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2016 Postmortem

Agschmid

(28,749 posts) Mon Jan 18, 2016, 01:25 AM Jan 2016

6 takeaways from the Democratic debate.

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1. Sanders = Trump

2. Clinton = Obama

3. Purity vs. pragmatism on health care

4. Clinton's foreign policy advantage

5. Nobody's hitting the Republicans

6. Sanders willing to throw punches

Kentonio

(4,377 posts)

1. 5 is slightly unfair

Reply to Agschmid (Original post)

Mon Jan 18, 2016, 01:27 AM

Jan 2016

They did smack Trump around a little.

draa

(975 posts)

2. Thanks for confirming what most Sanders' supporters already knew.

Reply to Agschmid (Original post)

Mon Jan 18, 2016, 01:34 AM

Jan 2016

Donald Trump is going to win the Republican nomination just like Bernie will win the Democratic nomination. That's what we've been saying for months so thank you.

And it's good to see you've accepted the inevitable.

Glamrock

(11,802 posts)

3. From CNN

Reply to Agschmid (Original post)

Mon Jan 18, 2016, 02:52 AM

Jan 2016

"And in the earlier Democratic debates, all Clinton and Sanders could talk about was how awful the Republican presidential field -- particularly Trump -- is." All they could talk about? Apparently, they missed those debates. I remember a considerable amount of policy stuff.

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