2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: "What we can’t stomach is even the whiff of impropriety or error" Des Moines Register. [View all]Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)They are catching on to the out in the open unfairness of it all, it is showing in her unfavorability ratings, as well as her numbers regarding her honesty (or lack thereof).
Nobody likes to be played, the information savvy younger crowd see right through her and do not even watch the networks that are her donors and friends in this fight. It may actually backfire on her. Unfortunately, if she wins the nom with these machinations, her unfavorable and untrustworthy numbers will be even higher by then and She may end up being responsible for a fascist-lite Republican gaining the white house.
Her blind ambition may lose all for us, hurting us far worse than her just winning the nom and Presidency, capitulating to the Republicans on SS, War, privatization of the commons, neoliberal trade deals, deregulation and the many other things her brand of centrism is known to weaken and destroy.
Bernie needs to win or our transformation into Oligarchy will be a done, irreversible deal IMO. We need to fight even harder if that is even possible With the deck so clearly and completely stacked against a fair run.