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Was Obama a weak candidate by winning by only 62 pledged delegates? (Original Post)
joshcryer
May 2016
OP
No, because his likeability and trustworthiness numbers were high, unlike Hillary's.
ViseGrip
May 2016
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JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)1. And Hillz won the popular vote.
Mad cow
(92 posts)11. That's misleading...
Only if you include MI, where Obama's name didn't appear on the ballot.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)15. Perhaps, but anyway, it was much, MUCH closer than Hillary?Sanders are
Metric System
(6,048 posts)2. It's tantrum time. Let them sulk. I've had enough of it.
obamanut2012
(26,081 posts)3. +1
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)13. + 1
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)4. Hillary is no Obama.
She could be a Goldwater though.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)5. Are you suggesting Sanders 2016 is a lesser uniter than Clinton 2008?
Metric System
(6,048 posts)8. I don't expect to see Sanders help unite the party. I hope I'm wrong.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)9. You are.
Sanders has integrity, you see it every time Weaver gets him to go out of line ("unqualified" comes to mind which he walked back the next day). Once Weaver and Devine are out of the picture it'll go back to beating the Republicans. Remember, Clinton and Obama really slogged it out hard too. The Harry and Louise ads, Jeremiah Wright controversy, etc.
Metric System
(6,048 posts)6. She's like Obama in the sense that she's winning.
Dem2
(8,168 posts)7. Bernie is no McGovern
Or is he?
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)10. No, that's Trump.
Dem2
(8,168 posts)14. I sure hope so
We're f***** if his fake populism brings out enough sheep.
ViseGrip
(3,133 posts)12. No, because his likeability and trustworthiness numbers were high, unlike Hillary's.
No one has ever been elected with Hillary's numbers, no matter how many delegates they won by. She is ten points higher than the last one that lost with high negatives.