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Less than six weeks until Hillary wins Iowa. (Original Post) onehandle Dec 2015 OP
OH you're just doing that on purpose NuclearDem Dec 2015 #1
Great enthusiasm vadermike Dec 2015 #2
+1,000,000 Dawson Leery Dec 2015 #3
! DJ13 Dec 2015 #4
It'll be a good time for Democratic campaign donors to begin oasis Dec 2015 #5
LOL! peacebird Dec 2015 #6
Those six weeks when she wins Iowa, can't go by fast enough for me. BlueCaliDem Dec 2015 #7
Agree that they can't go by fast enough, disagree that DU will be more "pro-Dem" afterwards Number23 Dec 2015 #9
Yeah, you're right. Libertarians will continue to infest this board, pretending to be Democrats. BlueCaliDem Dec 2015 #15
Typical Kentonio Dec 2015 #24
The only "hair on fire stupidity" I see around here are folks who accept less and less every year highprincipleswork Dec 2015 #17
+1 greatauntoftriplets Dec 2015 #33
Naw, the PUMAs will just come back with their sockpuppet accounts from 2010 Scootaloo Dec 2015 #11
They've never left, SCOOTALOO. BlueCaliDem Dec 2015 #16
A HRC victory in Iowa would not mean pro-Bernie posts were no longer allowed on DU. Ken Burch Dec 2015 #29
I've got no problem with pro-Sanders posts. I have a problem with anti-Hillary Clinton posts. BlueCaliDem Dec 2015 #34
She's going to lose. And then her campaign will say it doesn't matter. reformist2 Dec 2015 #8
a bit overconfident I think. RoccoR5955 Dec 2015 #10
KICK! Cha Dec 2015 #12
Only if her campaign and supporters keep working hard. BlueCheese Dec 2015 #13
Oh wow so she's President-Elect now? HerbChestnut Dec 2015 #14
She already won re-election jfern Dec 2015 #21
They'd probably have already done away with the term limit cap to make her President for life Kentonio Dec 2015 #25
Iowa is going to be tighter than you imagine. kenfrequed Dec 2015 #18
From your keyboard to.... MeNMyVolt Dec 2015 #19
It's silly to act like HRC's got it all locked up. Ken Burch Dec 2015 #28
The battle may end but the war will continue for the next 8 years. ucrdem Dec 2015 #20
have there been leaks from exit polls already? Douglas Carpenter Dec 2015 #22
I wasn't aware Hell will freeze over in six weeks? eom Betty Karlson Dec 2015 #23
DU has devolved. So many voices lost. 7wo7rees Dec 2015 #26
And you actually think arrogant OP's like this will help your candidate? Ken Burch Dec 2015 #27
I'll be at the convention here in Philly. onehandle Dec 2015 #37
Donate to Bernie.... ;) Leftyforever Dec 2015 #30
It appears that the Democratic Party is starting to unite. Iliyah Dec 2015 #31
The Senate will be close regardless of a win in the Whitehouse. Dawson Leery Dec 2015 #35
La Abuela Victoriosa? cherokeeprogressive Dec 2015 #32
It's one thing to count chickens before the eggs hatch. hobbit709 Dec 2015 #36

vadermike

(1,415 posts)
2. Great enthusiasm
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 10:29 PM
Dec 2015

But we must not take anything for granted. We have to work like we are 20 points behind. The GOP will pull out all the stops to win this thing and plus Bernie could surpisr and win Iowa and NH. So who knows what could happen !!

oasis

(49,392 posts)
5. It'll be a good time for Democratic campaign donors to begin
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 10:36 PM
Dec 2015

backing the winner without reservation.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
7. Those six weeks when she wins Iowa, can't go by fast enough for me.
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 10:37 PM
Dec 2015

DU will be a much quieter, more pro-Democratic Party site once again.

Number23

(24,544 posts)
9. Agree that they can't go by fast enough, disagree that DU will be more "pro-Dem" afterwards
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 10:44 PM
Dec 2015

This web site has shit on all things Obama since before he was even sworn in.

ANYONE that thinks these people who are actually stooping to the level of supporting Trump in his attacks on Hillary and attacking Hillary for the Sanders' campaign intrusion of her data, won't crap on her the same way is deep in denial. It will be the same shit like it's been here. Day after day of hair on fire stupidity and the bigger the idiocy, the more recs and fans the person will get and the louder the mourning will be when they are inevitably tombstoned the way that they ALWAYS are.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
15. Yeah, you're right. Libertarians will continue to infest this board, pretending to be Democrats.
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 01:21 AM
Dec 2015

You'll know them by their almost visceral hatred for all Democrats, the DNC, and the Democratic Party as a whole. And yet, while they snicker behind their keyboards, they'll deny they're anything but "true Democrats!!11".

 

Kentonio

(4,377 posts)
24. Typical
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 05:47 AM
Dec 2015

Ignore the left for decades, spit on everything they stand for and call them every name under the sun if they dare to question the parties slide to the right, and yet come election day once again you'll be demanding their vote because 'otherwise it's their fault a Republican will win'.

