2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumIn the wake of Sanders abandoning South Carolina
Last edited Mon Feb 22, 2016, 09:58 PM - Edit history (1)
The difference between Sanders and Obama has become clear. Obama campained everywhere regardless of the demographics or likelyhood of victory. Sanders is more strategic.
2/22 Monday: Massachusetts
2/23 Tuesday: West Virginia
2/24 Wednesday: Oklahoma
http://blog.4president.us/2016/bernie-sanders
peacebird
(14,195 posts)http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/02/22/sanders-kicks-off-final-push-south-carolina/80726534/
Renew Deal
(81,861 posts)2/22 Monday: Massachusetts
2/23 Tuesday: West Virginia
2/24 Wednesday: Oklahoma
http://blog.4president.us/2016/bernie-sanders
peacebird
(14,195 posts)JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)News to me!
Renew Deal
(81,861 posts)JI7
(89,251 posts)peacebird
(14,195 posts)And others have noticed as well
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/02/sanders-greenville/470283/
HerbChestnut
(3,649 posts)How on earth is that abandoning it?
Renew Deal
(81,861 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Like her comments on CNN yesterday that she's been consistent in her policies and beliefs for decades.
Renew Deal
(81,861 posts)2/22 Monday: Massachusetts
2/23 Tuesday: West Virginia
2/24 Wednesday: Oklahoma
http://blog.4president.us/2016/bernie-sanders
Jarqui
(10,126 posts)That's not the case with Bernie.
He has to get recognized in those Super Tuesday states. when he does, he climbs the polls. And that was always, always the hard part. It was one thing to spend a lot of time in the first four primary states to make respectable showings in three of them. He really needed a win in Nevada to help boost himself in the polls of these other states. Many in the media will be saying "Hillary's got it" and then turnout is low ... and he loses.
After today, he has 7 campaign days to hit these 10 states:
Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Georgia
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
TheBlackAdder
(28,208 posts)stage left
(2,962 posts)this past Sunday.
Renew Deal
(81,861 posts)2/22 Monday: Massachusetts
2/23 Tuesday: West Virginia
2/24 Wednesday: Oklahoma
http://blog.4president.us/2016/bernie-sanders
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)Sanders was just in the state not two days ago. He's got 100 paid staffers there. He doesn't need to spend every waking hour there, when Super Tuesday is coming up in a week.
Renew Deal
(81,861 posts)He can put staffers anywhere, but he is absent
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)You are really grasping at straws.
Renew Deal
(81,861 posts)stage left
(2,962 posts)His staffers and volunteers are here, working to get out the vote. We are Bernie.It's WE with this campaign, not I.
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)nc4bo
(17,651 posts)Vinca
(50,276 posts)You can't compare Obama to any candidate before or after. Hillary is popular, but she's no Obama. Bernie is popular, but he's no Obama. The Sanders' campaign appears to be deciding where they should put their efforts to get the most delegates. I don't know why the AA community favors Hillary over the guy who was arrested over civil rights, but they apparently do. If you want to win an election in order to eventually convince AA why they might benefit from free public college, single-payer healthcare and a higher minimum wage, you have to get delegates where people are currently supporting you. I fear, once again, we'll be remembering what might have been as Hillary gets the nomination and nose dives back to the right.
Kentonio
(4,377 posts)I'm not sure how Sanders is doing any worse in any quantifiable way.
TTUBatfan2008
(3,623 posts)...and had Wall Street money backing his campaign in large amounts.
Kentonio
(4,377 posts)TTUBatfan2008
(3,623 posts)...both of those are positives. I hate Wall Street's influence, but it funds the vast majority of the campaigns we see on a national level. So when you say Bernie has more donors, that sounds great until you realize Obama had a ton of mega money being pumped in by a smaller number of people.
Kentonio
(4,377 posts)TTUBatfan2008
(3,623 posts)Sanders has the deck stacked completely against him and the campaign is doing a hell of a job considering this fact. He's about to lose by 20+ in South Carolina and a number of other states in the next couple weeks. Just have to see if the citizens out there will keep giving $20-30 or will become disheartened by the early election results.
firebrand80
(2,760 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)Gothmog
(145,296 posts)uponit7771
(90,347 posts)... for some reason and endearing themselves to the Sanders proclaimed "establishment" for a reason and it isn't because they don' know him.
Sander lost PoC by 25% in IA... after spending 3 months there... his numbers are getting worse