2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary Clinton just lost 9 points to Bernie Sanders in less than 4 weeks
Hillary Clinton continues to slip in the Democratic primary, with a recent 9 point swing landing in the favor of Sen. Bernie Sanders.
http://www.examiner.com/article/hillary-clinton-losing-grip-on-democratic-primary-sanders-surging-fast
frylock
(34,825 posts)daleanime
(17,796 posts)never do.
Fairgo
(1,571 posts)That's what happens when try to run out the clock from the opening buzzer.
jfern
(5,204 posts)Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)More candidates will give us more points of view.
And with more points of view to consider during this election, it will be better for us as a party in the long run.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)If the donation pool doesn't grow along with the candidates, more candidates works to prevent more well funded challenges.
We are regularly told that one campaign has the money thing all locked up. Dismal prospects for fund-raising is likely contributing to why we aren't seeing a bigger pool of dem candidates.
On the other side, the Kochs have pledged hundreds of millions and it has worked rather like fertilizer...there are candidates popping up over there like weeds.