2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary looking to broaden her appeal
I guess this explains the sudden love for Bush's TARP and other corporatist policies (and probably explains why the arrow in her logo is red and points to the right) --
Its not an opinion necessarily shared in her circles. Clinton insiders are eager to begin recruiting to their cause Republicans turned off by the prospect of Donald Trump and the threat of Sanders sticking it out until June makes the general election pivot more difficult.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/democratic-primaries-2016-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-220314#ixzz42Pq6DL6B
Emphasis added.
At this rate come November we'll be lucky if there's even a letter D left to vote for in the general election.
And just how comfortable are the old-school Republicans with Hillary?
Listen, there are Republicans in Washington who are privately saying that already, the host tells The Wrap
Fox News Channel anchor Bret Baier said its possible that some Republicans will vote for Hillary Clinton just to stop Donald Trump from taking over the party.
http://www.thewrap.com/fox-news-bret-baier-some-republicans-could-back-hillary-clinton-over-donald-trump/
Enjoy your victory via rigged delegate counts, Clinton-supporters, you deserve it.
Red Oak
(697 posts)Sanders (D)
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PonyUp
(1,680 posts)vi5
(13,305 posts)That's her problem she's tried to broaden her appeal so much that nobody actually knows what she actually stands for and what she's saying and doing just so that it appeals to a focus group tested mentality.
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)earthside
(6,960 posts)Swing to the right; swing to the left.
This is going to be interesting and maybe even fun.
So, before Michigan, Hillary wanted to "broaden her appeal" by moving even further to the right to preempt Trump in the general election and steal Repuglican votes from him.
But, to her surprise, the Democrats are done yet.
So, will she now have to reengage on the left to tie down renegade Sanders voters?
What is a girl do to?
(Colloquialism.)
I'll bet she has eyes as big a dinner plates all day today because this Sanders Michigan phenomenon is 2008 all over again and that just isn't supposed to happen.
Which Hillary will we all see now? Left Hillary or Goldwater Girl Hillary?
This really is the worst possible situation for Mrs. Clinton. Her being on every side of every issue for the past 30 years is going to make whichever direction she chooses look like one of pure political expediency -- which is exactly why people don think she is honest and trustworthy in the first place.
PassingFair
(22,434 posts)The party went down the wrong street.
Time to back track!
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)PassingFair
(22,434 posts)cyberswede
(26,117 posts)BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)The red state, more conservative, primaries are mostly over. Hillary now has to morph into "progressive Hillary" for the blue states.
The problem for her in the blue states though is her Wall Street speech transcripts. Everyone knows she's hiding some very damaging comments. She can't be the tough on the big banks candidate she's now pretending to be. It is too absurd for anyone to take seriously.
ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)There is no enthusiasm for her outside of hardcore Democrats. Yes she still has the advantage in winning the Democratic primary but her chances in the general are slim barring a complete Republican Party meltdown...and no a Trump nomination is not a meltdown. He can get blue collar working class voters we should be getting but have lost due to dumping populist labor - friendly policy for big corporate money.
He's a fucking liar but these people are desperate for change Hillary can't and won't fight for.
Partisan Democrats need to wake the fuck up.
PassingFair
(22,434 posts)Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)I hear that in my state, they hate Cruz should he win and Trump they feel
is a loose cannon. The investment class does not fear Clinton...it's easy
to understand why.
BernieforPres2016
(3,017 posts)when she gave that highly nuanced answer to the abortion question in Sunday night's debate.
She tried to mask her past advocacy for fracking on Sunday night, but will be championing that again as a way to appeal to Republicans if she wins the nomination.
The more she tries to thread the needle on issues to appeal to try to somehow appeal to both progressives (for the nomination) and moderate/conservatives (for the general election), the more everybody is reminded of how fundamentally dishonest the Clintons are.
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)to give up everything we believe in.