2016 Postmortem

peacebird

(14,195 posts) Mon Feb 22, 2016, 05:19 PM Feb 2016

Inevitability or Electability? Sanders reminds us that he is most likely to trounce Trump!

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/02/22/inevitability-or-electability-sanders-reminds-voters-hes-most-likely-trounce-trump

As the dust settled after the weekend's primary contests, Bernie Sanders reminded voters that—despite the corporate media seizing on the narrative of an "inevitable" Clinton vs. Trump match-up—he remains the country's best chance of stopping the billionaire leading the Republican primary race.

"If you want a candidate who is going to defeat Donald Trump, you’re looking at him," Sanders told a crowd of 5,200 in Greenville, S.C. on Sunday.

"There would be nothing that would give me greater pleasure than in fact beating Donald Trump," he added.

Recent polling has shown Sanders outperforming his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton against all Republican contenders. When matched against Trump, the senator from Vermont is up 48 to 42 percent, which is a much wider margin than Clinton's 44 to 43 percent lead on the GOP frontrunner.

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Inevitability or Electability? Sanders reminds us that he is most likely to trounce Trump! (Original Post) peacebird Feb 2016 OP

Would you point out a political candidate who DOESN'T say he'll beat the other Party's candidate? brooklynite Feb 2016 #1

I'll bet Sanders could get Waiting For Everyman Feb 2016 #2

I imagine he could! peacebird Feb 2016 #3

Totally agree pdsimdars Feb 2016 #4

brooklynite

(94,592 posts)

1. Would you point out a political candidate who DOESN'T say he'll beat the other Party's candidate?

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Mon Feb 22, 2016, 05:23 PM

Feb 2016

Waiting For Everyman

(9,385 posts)

2. I'll bet Sanders could get

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Mon Feb 22, 2016, 05:23 PM

Feb 2016

some of the populist Repubs who hate Trump too; Hillary sure wouldn't get any.

peacebird

(14,195 posts)

3. I imagine he could!

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Mon Feb 22, 2016, 05:24 PM

Feb 2016

pdsimdars

(6,007 posts)

4. Totally agree

Reply to peacebird (Original post)

Mon Feb 22, 2016, 05:27 PM

Feb 2016

The Hillary supporters whale about how horrible it would be to have a Republican win the election. And AT THE SAME TIME, just like the climate change deniers, they refuse to look at the data that has been showing from the beginning that Bernie beats all the GOP candidates and Hillary does NOT.
That has been the story for a long time. And yet, they have some fantasy built in their minds, just like the climate change deniers, that allows them to simply ignore the facts they don't want to face because it will force them to do things they don't want to do.
Reality, people, reality. Face it or face the consequences.

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