Hillary only won

[lancer78]

because of the pragmatism of the African American voter. I think if the whore media had not included the Super Delegate count from the beginning, it would have changed the optics of the race, and more pragmatic voters might have voted for Sanders. Barack Obama didn't really start to get support from the AA community until after he won Iowa, and came close in New Hampshire. Check out this CNN article from January, 2008.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/18/poll.2008/index.html?iref=nextin

[Cali_Democrat]

1. Isn't Hillary also winning women? nt

[Recursion]

6. Damned pragmatic women... wanting to protect their privacy and lives

But, yeah: blocs with more skin in the game do seem to support Clinton more than they do Sanders.

[lancer78]

9. Read the article I linked n/t

[GreatGazoo]

14. Thanks to the Civil War, no one wins people anymore.

and Hillary eroded with female voters:

The boost came from female voters, a longtime Clinton stronghold. The former secretary of state’s support among women dropped by 11 points, while Sanders’ showing jumped by 9 points.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/2016/04/new_poll_female_voters_flock_to_bernie_sanders_from_hillary_clinton

[BootinUp]

2. Hillary has a long long record that you are blissfully unaware of. nt

[BootinUp]

8. Tell me you didn't grow up listening to Rush Limbo.

[BootinUp]

22. Cool, thanks for sharing that. nt

[Recursion]

4. That pesky pragmatism of groups whose lives are at stake with the outcome here... (nt)

[lancer78]

7. I am not critical of pragmatism

just stating an opinion of why Sanders lost. Read the article I linked.

[MFM008]

5. really?

So they couldn't decide they wanted to vote for her on her merits...must be something else.

[lancer78]

10. Read the article I linked

[NanceGreggs]

11. Hillary only won ...

... because the majority of Democrats wanted her to be their nominee.

[NurseJackie]

16. Not including AA, POC, and women ... Bernie is winning.

[COLGATE4]

18. Yeah. What's with that, anyway.

People expecting the person who got the most votes to be the nominee. I tell ya,

[Nyan]

12. It's not just that. Media could have buried Obama the way they buried Dean and Kucinich

if he hadn't been backed by Wall Street. Remember, he had the most support from Wall Street in 08. It was not Hillary or McCain. They bet on Obama. He was viewed as a viable candidate mainly because he had the backing of media establishment.
I thought the joke he made at the WHCD last year was pretty telling, that he needed to raise a lot of money to make himself likable, with his middle-name "Hussein."

[LuvLoogie]

13. For me it was the hot sauce...and her hearty laugh.

There's a strong contingent of us. We're like her base.

[baldguy]

15. "Pragmatism" = getting done what can be done,

building on the foundations of what we already have, and setting the stage for more progressive advancement in the future.

This vs. tossing at all away & starting from scratch - with massive GOP opposition. The GOP would be happy to help Sanders & his ilk get rid of all the progressive accomplishments of the Clinton and Obama administrations, but replacing them with something "better", not so much.

[Nye Bevan]

17. Bernie's inability to connect with nonwhite voters

has certainly conttibuted to his defeat.

[firebrand80]

19. Hey, who ya callin pragmatic?

Thems fightin words!

[Tarc]

20. Which meme is this? Stockholm Syndrome or "they just haven't met Bernie yet" ?

[Lizzie Poppet]

23. But is it "pragmatic" to vote for a human weathervane?

Political pragmatism implies grounds for depending on one's choice to be reliable. Such confidence in Clinton is spectacularly misplaced, given her record.