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Showing Original Post only (View all)12%. That's all. [View all]
Christie beat Buono 60% to 38%.
Had just 12% of New Jersey's voters gone from Christie to Buono, she'd have hit 50% and won.
If the following Third Way cavalcade of crap hadn't happened, I think she'd have picked up much or all of that 12%:
1. Christie had the unabashed support of much of the NJ Democratic establishment
2. The DNC pretended that she didn't exist, withheld money and support
3. The President refused to endorse her, thus tacitly endorsing Christie
Way to go, Lieberdems!
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How about this, you can't win if you don't even try. Disgusting that Dems abandoned her.
JaneyVee
Nov 2013
#162
Every race is winnable. She was betrayed by her own party, period. And it's not the first time this
sabrina 1
Nov 2013
#80
mainly due to his post-Sandy leadership (which I have to admit is somewhat deserved)
ForgoTheConsequence
Nov 2013
#21
Thanks, facts can be inconvenient when the narrative is to excuse the inexcusable.
sabrina 1
Nov 2013
#82
It's not hard to believe at all for anyone who has been paying attention to what has been
sabrina 1
Nov 2013
#87
I agree they should have supported her and there is no excuse for what they did.
hrmjustin
Nov 2013
#6
What gets me is the ususal "party loyalty uber alles" suspects are soft peddling it big time
Fumesucker
Nov 2013
#8
If Christie survives the primary process and becomes the candidate in the general election
tularetom
Nov 2013
#24
Those Democrats are paving the way for a Christie presidency. It's a crying shame.
JDPriestly
Nov 2013
#32
Yes, your crusade against Democrats who actually win national elections is most
geek tragedy
Nov 2013
#59
Yes, a lot of DUers prefer losers to winners. Much easier to complain that way nt
geek tragedy
Nov 2013
#105
He was right about 2012, as Obama getting re-elected must have been a bitter pill
geek tragedy
Nov 2013
#109
So is he saying that McCain should have won and not President Obama? Is that what that post says?
Number23
Nov 2013
#141
It is all about winning. Losers are irrelevant, no matter how noble and principled they are nt
geek tragedy
Nov 2013
#126
If the DNC had spent a lot of money on this race, there would have been less money for VA.
Nye Bevan
Nov 2013
#48
My point is that you are characterizing a 22% victory margin as a close election.
Nye Bevan
Nov 2013
#54
Perhaps you can list some dumb things Dems have done in the past 5 years? nt
MannyGoldstein
Nov 2013
#60
Why? If I need to know today's reason to be angry at Democrats, I simply come to DU,
JoePhilly
Nov 2013
#67
Hey Sparky ... question ... What's the date of the last DU OP I have written?
JoePhilly
Nov 2013
#72
The guy who supports supporting Republicans says I should have a connection to "reality"
SomethingFishy
Nov 2013
#73
That's Obama's fault. By working with Christie after Sandy, Obama handed Christie a
JoePhilly
Nov 2013
#81
The Very Serious People aren't remotely confused, they know exactly what they are doing
Fumesucker
Nov 2013
#83
Yes but you only have to switch half the 22% to the other candidate to turn the loser into a winner.
PoliticAverse
Nov 2013
#98
Buono's problem is that a lot of liberals did switch sides. As did Latinos, African-Americans,
geek tragedy
Nov 2013
#92
People who vote for Republican are Republicans. Such people were never liberals. No liberal
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2013
#101
At least you're focusing on the people responsible for Christie's win--voters.
geek tragedy
Nov 2013
#104
32% of self-described liberals, 51% of Latinos, and 21% of African Americans
geek tragedy
Nov 2013
#137
30 percent of liberals voted for Christie , as did a significant number of just about all Dem voters
JI7
Nov 2013
#138
Exactly right. There are few in this world that are idealogues and I think that's a damn good thing
Number23
Nov 2013
#151
What I don't get is: Why don't we consolidate our message, and use EVERY election as an opportunity
loudsue
Nov 2013
#116
If only you were as good at actually getting liberals ELECTED as you are at laying blame, at least..
Tarheel_Dem
Nov 2013
#131
"Hey, how many threads did you start asking your fellow DU'ers to moneybomb Buono's campaign?"
Number23
Nov 2013
#147
It's frightening that this particular rant, if not on a "democratic" site, sounds exactly like....
Tarheel_Dem
Nov 2013
#152
The Dem establishment HATE liberals. Our only function now is to act as scapegoats
Doctor_J
Nov 2013
#133
If all that investment had happened, he would have still won and looked even better coming out.
RBInMaine
Nov 2013
#161
That's ridiculous. Most all support those ideas...but they are not dictators and try to get us as
Auntie Bush
Nov 2013
#187
In my experience, the so-called "centrists" are among the least loyal and principled voters...
YoungDemCA
Nov 2013
#183