2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumIf the super delegates switched last time
Why have they been in her camp from the get go?
Codeine
(25,586 posts)their entire political careers. Those people, in the main, were never going to support a guy who has spent his entire political career lambasting and belittling that party.
Last time the supers had a choice between two people who were dedicated organizers and boosters of the Democratic Party. This time, not so much.
Gwhittey
(1,377 posts)So it makes since if you want to protect yourself you support Hillary. If you don't she has a list, and don't have to worry about Sanders trying to get back at you because he is not that type of guy.
Hiraeth
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(10,122 posts)Gwhittey
(1,377 posts)CentralCoaster
(1,163 posts)Volumes will be written if humankind survives the shift.
Hopefully, an indictment will prevent us from a Clinton or Cruz/Trump presidency and the supers will fall in with the candidate whom they know really serves democracy.
Codeine
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(10,122 posts)CentralCoaster
(1,163 posts).
While her chances in becoming the Democratic nominee aren't bad, she's unelectable, she won't win in the general.
She won't become president.
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(10,122 posts)TDale313
(7,820 posts)But maybe the biggest difference? Obama was not the same kind of threat to the establishment that Bernie is.
Electric Monk
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(10,122 posts)Buying votes has to stop.