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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If you are Bernie or Bust you are no hero! [View all]Garrett78
(10,721 posts)16. A Clinton Admin will operate in the same fashion as the Obama Admin has.
Unforeseen events could alter the trajectory, of course, but they're cut from the same cloth policy-wise.
I'm not looking to piss anyone off. I'm just pointing out that people who didn't vote for Obama (and aren't going to vote for Trump) won't have much impact on Clinton's chances.
Ultimately, I think most Sanders supporters will vote for Clinton in November. I've seen polls that suggest as many as 1/3rd won't, but I suspect that number will come down somewhat in the months to come.
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No never Trump for me. Who knows what he stands for, it changes every sentence.
Thinkingabout
May 2016
#1
You're obviously wrong, as evidenced by her winning where Obama won in the 2008 primary.
Garrett78
May 2016
#73
I did vote for Obama twice. This assumption that Bernie supporters on DU did not vote for Obama
jillan
May 2016
#11
It's painfully obvious by now to everyone here that Obama's coalition has dispersed . . .
Major Hogwash
May 2016
#27
I lost a cousin in the war in 2005 and protested her office in 2002 for her vote.
hrmjustin
May 2016
#4
We'll just have to work harder. Many of us are already used to carrying the weight of others.
grossproffit
May 2016
#6
Hard to see why or how anyone could feel they have the right to demand anything else.
Bonobo
May 2016
#20
16 more days and they can silence dissent to make it their private little cabal.
Nuclear Unicorn
May 2016
#50
You buy your ticket, you take your chances. No whining, now. If you're moving to General mode
silvershadow
May 2016
#21
This can't be said enough: Wherever your candidate ends up, is entirely dependent on her and no one
JimDandy
May 2016
#30
First they tell us we're not needed and to get the hell get out of the way, now they want to
B Calm
May 2016
#34
If you think HRC's been "pushed to the left", you have no higher order thinking skills...
MrMickeysMom
May 2016
#43
Or maybe it will be the fault of the people who chose corrupt political machines over principle.
Nuclear Unicorn
May 2016
#47
Childish, ignorant, selfish, self-destructive. Those would be realistic descriptions.
BootinUp
May 2016
#69