less agree with it.... vi5 Dec 2016 #8

She spent a lot of time and resources in Pennsylvania oberliner Dec 2016 #14

this piece actually is the perfect encapsulization of what I've been arguing for months Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #3

I've no problem calling it out as stupid as well.. JHan Dec 2016 #9

The article sets up a straw-man by suggesting that Sanders thinks we should refocus JCanete Dec 2016 #10

It doesn't matter who or how or what brought her more to the left, she was on the left. JHan Dec 2016 #11

The article proves that we are clueless. Take on the fucking media already. Some small percentage of JCanete Dec 2016 #12

I prove I have empathy by voting to help pass policies that benefit them... JHan Dec 2016 #13

No, the people don't know the media is corporatist. We don't tell them. They think the media has JCanete Dec 2016 #15

I don't know how to counter the misinformation: JHan Dec 2016 #16

There is nothing I disagree with really about what you just said. The very sad fact about JCanete Dec 2016 #17