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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumNY Times: Hillary Clinton Struggles to Find Footing in Unusual Race
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/us/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump.html?emc=edit_th_20160529&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=46529169Democrats could hardly believe their good fortune last month when it became clear that Hillary Clinton was headed to a general election showdown with Donald J. Trump. Mr. Trump carried so much baggage and had insulted so many voting blocs that some Clinton supporters began to imagine a landslide.
But early optimism that this would be an easy race is evaporating. In the corridors of Congress, on airplane shuttles between New York and Washington, at donor gatherings and on conference calls, anxiety is spreading through the Democratic Party that Mrs. Clinton is struggling to find her footing.
But early optimism that this would be an easy race is evaporating. In the corridors of Congress, on airplane shuttles between New York and Washington, at donor gatherings and on conference calls, anxiety is spreading through the Democratic Party that Mrs. Clinton is struggling to find her footing.
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NY Times: Hillary Clinton Struggles to Find Footing in Unusual Race (Original Post)
LiberalElite
May 2016
OP
This is what happens in a democracy when a political party circumvents the will of it's members
AgingAmerican
May 2016
#1
Circumvents the will of it's members? Who chose Secretary Clinton by 3+ million votes?
SFnomad
May 2016
#6
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)1. This is what happens in a democracy when a political party circumvents the will of it's members
And crams a candidate down their throats.
Cobalt Violet
(9,905 posts)4. Absolutely true.
Let them eat nothingburgers isn't going to work.
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)6. Circumvents the will of it's members? Who chose Secretary Clinton by 3+ million votes?
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)8. Only because of DNC manipulation
Had the DNC not manipulated the elections every way possible, the outcome would be wildly different.
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)9. No, not likely ... just another in a long line of excuses from a bitter 2nd place finisher n/t
Cobalt Violet
(9,905 posts)2. maybe she should take off the flip-flops.
Might help her footing.
trudyco
(1,258 posts)3. Like that one! eom
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)5. Honestly, I think if she wins the primary
She will be POTUS.
Trump is the Clinton chosen Republican candidate, he is #WithHer. The General election will just be 5 months of Grand Guignol.
Henhouse
(646 posts)7. "But early optimism that this would be an easy race is evaporating."
I know the New York Times likes this narrative but I haven't seen anyone inside the Clinton campaign or, Democratic pundits, suggest they ever thought this would be an easy race. The electorate is still pretty much 50/50 Democratic/Republican....