2016 Postmortem

silvershadow

(10,336 posts) Fri Apr 22, 2016, 08:45 AM Apr 2016

Opinion: Hillary Clinton’s N.Y. victory exposes her weakness as nominee in November

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Whew. Thankfully, the New York primaries have cleared everything up and the political narrative is now set.

Hillary Clinton can continue her imperturbable coronation march to the Democratic nomination while a new and improved Donald Trump — the “other” Donald Trump, or Donald Trump 2.0, as the press would have it — will start looking and acting more presidential to make himself more palatable to a Republican Party now likelier than ever to nominate him.

Certainly the remaining primaries will affirm this narrative, according to media accounts. Ted Cruz has new respect from Trump (it’s “Senator Cruz” at least some of the time, not “Lyin’ Ted”), but Cruz is toast in the eyes of voters, while Bernie Sanders’s campaign, which started out as a long shot, is now once again a long shot.

There’s only one thing wrong with the clarity of this new media narrative. It could well be as mistaken as all the earlier narratives the media have come up with to chronicle this roller-coaster campaign.

more: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/hillary-clintons-ny-victory-exposes-her-weakness-as-nominee-in-november-2016-04-22

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Opinion: Hillary Clinton’s N.Y. victory exposes her weakness as nominee in November (Original Post) silvershadow Apr 2016 OP

I'm old enough to believe that winning rarely weakens a contender. Yo_Mama Apr 2016 #1

This time is different. Besides that, she isn't really even winning, she is stealing. nt silvershadow Apr 2016 #2

Stealing, is it!? Stuckinthebush Apr 2016 #5

Do you deny there have been irregularities in multiple states? nt silvershadow Apr 2016 #7

Big jump to stealing Stuckinthebush Apr 2016 #8

Jesus Fucking Christ. LexVegas Apr 2016 #3

The insanity is laughable Stuckinthebush Apr 2016 #6

Taking shots at Clinton while praising the sexist, bigoted, racist Trump. NCTraveler Apr 2016 #4

Yo_Mama

(8,303 posts)

1. I'm old enough to believe that winning rarely weakens a contender.

Reply to silvershadow (Original post)

Fri Apr 22, 2016, 08:50 AM

Apr 2016

Just my opinion.

silvershadow

(10,336 posts)

2. This time is different. Besides that, she isn't really even winning, she is stealing. nt

Reply to Yo_Mama (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 22, 2016, 08:52 AM

Apr 2016

Stuckinthebush

(10,845 posts)

5. Stealing, is it!?

Reply to silvershadow (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 22, 2016, 08:55 AM

Apr 2016

Oh my gods. How rich.

silvershadow

(10,336 posts)

7. Do you deny there have been irregularities in multiple states? nt

Reply to Stuckinthebush (Reply #5)

Fri Apr 22, 2016, 09:04 AM

Apr 2016

Stuckinthebush

(10,845 posts)

8. Big jump to stealing

Reply to silvershadow (Reply #7)

Fri Apr 22, 2016, 09:09 AM

Apr 2016

That's nuts.

LexVegas

(6,067 posts)

3. Jesus Fucking Christ.

Reply to silvershadow (Original post)

Fri Apr 22, 2016, 08:52 AM

Apr 2016

Stuckinthebush

(10,845 posts)

6. The insanity is laughable

Reply to LexVegas (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 22, 2016, 08:57 AM

Apr 2016

Wow.

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)

4. Taking shots at Clinton while praising the sexist, bigoted, racist Trump.

Reply to silvershadow (Original post)

Fri Apr 22, 2016, 08:53 AM

Apr 2016

All while referencing the only woman in the field as weak.

Real weakness is dismissing massive groups of voters. Real weakness is running out of the country two days before a massive ass whooping. Real weakness is getting your ass handed to you and claiming victory. Real weakness is claiming cheating every time you lose like a petulant child. Real weakness is not being able to win on the up and up so you try to subvert the will of the people. Real weakness is calling a great group like Planned Parenthood a part of the establishment when you are running against the establishment.

See, this game is easy to play.

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