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2016 Postmortem

Garrett78

(10,721 posts) Tue May 31, 2016, 07:32 PM May 2016

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Which of the following scenarios would best help lay the groundwork for progressive reform?

A) Trump beating Clinton

B) Clinton beating Trump by a slim margin

C) Clinton beating Trump by a wide margin

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Which of the following scenarios would best help lay the groundwork for progressive reform? (Original Post) Garrett78 May 2016 OP

C of course. Tal Vez May 2016 #1

This is REAL hard. uhhh C? BootinUp May 2016 #2

Some have suggested it doesn't matter who they vote for, so it may be hard for them. Garrett78 May 2016 #5

a dem prez and both houses of congress controlled by dems nt msongs May 2016 #3

None of the above jack_krass May 2016 #4

I considered adding that option, but the 3 I list seem to be the only realistic scenarios. Garrett78 May 2016 #6

A win for HRC is a win for corporatism, hawkish foreign policy, and jack_krass May 2016 #7

Tal Vez

(660 posts)

1. C of course.

Reply to Garrett78 (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2016, 07:34 PM

May 2016

And, I believe in my heart that we are going to see just that in November.

BootinUp

(47,143 posts)

2. This is REAL hard. uhhh C?

Reply to Garrett78 (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2016, 07:44 PM

May 2016

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)

5. Some have suggested it doesn't matter who they vote for, so it may be hard for them.

Reply to BootinUp (Reply #2)

Tue May 31, 2016, 08:22 PM

May 2016

msongs

(67,401 posts)

3. a dem prez and both houses of congress controlled by dems nt

Reply to Garrett78 (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2016, 07:46 PM

May 2016

jack_krass

(1,009 posts)

4. None of the above

Reply to Garrett78 (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2016, 07:55 PM

May 2016

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)

6. I considered adding that option, but the 3 I list seem to be the only realistic scenarios.

Reply to jack_krass (Reply #4)

Tue May 31, 2016, 09:19 PM

May 2016

Are you of the opinion that each of those scenarios would garner the exact same results?

jack_krass

(1,009 posts)

7. A win for HRC is a win for corporatism, hawkish foreign policy, and

Reply to Garrett78 (Reply #6)

Tue May 31, 2016, 09:40 PM

May 2016

100K speechmaking for the politically connected.

A win for Trump is a win for neo-fascism, if he sticks with his current schtik.

Which is better for progressivism? Hard to tell. What do you think?

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