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bravenak
(34,648 posts)Response to bravenak (Reply #1)
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hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)Bummer, eh? A repeat of 2008 for her?
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)zappaman
(20,606 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,719 posts)still_one
(92,594 posts)the Democratic nominee, 99.9% of DU will vote for the Democratic nominee, even if it is Hillary
Will you?
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zappaman
(20,606 posts)I will also vote for her since I'm a DEMOCRAT.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)You have a HAWKEYE...
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)still_one
(92,594 posts)We have Martin O'Malley, Jim Webb, Bernie Sanders (who would become a Democrat if he runs), Hillary, and others. I don't think Elizabeth Warren will run, I take her at her word. Biden might.
Regardless, I personally feel there are enough potential candidates out there that if they fit ones criteria that's how grass roots efforts start. Would it be an uphill battle if Clinton runs, absolutely, but it was the same when Obama ran, it was an uphill battle for him, and he was able to get grass roots support
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)zappaman
(20,606 posts)SheilaT
(23,156 posts)we back up the contention that she is not the best possible next President. Thank you for these.
And do keep on posting them as needed.
elleng
(131,590 posts)Goldman Sachs' New York headquarters, where the former secretary of state spoke to executives recently:
But Clinton offered a message that the collected plutocrats found reassuring, according to accounts offered by several attendees, declaring that the banker-bashing so popular within both political parties was unproductive and indeed foolish. Striking a soothing note on the global financial crisis, she told the audience, in effect: We all got into this mess together, and were all going to have to work together to get out of it. What the bankers heard her to say was just what they would hope for from a prospective presidential candidate: Beating up the finance industry isnt going to improve the economyit needs to stop. And indeed Goldmans Jim ONeill, the laconic Brit who heads the banks asset management division, introduced Clinton by saying how courageous she was for speaking at the bank. (Brave, perhaps, but also well-compensated: Clintons minimum fee for paid remarks is $200,000).
still_one
(92,594 posts)Concern
How about this, you don't like Hillary, fine, then why not just post about the candidate you want to support?
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hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)still_one
(92,594 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)still_one
(92,594 posts)still_one
(92,594 posts)expressed interest. I think if Bernie runs, he will run as a Democrat. There is no way he will split the party.
At this point in time it will be tough going for anyone to go against Clinton if she runs. However, it was tough going for Obama, and through populist and grass roots support he did it
spanone
(136,006 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)pkdu
(3,977 posts)2naSalit
(87,086 posts)still_one
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