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LuckyStrykes

(115 posts)
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 04:20 PM Mar 2016

Hindsight is 20/20. What Do You Wish Your Candidate Had Done That He/She Didn't

I voted for Sanders. Saying that, I wish

...he had done more group specific outreach. His prison reform position is so important, he coulda/shoulda/woulda targeted people and families that have been victims or activists of our prison system. They could have been very influential in minority communities.

He could have personally asked community and political leaders for their vote. I think if Clyburn had been asked to support Bernie, he would have.

it would have been beneficial if Bernie had been more active with Occupy Wall Street and police reform groups. That would have given him a base years before the election started.

Just my opinion.

VOTE!!

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Hindsight is 20/20. What Do You Wish Your Candidate Had Done That He/She Didn't (Original Post) LuckyStrykes Mar 2016 OP
Had a press Corp behind him. mmonk Mar 2016 #1
Oh, take it from Hillary -- NEVER let them Hortensis Mar 2016 #3
Hillary here. Nothing, really. I know she's Hortensis Mar 2016 #2
That he didn't vote for that damnable nuclear bill. VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #4
more attention & resources paid to voter registration drives. With turnout like we have had, Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #5
NO cohesive voter drive in my community LuckyStrykes Mar 2016 #6
Run more radio spots in SC Matariki Mar 2016 #7

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
2. Hillary here. Nothing, really. I know she's
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 04:28 PM
Mar 2016

worked to exhaustion week after week. She's done splendidly at all the debates, and the 13-hour Benghazi hearing wowed the nation. Her hair's in campaign mode. Talking heads like to claim she could have said something "else" or "more" at various points that would have just made the hostile questions and fake scandals go away, but we know that's not true.

All around, she's doing very well and that pretty much precludes any bumptious second-guessing of her campaign decisions from my lawn chair.

VulgarPoet

(2,872 posts)
4. That he didn't vote for that damnable nuclear bill.
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 04:31 PM
Mar 2016

Or that he stayed out front active where poc are concerned.

Kip Humphrey

(4,753 posts)
5. more attention & resources paid to voter registration drives. With turnout like we have had,
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 04:33 PM
Mar 2016

Hello President Trump!

PS> doesn't matter which candidate. They and the DNC are all failing in voter registration & turnout.

LuckyStrykes

(115 posts)
6. NO cohesive voter drive in my community
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 04:46 PM
Mar 2016

This is so true and so important.

Also Bernie is right, the democratic party has given up on the South. We'll never elect more democrats in the South until we become active and support the candidates that do run.

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