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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 04:01 PM Feb 2016

Democrats need to accept that only Bernie Sanders can defeat the GOP

Bernie Sanders will become our next president and it should come as no surprise to people actually paying attention
H.A. GOODMAN


In one major poll, Bernie Sanders is now leading Hillary Clinton nationally. In most others, he’s not far behind from the former Secretary of State. Vermont’s Senator already has an “edge over Clinton in matchups with GOP opponents,” dispelling Clinton’s electability myth. In an average of national polls, Bernie Sanders is less than eight points from Hillary Clinton, after being over 50 points behind in 2015. In addition, there’s only one person capable of challenging a Republican in 2016 without James Comey declaring national security was jeopardized by a private server.

Bernie Sanders is the only Democratic candidate capable of winning the White House in 2016. Please name the last person to win the presidency alongside an ongoing FBI investigation, negative favorability ratings, questions about character linked to continual flip-flops, a dubious money trail of donors, and the genuine contempt of the rival political party. In reality, Clinton is a liability to Democrats, and certainly not the person capable of ensuring liberal Supreme Court nominees and President Obama’s legacy.

The precious and all-knowing polls already show Bernie Sanders defeating Republicans in a general election and Robert Reich has already explained why Sanders can easily win the presidency. In a Huffington Post piece titled “6 Responses to Bernie Skeptic,” Reich debunks the trusted myth of Clinton supporters and Republicans:

“He’d never beat Trump or Cruz in a general election.”

Wrong. According to the latest polls, Bernie is the strongest Democratic candidate in the general election, defeating both Donald Trump and Ted Cruz in hypothetical matchups. (The latest RealClear Politics averages of all polls shows Bernie beating Trump by a larger margin than Hillary beats Trump, and Bernie beating Cruz while Hillary loses to Cruz.)

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http://www.salon.com/2016/02/19/hillary_clinton_just_cant_win_democrats_need_to_accept_that_only_bernie_sanders_can_defeat_the_gop/

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Democrats need to accept that only Bernie Sanders can defeat the GOP (Original Post) n2doc Feb 2016 OP
It just makes sense. The Republicans know some of theirs are shifting to Bernie. He and HRC libdem4life Feb 2016 #1
the polls show: only Bernie can win the GE amborin Feb 2016 #2
 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
1. It just makes sense. The Republicans know some of theirs are shifting to Bernie. He and HRC
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 04:24 PM
Feb 2016

are almost within the MOE nationally, and POC like him when they hear and understand him. Unlike HRC...the Republicans will devastate her. They have way more ammo than 2008, as well. She hasn't been doing herself any favors lately.

And Independents are breaking for Bernie. Next, Nevada.

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