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2016 Postmortem

Fast Walker 52

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4. but in fact her 50 state strategy was in part to expand the base and was planned

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Sun Dec 18, 2016, 11:39 AM

Dec 2016

Remember-- to get Congress flipped too.

I thought that was a good thing.

I think the biggest mistake the Clinton team made was in believing the polls and not believing how many people could vote for Trump.

Overall, she was screwed by a number of factors and essentially was robbed by the media, Russian hacking, voter suppression.

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On Progressive Politics: Its the Strategy, Stupid [View all] JHan Dec 2016 OP

Here is what strategy was bad.... vi5 Dec 2016 #1

I agree that the pop vote lead proves that most people agree with the liberal platform.. JHan Dec 2016 #2

Obama needed to be a better salesman.... vi5 Dec 2016 #5

but in fact her 50 state strategy was in part to expand the base and was planned Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #4

Well obviously that didn't happen either... vi5 Dec 2016 #6

Fair enough. But did you read the piece? Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #7

I more or less agree with it.... vi5 Dec 2016 #8

She spent a lot of time and resources in Pennsylvania oberliner Dec 2016 #14

this piece actually is the perfect encapsulization of what I've been arguing for months Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #3

I've no problem calling it out as stupid as well.. JHan Dec 2016 #9

The article sets up a straw-man by suggesting that Sanders thinks we should refocus JCanete Dec 2016 #10

It doesn't matter who or how or what brought her more to the left, she was on the left. JHan Dec 2016 #11

The article proves that we are clueless. Take on the fucking media already. Some small percentage of JCanete Dec 2016 #12

I prove I have empathy by voting to help pass policies that benefit them... JHan Dec 2016 #13

No, the people don't know the media is corporatist. We don't tell them. They think the media has JCanete Dec 2016 #15

I don't know how to counter the misinformation: JHan Dec 2016 #16

There is nothing I disagree with really about what you just said. The very sad fact about JCanete Dec 2016 #17