2016 Postmortem

oberliner

(58,724 posts) Wed Jul 15, 2015, 11:32 PM Jul 2015

In Iowa, Lincoln Chafee says Sanders is complicating campaign

Longshot candidate Lincoln Chafee said that when he decided to run for president he wasn’t counting on the enthusiasm that has built up around fellow underdog Bernie Sanders.

“I really didn’t foresee Senator Sanders. … But everybody said this is just a done deal (for Hillary Clinton), and I thought we should have some debate about where we go in the world,” Chafee said in an interview with The Des Moines Register.

Chafee, the former governor of Rhode Island, was at a meet-and-greet that drew about a dozen people to Dos Rios in downtown Des Moines on Wednesday.

It was his first trip to Iowa this campaign cycle. He highlighted his record, which also includes time as a U.S. senator and as a mayor, as well as his anti-interventionist foreign policy agenda.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2015/07/15/lincoln-chafee-iowa-bernie-sanders/30218593/

Any DUers supporting Lincoln Chafee in the primary?

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In Iowa, Lincoln Chafee says Sanders is complicating campaign (Original Post) oberliner Jul 2015 OP

Abraham Lincoln Kelvin Mace Jul 2015 #1

I saw some polls where he is poling at 0% DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #2

Now he needs to figure out how to convert that to make it look better.. London Lover Man Jul 2015 #3

I don't think it's literally zero though, just zero after rounding... DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #4

Poll: Lincoln Chafee Has No Supporters oberliner Jul 2015 #6

He isolated himself in RI and only recently became a Democrat.... Historic NY Jul 2015 #8

He did vote against the Iraq War oberliner Jul 2015 #9

Ouch (nt) Recursion Jul 2015 #13

Me! Me! I'd fly 10,000 kilometres to vote for him if I could! Violet_Crumble Jul 2015 #5

Complicating it? I'd say he's DEFINING it. cherokeeprogressive Jul 2015 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Jul 2015 #11

"drew about a dozen people" Scootaloo Jul 2015 #10

I respect Lincoln Chaffee, but he's way too much of a longshot for me No Vested Interest Jul 2015 #12

'complicating' in this case means getting people oldandhappy Jul 2015 #14

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)

1. Abraham Lincoln

Reply to oberliner (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2015, 11:45 PM

Jul 2015

If someone resurrcets him. But not Chaffee.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

2. I saw some polls where he is poling at 0%

Reply to oberliner (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2015, 11:47 PM

Jul 2015

That's kind of remarkable.

London Lover Man

(371 posts)

3. Now he needs to figure out how to convert that to make it look better..

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 15, 2015, 11:57 PM

Jul 2015

You know, massaging the polls using metric...

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

4. I don't think it's literally zero though, just zero after rounding...

Reply to London Lover Man (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 15, 2015, 11:59 PM

Jul 2015

That would be crazy if they polled 1,000 people and not even one said they were voting for him...I suspect if you made up a name even a couple of people would indicate they would vote for him or her.

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

6. Poll: Lincoln Chafee Has No Supporters

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 12:07 AM

Jul 2015

A month and a half into his presidential campaign, Lincoln Chafee is having trouble connecting with voters—even a single one. A Monmouth University poll released today reports that the Democratic presidential candidate "registered no support."

To be clear, this does not just mean that the former Rhode Island governor got 0 percent of the vote, leaving room for him to receive some votes but not enough to amount to 1 percent. No: Chafee received exactly zero votes in the poll, according to a research associate at Monmouth University. The poll surveyed 1,001 adults and included 357 Democratic or Democratic-leaning registered voters in the results.

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2015/07/its-hard-out-here-lincoln-chafee

Historic NY

(37,452 posts)

8. He isolated himself in RI and only recently became a Democrat....

Reply to oberliner (Reply #6)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 12:35 AM

Jul 2015

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

9. He did vote against the Iraq War

Reply to Historic NY (Reply #8)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 12:39 AM

Jul 2015

For what that is worth.

Clearly, though, the train has already left the station as far as being the "alternative to HRC" option.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

13. Ouch (nt)

Reply to oberliner (Reply #6)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 02:48 AM

Jul 2015

Violet_Crumble

(35,976 posts)

5. Me! Me! I'd fly 10,000 kilometres to vote for him if I could!

Reply to oberliner (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 12:04 AM

Jul 2015

I don't know anything about him except he wants the US to go metric, but that's all I need!

I like that Bernie Sanders guy as well and I know lots more about him than I do about Metric Guy...

cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)

7. Complicating it? I'd say he's DEFINING it.

Reply to oberliner (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 12:18 AM

Jul 2015

Yup.

Response to cherokeeprogressive (Reply #7)

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Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)

10. "drew about a dozen people"

Reply to oberliner (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 12:44 AM

Jul 2015

I don't know anything about this guy, or his stands or policies, but... man. How many of that dozen were just people who happened to be in the area at the time? That's painful.

No Vested Interest

(5,167 posts)

12. I respect Lincoln Chaffee, but he's way too much of a longshot for me

Reply to oberliner (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 02:43 AM

Jul 2015

to give any energy in his direction.

oldandhappy

(6,719 posts)

14. 'complicating' in this case means getting people

Reply to oberliner (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 03:45 AM

Jul 2015

interested and energized and involved and working and showing up and committed and ...

Sounds good to me! I'll take some of that 'complicating' stuff.

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