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2016 Postmortem

snagglepuss

(12,704 posts) Tue Feb 9, 2016, 06:16 PM Feb 2016

"Everyone loves the story of an underdog. I beg everyone not to regard Hillary as a comeback kid"

Hillary might be judged to have done well tonight if she comes within single figures of catching Sanders. There’s a tendency for the media to react against a projected winner and everyone loves the story of an underdog. If that happens, I beg everyone not to regard Hillary as a comeback kid. Someone who comes with all the advantages she has does not get to be considered an outsider candidate.

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Clinton's politics are the politics of identity, narrowed down to a very specific constituency: she’s selling herself as the hope of everyday rich white women who want to be president.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/donald-trump/12147434/Hillary-Clinton-is-fighting-for-her-political-life-in-New-Hampshire.html

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"Everyone loves the story of an underdog. I beg everyone not to regard Hillary as a comeback kid" (Original Post) snagglepuss Feb 2016 OP

She's no underdog, she turned a 50% lead into a 20% deficit tularetom Feb 2016 #1

It's already out there. snagglepuss Feb 2016 #5

Yeah, but consider the source tularetom Feb 2016 #7

From the right wing Telegraph, we're supposed to take advice? MADem Feb 2016 #2

good luck with that bigtree Feb 2016 #3

'Come back kid' was spin after the Gennifer Flowers scandal. earthside Feb 2016 #4

Ricky Ray Rector died so Clinton could prove he was 'tough on crime' and KingCharlemagne Feb 2016 #6

Zero chance. onecaliberal Feb 2016 #8

tularetom

(23,664 posts)

1. She's no underdog, she turned a 50% lead into a 20% deficit

Reply to snagglepuss (Original post)

Tue Feb 9, 2016, 06:20 PM

Feb 2016

It's an insult to our intelligence that they would even try to make such a claim...

snagglepuss

(12,704 posts)

5. It's already out there.

Reply to tularetom (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 9, 2016, 06:28 PM

Feb 2016

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511183237

tularetom

(23,664 posts)

7. Yeah, but consider the source

Reply to snagglepuss (Reply #5)

Tue Feb 9, 2016, 06:34 PM

Feb 2016

MADem

(135,425 posts)

2. From the right wing Telegraph, we're supposed to take advice?

Reply to snagglepuss (Original post)

Tue Feb 9, 2016, 06:24 PM

Feb 2016

LOL @ that notion!!!

Mr. Stanley seems to have a real affinity for Marco Rubio! What does that say about his judgment!

bigtree

(86,005 posts)

3. good luck with that

Reply to snagglepuss (Original post)

Tue Feb 9, 2016, 06:24 PM

Feb 2016

...you really believe she'll let her opponents set the narrative for her?

You know she's made up ground in the polls. IF that's actually reflected in the results, her campaign will crow about it - and Sanders folks will need to explain why they let that huge advantage reported slip through their fingers.

earthside

(6,960 posts)

4. 'Come back kid' was spin after the Gennifer Flowers scandal.

Reply to snagglepuss (Original post)

Tue Feb 9, 2016, 06:25 PM

Feb 2016

Let's just remember that ...

Bill Clinton was leading in New Hampshire in 1992 up until the Gennifer Flowers scandal broke.

Clinton then fell in the polling and was able to battle himself back to second place.

Senator Paul E. Tsongas of Massachusetts was the winner with 35 percent. Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas was second at 26 percent.

Bill Clinton did not win the New Hampshire primary in 1992.

(I remember this all very well -- I was a county chair for the Clinton primary campaign in Colorado in 1992.)

KingCharlemagne

(7,908 posts)

6. Ricky Ray Rector died so Clinton could prove he was 'tough on crime' and

Reply to earthside (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 9, 2016, 06:33 PM

Feb 2016

distract everyone from Ms. Flowers' claims.

onecaliberal

(32,888 posts)

8. Zero chance.

Reply to snagglepuss (Original post)

Tue Feb 9, 2016, 06:45 PM

Feb 2016

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