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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: No. Bernie Sanders would not have beaten Trump [View all]Mr. Evil
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I am willing to entertain the notion that both of them would have been weak candidates in the
RDANGELO
Dec 2016
#1
all candidates are flawed - the party that nominates the more charismatic candidate wins.
NewJeffCT
Dec 2016
#60
Don't forget JFK & Nixon. The polls suggested that those who "listened" to the first
jonno99
Dec 2016
#155
They have no problem with Trump's Goldman Sachs cabinet so why would they vote Bernie?
bravenak
Dec 2016
#12
Except none of those "populist" DT voters care that he's putting all these Goldman Sachs
pnwmom
Dec 2016
#142
I think it will be easy to beat Trump in 2020 if the asshole is still in office
mtnsnake
Dec 2016
#56
At best it is a liberal site that reports with a bias and often omits facts
etherealtruth
Dec 2016
#197
Sorry, I thought the article made sense, but I didn't know they were fake news
mtnsnake
Dec 2016
#48
an op is not a response. How the fuck can you tell at this point who the originator and who the
JCanete
Dec 2016
#186
Bernie would have won. The DNC slowed his momentum by delaying the debates.
virtualobserver
Dec 2016
#15
the polls are not perfect, but I'd rather go with the candidate with the double digit lead.....
virtualobserver
Dec 2016
#27
Sanders would have handled it. He would have made Trump look like a fool.
virtualobserver
Dec 2016
#41
And any intelligent campaign knows it must win a primary first to even think about a general
bravenak
Dec 2016
#78
He could never win without the south. The black vote. How was he going to get that?
bravenak
Dec 2016
#91
He didn't have to win the south. He just had to do better in the south, and everywhere else.
virtualobserver
Dec 2016
#98
You think that we would have just voted for him because he got momentum from NH?
bravenak
Dec 2016
#117
Where is your evidence that enough of us would have switched to the guy who called our
bravenak
Dec 2016
#149
The point is that neither of our positions can be proven to be correct
virtualobserver
Dec 2016
#160
No shit. He really fucked shit up. It's like handing it off to a mean ass six year old.
bravenak
Dec 2016
#173
next to the reality of Trump....any "huge file" would have had no impact.
virtualobserver
Dec 2016
#75
There was no doubt some cross over by GOP types to mess up the nomination process
Gothmog
Dec 2016
#118
She still did not need them to be way way way past him in delegate totals so....
bravenak
Dec 2016
#33
Super delegates would have supported Bernie if he had been leading in pledged delegates
tammywammy
Dec 2016
#38
You are using facts against a silly talking point that has no basis in reality
Gothmog
Dec 2016
#116
Super delegates did not come into play because sanders only got 43% of primary popular vote
Gothmog
Dec 2016
#40
Hillary had astronomical unfavorable ratings for a Presidential candidate.
Hassin Bin Sober
Dec 2016
#100
They showed her within margin of error with tRump, which is where she ended up. They showed
JudyM
Dec 2016
#167
Ha! Doesn't matter, they were 10points beyond the MOE, consistently. That many more likely
JudyM
Dec 2016
#175
People throwing around absolutes really need to stop. We will never know. Get over it
NWCorona
Dec 2016
#137
I would never say he gave up but he did move resources else where but by that point
NWCorona
Dec 2016
#172
I just wonder how Bernie would have responded when Comey opened an investigation of his ties
world wide wally
Dec 2016
#146
This thread brought to you by the people who said Clinton would win in a landslide. nt
Gore1FL
Dec 2016
#150
I had my concerns all the way through due to the voter rejection of political dynasties.
Gore1FL
Dec 2016
#168
Sanders' message was clearly rejected. The 70,000-something people spread over
R B Garr
Dec 2016
#180
If you say so. I don't recall him runnning in the general election to know if he was rejected.
Gore1FL
Dec 2016
#192
Those 70,000-something didn't vote for a lot of people where were not running besides Sanders.
Gore1FL
Dec 2016
#198
I believe that Bernie would have won. But, the election is over and Trump won.
DemocraticWing
Dec 2016
#176
Agreed, brave! I guess it bears repeating until the fantasyland relating to him
R B Garr
Dec 2016
#181