2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: My day started today being told Sanders was invited to meet the Pope. [View all]Kittycat
(10,493 posts)Losing states badly. Missouri was just flipped, even after they tried changing the rules. And now Bernie's off to the Vatican to participate in a conference that centers on the moral responsibilities of economic, social and environmental responsibility. We know these are issues their candidate doesn't support in the same extent as Sanders or the Vatican/Pope. So of course anything positive must be negative.
The greater issue on this, they should just walk away from it. This is a fast and steady way to alienate even more voters not just now, but in the fall if she were to get the nom. Not good.
That said, I exchanged some messages with a Cruz supporters who is Catholic pro life today. She was impressed by this outreach, because these issues matter to her. They're big table discussion topics, that give us the chance to dialogue. This is good for the party, sure. Or we can look like assholes and push people further right to the extreme.
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