2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Simple truth and common sense, if "the Math" proved Hillary has it won: [View all]Tom Rinaldo
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She started out with that approach last year, and then started sweating when Bernie and Biden began nipping at her heels. She had a good month in November though in large part due to the Republican Libyan witch hunt letting her show her chops in that all day hearing. That's when the media said that her earlier slide in the polls turned around putting her on a sure path to victory again - that Bernie had peaked, game over.
Then Bernie came within a quarter percent of her in Iowa and surged in NH and the game was on again. Then Bernie was called down and out again after South Carolina, and she started looking past him again. But wouldn't you know, Nevada started looking too close for comfort and she had to stop ignoring Bernie again until Harry Reid helped her pull that one out. Back to looking past Bernie again toward the Fall election after the results from Super Tuesday, until Sanders upset her in Michigan. Then Hillary had to pivot back to the Democratic contest again after trying to dismiss it.
That's how it keeps going. Trying to ignore Sanders while focusing on the Fall election is a tactic that aims to convince primary voters to "move along, there's nothing to see here". Let's see how well that works for Hillary again this time, after Saturday. Try and try again.