2016 Postmortem

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts) Thu Mar 3, 2016, 12:20 AM Mar 2016

If HRC is indicted right before the national convention, what do you think will happen?

Explain your reasoning in the thread below.

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	Bernie gets nominated instead and wins in November
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	Bernie gets nominated instead and loses in November
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	Elizabeth Warren accepts a draft, is nominated, and wins in November
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If HRC is indicted right before the national convention, what do you think will happen? (Original Post) Ken Burch Mar 2016 OP

Well, actually, I think a brokered convention is most likely. grasswire Mar 2016 #1

Yep....they will fight like hell to run someone other than Bernie. yourout Mar 2016 #2

Joe Biden walks out of the convention with the nomination krawhitham Mar 2016 #3

... Ken Burch Mar 2016 #5

FLOTUS taking over. JaneyVee Mar 2016 #4

Hmm...hadn't thought of that...we could do worse... Ken Burch Mar 2016 #6

Not sure bigwillq Mar 2016 #7

I think you need to quit using right wing talking points Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2016 #8

Not using a right-wing talking point. Ken Burch Mar 2016 #11

If there's a dark horse draft it would be Biden or Schweitzer or somebody like that (nt) Recursion Mar 2016 #9

hmm, Schweitzer. nt grasswire Mar 2016 #14

He was my favorite before the campaign; he endorsed O'Malley Recursion Mar 2016 #15

I liked Schweitzer quite a bit..... grasswire Mar 2016 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author KingFlorez Mar 2016 #10

We do live in interesting times RobertEarl Mar 2016 #12

Brokered Dem convention. They fuckin' serve up fuckin' Bloomberg. Cuz billionaires. nt valerief Mar 2016 #13

There would be a crap blizzard on MSNBC Half-Century Man Mar 2016 #17

grasswire

(50,130 posts)

1. Well, actually, I think a brokered convention is most likely.

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Thu Mar 3, 2016, 12:22 AM

Mar 2016

TPTB will fight like hell to keep Bernie from the nomination, because they are beholden to the 1 percent.

All hell will break loose.

yourout

(7,527 posts)

2. Yep....they will fight like hell to run someone other than Bernie.

Reply to grasswire (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 3, 2016, 12:28 AM

Mar 2016

They will ask Biden but he will likely pass.

I could see them trying to ram Kaine down our throats.

krawhitham

(4,643 posts)

3. Joe Biden walks out of the convention with the nomination

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Thu Mar 3, 2016, 12:32 AM

Mar 2016

Elizabeth Warren as VP

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

5. ...

Reply to krawhitham (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 3, 2016, 12:34 AM

Mar 2016

(Warren on the ticket could make it tolerable).

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)

4. FLOTUS taking over.

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Thu Mar 3, 2016, 12:33 AM

Mar 2016

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

6. Hmm...hadn't thought of that...we could do worse...

Reply to JaneyVee (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 3, 2016, 12:36 AM

Mar 2016

It'd help in that scenario if she chose Warren as her running mate.

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)

7. Not sure

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Thu Mar 3, 2016, 12:36 AM

Mar 2016

Depends on several factors. Can't really say until more develops.
I do think it would be very bad news for Democrats if it does happen.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,920 posts)

8. I think you need to quit using right wing talking points

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Thu Mar 3, 2016, 12:37 AM

Mar 2016

This is DEMOCRATIC Underground.

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

11. Not using a right-wing talking point.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Reply #8)

Thu Mar 3, 2016, 12:38 AM

Mar 2016

I don't want HRC indicted. But it is a possibility, and we can't assume it would have no effect.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

9. If there's a dark horse draft it would be Biden or Schweitzer or somebody like that (nt)

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Thu Mar 3, 2016, 12:37 AM

Mar 2016

grasswire

(50,130 posts)

14. hmm, Schweitzer. nt

Reply to Recursion (Reply #9)

Thu Mar 3, 2016, 01:13 AM

Mar 2016

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

15. He was my favorite before the campaign; he endorsed O'Malley

Reply to grasswire (Reply #14)

Thu Mar 3, 2016, 01:14 AM

Mar 2016

which was how I came to support O'Malley

grasswire

(50,130 posts)

16. I liked Schweitzer quite a bit.....

Reply to Recursion (Reply #15)

Thu Mar 3, 2016, 01:20 AM

Mar 2016

...but then I came to realize that the coal issue would hurt him.

I understand fully that coal is a truly monumental issue for Montanans, though.

Response to Ken Burch (Original post)

KingFlorez This message was self-deleted by its author.

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)

12. We do live in interesting times

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Thu Mar 3, 2016, 12:39 AM

Mar 2016

This looks interesting.

Certainly, the republicans are looking at all of this and figuring out the time to strike to cause the most damage.

I hate it all and wish it would just go away and we get Bernie.

valerief

(53,235 posts)

13. Brokered Dem convention. They fuckin' serve up fuckin' Bloomberg. Cuz billionaires. nt

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Thu Mar 3, 2016, 12:53 AM

Mar 2016

Half-Century Man

(5,279 posts)

17. There would be a crap blizzard on MSNBC

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Thu Mar 3, 2016, 01:23 AM

Mar 2016

The entirety of Faux News would bask in a post coital glow.
Alex Jones will say "Illuminati" 1 million times in a single broadcast.

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