2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum71% of Democratic voters think Hillary has a better chance than Sanders to win the general election
http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/25/politics/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-poll/index.html
Punkingal
(9,522 posts)FrenchieCat
(68,867 posts)BTW, the GOP nominee will be Marco Rubio, IMO!
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)randys1
(16,286 posts)It is exciting, I will say that.
Historically they arent all this exciting.
I am thankful we have what amounts to two candidates who are both VERY strong on social justice.
Who dont hate minorities and foreigners.
randys1
(16,286 posts)sense?
Would take alcoholism to an all time high.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Even Trump must think she is an idiot.
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)And I am one of those who sees Clinton as a winner. A candidate who none of the fractured , angry rest ofcthe candidates can even approah.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)You misspelled 'whiner'.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Bill USA
(6,436 posts)[FONT SIZE="5"] "THERE WILL BE ZERO TOLERANCE OF HERESY HERE IN SANDERSLAND!!!"[/FONT]
quickesst
(6,283 posts)HILLARY 2016
Nuff said
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)HRC belongs with them, she too can make good things happen.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)She's closer to Eisenhower than to FDR or LBJ.
Republican lite.
VulgarPoet
(2,872 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)There are many, many reasons I think this. For one thing, I think she's a poor campaigner. There is a lack of enthusiasm for her. Support for her appears dutiful. What excitement she does generate is about her gender. Her unfavorables are startlingly high. She is the most admired woman in the country but also, undoubtedly, the most disliked woman in the country. You can add to that, her email kerfuffle which will be an issue. There's a to more- the primary is weakening her, for example. I think she could win against Cruz, but I doubt she'd prevail over Trump or Rubio or Kasich.
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)People as a whole think Obama and the democratic party deserve to stay in the WH another term.Personalities in Presidential elections is a total myth
DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)If you asked most people in 1948 (including newspaper people obviously) who they thought would win, most thought Dewey would win. As it turns out that did not mean most of them were going to vote for Dewey themselves.
Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)and some will accept it, and many DU Bernie supporters will not.
jfern
(5,204 posts)John Poet
(2,510 posts)When that news gets leaked, regardless of what happens after that,
71% of Democrats will probably think differently about electability.