2016 Postmortem

Skwmom

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6. Bernie is attracting the youth vote. n/t

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Had Clinton not run, who would have been on the DNC bench? [View all] TSIAS Sep 2015 OP

Sanders doesn't run if Warren does jfern Sep 2015 #1

Nope. hifiguy Sep 2015 #16

Exactly, Bernie isn't running for himself. He is running for us! Live and Learn Sep 2015 #22

Maybe the point is that Sanders will open up the process and youth will enter. salib Sep 2015 #2

Agreed, hypothetical. I think the assumption of Clinton running has delayed some overdue party-wide Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #3

Soul searching? Search this: ONLY 46% of Democratic MEN want a woman president--in their lifetime. Hortensis Sep 2015 #15

That's not really relevant, at all, to what I posted. Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #20

Please read again. The overriding relevance of an unexamined factor was the whole point. Hortensis Sep 2015 #21

The central point of my post was that we need to expand our bench beyond E. Coast baby boomers Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #27

Agree, we'd do far better if we could accept that we never were and will never be in control. Hortensis Sep 2015 #30

At least you had your moments. My people have spent our lives sandwiched between Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #31

Yes. I just wish we hadn't trashed the bus. I've often wondered if we aren't going to be known Hortensis Sep 2015 #32

I wouldn't be so hard on yourselves. A tremendous amount of positive change can be attributed to the Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #33

AS an aside: what is the date on that graph? (source?) Raine1967 Sep 2015 #36

good question, I was looking at it and wondering the same thing myself. Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #37

LOL! yup, sounds about right! Raine1967 Sep 2015 #38

I think you are extrapolating the percentage that don't want a woman President. Live and Learn Sep 2015 #23

I thought Cory Booker might have run. Vinca Sep 2015 #4

Meh. Isn't he another Third Wayer? kath Sep 2015 #34

I didn't say I was a fan of his . . . I just thought he would run. Vinca Sep 2015 #41

If Clinton had not run O'Malley and Webb would be getting SheilaT Sep 2015 #5

I don't think Webb would. Chan790 Sep 2015 #8

My including Webb is predicated on the idea that SheilaT Sep 2015 #9

I think Biden would have run. Garrett78 Sep 2015 #13

I think Biden would have been their pick too but I don't think he would be winning. nt Live and Learn Sep 2015 #24

That would depend on who else was running. Garrett78 Sep 2015 #40

O'Malley certainly would be. hifiguy Sep 2015 #18

Bernie is attracting the youth vote. n/t Skwmom Sep 2015 #6

Who would have run: askew Sep 2015 #7

You nailed it. SheilaT Sep 2015 #10

Hmmm. Chan790 Sep 2015 #11

you ignore that people GAIN name recognition as they run and especially as they win karynnj Sep 2015 #14

I don't think Klobuchar would do well on the national stage Mnpaul Sep 2015 #35

Vermin Supreme? L0oniX Sep 2015 #12

Alas, the first victim of the Clinton Juggernaut. Buns_of_Fire Sep 2015 #43

here's the current age of everyone we're talking about MisterP Sep 2015 #17

O'Malley is just 52 hifiguy Sep 2015 #19

The problem is Obama fadedrose Sep 2015 #25

Who can match him? Michelle is in many ways a better natural talent than Barack. leveymg Sep 2015 #26

Guess who has Michelle Obama's publicist? VanillaRhapsody Sep 2015 #29

why? VanillaRhapsody Sep 2015 #28

I was just curious TSIAS Sep 2015 #44

what? VanillaRhapsody Sep 2015 #45

So far no one has mentioned Biden? Chances are 100% Biden runs if there was no Hillary running. stevenleser Sep 2015 #39

I mentioned him. Garrett78 Sep 2015 #42