2016 Postmortem

UncleTomsEvilBrother

(945 posts) Tue Dec 22, 2015, 10:13 PM Dec 2015

Are Democrats making a mistake by singling out Trump and not focusing on the Republican Party?

A total of 469 seats in Congress are up for election in 2016. https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Congress_elections,_2016

If the Democrats gain five seats in the Senate, the Chamber is ours again.

Wouldn't it be more strategic to refer to Trump's quotes as, "Republicans say," instead of "Trumps say"?

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Are Democrats making a mistake by singling out Trump and not focusing on the Republican Party? (Original Post) UncleTomsEvilBrother Dec 2015 OP

There is one candidate that is doing that ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2015 #1

MARTIN O'MALLEY <3 JonLeibowitz Dec 2015 #3

True leftofcool Dec 2015 #4

it's not a bad strategy bigtree Dec 2015 #2

You have a point. Of course, there are some here who would criticize Clinton Hoyt Dec 2015 #5

yes ViseGrip Dec 2015 #6

Plays Right Into Her Hands Gothmog Dec 2015 #7

We feed the idea they have any credibility by responding SwampG8r Dec 2015 #8

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)

1. There is one candidate that is doing that ...

Reply to UncleTomsEvilBrother (Original post)

Tue Dec 22, 2015, 10:17 PM

Dec 2015

at every opportunity.

JonLeibowitz

(6,282 posts)

3. MARTIN O'MALLEY <3

Reply to 1StrongBlackMan (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 22, 2015, 10:29 PM

Dec 2015

Also Bernie and Hillary a little. But not as much.

Your point is well taken.

leftofcool

(19,460 posts)

4. True

Reply to 1StrongBlackMan (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 22, 2015, 10:32 PM

Dec 2015

Although, Martin did call him a "carnival barker." It was a great line.

bigtree

(85,999 posts)

2. it's not a bad strategy

Reply to UncleTomsEvilBrother (Original post)

Tue Dec 22, 2015, 10:20 PM

Dec 2015

...to paint the republican party in Trump's image.

He IS the republican party. They support most of his bull and are either cheering him on in public or quietly hoping his rhetoric brings out the xenophobes, racists, and bigot vote.

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

5. You have a point. Of course, there are some here who would criticize Clinton

Reply to UncleTomsEvilBrother (Original post)

Tue Dec 22, 2015, 10:33 PM

Dec 2015

no matter what she does.

ViseGrip

(3,133 posts)

6. yes

Reply to UncleTomsEvilBrother (Original post)

Tue Dec 22, 2015, 10:34 PM

Dec 2015

Gothmog

(145,344 posts)

7. Plays Right Into Her Hands

Reply to UncleTomsEvilBrother (Original post)

Tue Dec 22, 2015, 11:56 PM

Dec 2015

Josh Marshall has a simple explanation as to why this is not a bad issue http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/plays-right-into-her-hands

Perhaps this is stating the obvious. But the new Clinton-Trump 'feud' over being the top recruiter for ISIS plays completely into Clinton's strategy which is, in essence, to bring the Republican primary battle to a close with Donald Trump as the winner.

I agree with Josh that this is a good move for Clinton

SwampG8r

(10,287 posts)

8. We feed the idea they have any credibility by responding

Reply to UncleTomsEvilBrother (Original post)

Wed Dec 23, 2015, 12:02 AM

Dec 2015

Directly.
Hillary got ahead of herself and allowed them to be discussed like rational people.
Now her talking about them feeds the msm and they breath life back into the gop
When she should be discussing policy and the differences between hers and omallys and sanders she allowed herself to be baited into an u n forced error
She forgot she is still in a primary.

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