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StevieM

(10,500 posts)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 10:26 PM Apr 2016

Do any of my fellow long-time Clinton fans remember the 1992 Connecticut Primary?

Bill suffered a devastating loss to Jerry Brown. He was presumed, at that point, to be the inevitable nominee and losing to Brown in Connecticut was a major embarrassment.

Hillary also narrowly lost to Barack Obama in 2008.

It's nice that a Clinton is finally going to win a presidential primary in Connecticut.

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Do any of my fellow long-time Clinton fans remember the 1992 Connecticut Primary? (Original Post) StevieM Apr 2016 OP
She is winning in Greenwich and Bridgeport by double digits Haveadream Apr 2016 #1
Yes bluestateguy Apr 2016 #2
Here's an interesting article on the conflict. StevieM Apr 2016 #3

Haveadream

(1,630 posts)
1. She is winning in Greenwich and Bridgeport by double digits
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 10:31 PM
Apr 2016

Very different towns coming to the same conclusion. Her message is getting through!

bluestateguy

(44,173 posts)
2. Yes
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 10:55 PM
Apr 2016

Jerry Brown and the Clintons had a lot of contempt for each other in that campaign. They disliked each other for years, and even now only tolerate each other.

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
3. Here's an interesting article on the conflict.
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 11:19 PM
Apr 2016

I dug it out by googling "Hillary Clinton Jerry Brown let Jerry speak."

I still remembered this particular exchange all these years later. I mentioned it to a younger friend a few months ago.

http://articles.latimes.com/1992-07-14/news/mn-3949_1_democratic-convention

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