 

highprincipleswork

(3,111 posts)
17. The only "hair on fire stupidity" I see around here are folks who accept less and less every year
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 01:30 AM
Dec 2015

just because Republicans and co-opted Democrats tell them that's the way it's got to be. Who continue to deny the wavering and anti-Progressive policies of the frontrunning candidate. Why? I don't know. Because she's a woman? Because they just like to feel like a winner, and adopt a superior know it all attitude because she has the best name recognition in a questionable nomination process? Because they think it's unreasonable to actually vote for what you want, versus the very little you've decided is all you can reasonably get?

I mean, that is if this election result really comes about, which is not at all clear!

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
16. They've never left, SCOOTALOO.
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 01:25 AM
Dec 2015

The Party Unity My A$$ crowd are alive and well...but at least they'll tone it down a lot or disappear or get reeeeeeal creative with wording their posts in order not to be PPR'd after Hillary Clinton wins Iowa.

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
29. A HRC victory in Iowa would not mean pro-Bernie posts were no longer allowed on DU.
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 07:04 AM
Dec 2015

Assuming she wins Iowa at all, and she's not doing all that well there right now.

Why do you folks think that taunting the people whose votes your candidate will need in the fall if she IS nominated is going to get those votes to turn out in the fall. You can't just DEMAND their support, y'know.

Sad that you are so fixated on making sure we nominate ANOTHER non-progressive.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
34. I've got no problem with pro-Sanders posts. I have a problem with anti-Hillary Clinton posts.
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 12:14 PM
Dec 2015

And those will end or they risk being PPR'd.

Clinton supporters aren't the ones taunting. We'll vigorously defend our choice and our preferred candidate, but all the taunting and patronizing posts begin with posts from Sanders supporters who appear to have the same personality as Jeff Weaver. And that's not a compliment.

And nobody's "demanding" support for their preferred candidate other than Sanders supporters.

What's really sad is, you're so fixated on a do-nothing self-proclaimed progressive whose made NO friends in Congress in his 25 years there that his running for the presidency reeks of simple ego-tripping. You're supporting a man who knows that all his promises to you and his supporters will amount to NOTHING because all of them fall under the purview of Congress' constitutional powers, not the president's and, as I've noted above, he's made NO friends there so his policies aren't going anywhere anytime soon.

Sanders a progressive? With NO friends and allies in Congress, the only thing that will make him a progressive is his progress in political power for himself, from going from U.S. Rep., to U.S. Senator, to U.S. President. And that's it.

 

HerbChestnut

(3,649 posts)
14. Oh wow so she's President-Elect now?
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 01:15 AM
Dec 2015

That's really impressive. Just last week she was only the Democratic Nominee. She must have this miraculous ability to win elections without anybody casting a vote. Oh wait...

jfern

(5,204 posts)
21. She already won re-election
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 02:27 AM
Dec 2015

She doesn't need anyone's help, she's the most inevitable 2 term President ever!

 

Kentonio

(4,377 posts)
25. They'd probably have already done away with the term limit cap to make her President for life
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 05:50 AM
Dec 2015

If they weren't all such terrible sexists.

kenfrequed

(7,865 posts)
18. Iowa is going to be tighter than you imagine.
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 01:33 AM
Dec 2015

And she is not going to win New Hampshire.

After those two states her proxies in the media will start saying how Iowa and New Hampshire are irrelevant and that we should really be looking at South Carolina. The groundwork for that has already been set up.

It is kind of sad since South Carolina seems to be the state that candidates of all parties go to roll around in the mud and sell their souls. Maybe it has something to do with being the first big media-buy or something. Who can say.

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
28. It's silly to act like HRC's got it all locked up.
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 07:00 AM
Dec 2015

Iowa is still up for grabs and so is New Hampshire.

And HRC isn't entitled to anything, yet.

The enemy is the toxic mix of racism, greed, war and corporate control of life known as the status quo. At this point, it doesn't look as though your candidate cares about fighting THAT enemy at all.

Douglas Carpenter

(20,226 posts)
22. have there been leaks from exit polls already?
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 02:28 AM
Dec 2015

I was under the impression that not one single caucus or primary vote has been cast anywhere, yet.

 

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
27. And you actually think arrogant OP's like this will help your candidate?
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 06:58 AM
Dec 2015

Face it...this will go down to the wire and Bernie will have a ton of delegates in Philly. This will not be 2004, because that race proved that bland, empty, coronation conventions don't get us elected.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
31. It appears that the Democratic Party is starting to unite.
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 08:54 AM
Dec 2015

Democracy - freedom and respect, and being open minded and overall caring for our fellow human beings and nature and life and science. Peace not war, et al.

I feel pretty good about keeping the WH and taking the senate back and making gains in the house.

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
35. The Senate will be close regardless of a win in the Whitehouse.
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 02:44 PM
Dec 2015

The House is winnable if Trump/Cruz gets the nomination.

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)
36. It's one thing to count chickens before the eggs hatch.
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 02:51 PM
Dec 2015

But you're counting before the eggs even get into the basket.

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