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2016 Postmortem

butterfly77

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30. Ditto!

Reply to Liberal_Stalwart71 (Reply #20)

Wed Nov 5, 2014, 06:53 AM

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Correct me if I am wrong Scotty [View all] Darb Nov 2014 OP

Party needs better tacticians. elleng Nov 2014 #1

Copy that. Darb Nov 2014 #2

Howard Dean, but elleng Nov 2014 #4

It's amazing how fast Dean got marginalized by the party. Darb Nov 2014 #6

Right, amazing, elleng Nov 2014 #8

I am a loyal Dem voter, but give me something to pull for. Darb Nov 2014 #11

Wish I had a good answer, elleng Nov 2014 #14

"Annointed" by this party's braintrust might Darb Nov 2014 #19

Running in primaries is very difficult elleng Nov 2014 #21

True dat. Darb Nov 2014 #27

To be a party loyalist is to be self-exploited Scootaloo Nov 2014 #36

More Paul Wellstone's, less Joe Manchin's ... oh08dem Nov 2014 #3

Nailed it. Thanks for posting. Darb Nov 2014 #5

Dems want to lose angrychair Nov 2014 #7

I like your contempt. Count me in. Darb Nov 2014 #9

Oh, we knee-grows were told that we didn't matter. We were told that Bill Clinton needed to be Liberal_Stalwart71 Nov 2014 #20

Ditto! butterfly77 Nov 2014 #30

Add youth and latinos to that list Scootaloo Nov 2014 #37

you obviously do not see my facebook where people irrationally insanely blame Obama for everything hollysmom Nov 2014 #10

True, I too have been exasperated at the pure hate, Darb Nov 2014 #13

When I and other people of color here at DU tell DUers that we've experienced racism in the Liberal_Stalwart71 Nov 2014 #22

I would not have showed up if my incumbent ran from Obama. Darb Nov 2014 #25

My sentiments exactly! butterfly77 Nov 2014 #32

I don't care what anyone here on DU says. I don't care what any Democratic pundit says. Liberal_Stalwart71 Nov 2014 #15

Word. Darb Nov 2014 #17

You are on a roll! butterfly77 Nov 2014 #33

but here is the thing, would people really have done better by hugging the president? hollysmom Nov 2014 #38

Here, here! Blaming Obama worked. Looked how that turned out for us? Liberal_Stalwart71 Nov 2014 #12

I am patiently waitng for the Obama blame crowd. shouldn't take long, Darb Nov 2014 #16

Actually, Obama leads the party and is responsible. JDPriestly Nov 2014 #18

The whole thing you wrote = BULLSHIT!!!!!!!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Nov 2014 #23

Damn you keep saying.. butterfly77 Nov 2014 #34

One overture regarding SS does not bring this about, but I won't say you are Darb Nov 2014 #24

Obama was elected by pretty good margins JDPriestly Nov 2014 #26

I wanted more too. Darb Nov 2014 #28

Obama was elected because he was black, not in spite of the fact that he was black. JDPriestly Nov 2014 #29

+1 You nailed it. Enthusiast Nov 2014 #35

The Guy running for Governor of Maryland didn't run rpannier Nov 2014 #31