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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: CBS News: What Went Wrong and Right for Bernie Sanders [View all]MaggieD
(7,393 posts)9. He didn't use his resources well
Large rallies are expensive. He may have preferred the adoration but the money would have been better spent on staffing and a good ground game. Cornell West as a surrogate was a major mistake as well. Bernie must not have realized how much the AA community dislikes West.
Obviously I am a huge Clinton supporter so I have to admit I was secretly pleased to see him make those mistakes. He had a ton of money so it could have been dicey for Clinton without those self inflicted wounds.
Again, just my opinion as a long time political activist and observer.
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The ability to choose advisors and campaign staff well is critical to a candidates' success. (nt)
ehrnst
Jun 2016
#2
At the least a business or organization should have personnel that matches
LiberalFighter
Jun 2016
#40
He relied on large rallies and had no ground game and failed miserably to organize his supporters
KittyWampus
Jun 2016
#5
easy to critique his hiring choices, but realistically Clinton had already locked up
geek tragedy
Jun 2016
#7
I thought that the reason the guy in CA quite was because he wanted to focus on the ground game and
politicaljunkie41910
Jun 2016
#46
I thought about posting this...and then thought I'd be accused of "revisiting" the Primary
brooklynite
Jun 2016
#8
It's an outdated concept that wasn't ever really true. These days with social media and
stevenleser
Jun 2016
#37
The built-in connections and fan base of the Clintons would certainly have been a big help.
Orsino
Jun 2016
#31
I thought it ended in Iowa. It was obvious to me that if Bernie didnt win big victories in all the
stevenleser
Jun 2016
#47