2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWow. The Hillary attack threads are multiplying. I wonder why.
Oh, here's why:
Her lead is going back up to 31 points, and 23.5 point in the poll of polls.
With anticipation surrounding Biden at a peak, Clinton has 54 percent support in interviews Thursday through Sunday, compared with Sanders 23 percent and Bidens 16 percent. Thats 12 percentage points better for Clinton than her position a month ago, bringing her halfway back to her level of support in the spring and summer, before her September stumble.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/clinton-rebounds-democratic-race-gaining-sanders-biden-alike/story?id=34580456
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/2016_democratic_presidential_nomination-3824.html
Folks, she's winning because she's running a great campaign, and the Democratic party supports her.
Evergreen Emerald
(13,069 posts)Constant silly attacks made with such force.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)bigtree
(85,915 posts)...without a single vote cast.
Running and wagering this election by the polls will come back and bite the party in the ass. Here folks are running around claiming Hillary has the election sewn up (after brushing off complaints about 'inevitability' all last year), and you're wondering why her opposition is challenging her?
72DejaVu
(1,545 posts)bigtree
(85,915 posts)...politics is actually rather tame these days.
I haven't smelled tear gas even once yet in this campaign.
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)Where a Bernie supporter said "fuck all you assholes" to Hillary supporters.
Just sayin...
okasha
(11,573 posts)See the lower left corner of the email.
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)It was hidden only 4-3, if you can beleive that.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)artislife
(9,497 posts)ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)72DejaVu
(1,545 posts)Yavin4
(35,354 posts)BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Look, the Republicans have been doing this for years and appears some are here on DU doing the same. Hillary did very well in the debate, did an excellent job restoring before the Benghazi committee, she is strong and experienced, she did not bend in the first debate and I don't think she will bend in the future debates. I stand harder against Sanders every time I read another useless attack.
From some of the post I dont think Sanders are his supporters can handle the attacks on Sanders.
TSIAS
(14,689 posts)I'm sure the Republicans will be very nice to her. It's just us pesky liberals she has to worry about.
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)She may have more experience fighting repubs than any politician alive. Which is another good reason for her to win the primaty.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)When Hillary was First Lady of Arkansas, the state's Democratic Party was strong, and the Republican Party was weak, in most places with the notable exception of the Northwest. Hillary was rubbing shoulders with the state's richest Republican, Sam Walton, as well as with her Republican buddies in the Rose Law Firm, not to mention Jackson Stephens, who, along with his wife, were big Reagan supporters and were known as "Mr. and Mrs. Republican of Arkansas."
So please don't try to bullshit me by saying she was fighting off the Republican hordes in Arkansas.
840high
(17,196 posts)LiberalArkie
(15,686 posts)Arkansas. Her and Bill were best buds with Stephens. You can do a google on Clinton and Stephens Investments if you want.
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)Hillary Clinton is climbing in all the polls (except in New Hampshire), while Bernie Sanders is hitting a ceiling and slowly dropping.
ronnykmarshall
(35,356 posts)Tell it Stevie!
WillyT
(72,631 posts)Some of us are going for the change we thought we were gonna get over the last 8 years.
Some of us consider the game to be rigged, and are asking for new referees.
Some of see this as the last chance in our lifetimes...
Some of us see this as the last chance for an inhabitable planet.
Too name a few.
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)WillyT
(72,631 posts)I'll wait.
willvotesdem
(75 posts)bkkyosemite
(5,792 posts)Everything you just said, thousands and thousands of people for Bernie feel the exact same way! Sometimes I feel like there are plants on this board to tear the Bernie camp down. But it's not happening. We are sick and tired of the status quo. We want change and that has not changed.
frylock
(34,825 posts)upaloopa
(11,417 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)It will probably be something awful, like discussion of her policy positions, or past actions and words complete with documented video evidence.
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)c588415
(285 posts)Real Clear Politics.com shows Hillary climbing in the polls.
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)and do not sample millenials.
yup, real unbiased and accurate.
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)and manipulated by corporatist, third way, neo-liberal, DLC DINOs
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)any poll created by third way corporatists to advance their agenda is bogus. sorry if most m$m outlets fit that description.
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)Bernie would be way ahead just like Karl Rove said Romney was in 2012
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)those people are largely supporting bernie
bkkyosemite
(5,792 posts)c588415
(285 posts)c588415
(285 posts)comes from RealClearPolitics.com....And the website is skewed toward Repukes ,not Democrats
Cha
(295,899 posts)jkbRN
(850 posts)Reuters/Ipsos out today has HRC @ 53 and sanders at 33 & that's the most recent poll--and yes I see that you are using an aggregate, but given the tension in the last couple of days, I think it's fair to look at the most recent poll & take that into account as well.
Poll: http://www.ipsos-na.com/download/pr.aspx?id=15018
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)That would probably even things out
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)criticism of policies is not an attack
" a cat can have kittens in the oven but that doesn't make them biscuits."
mary cooper, bbt
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)but many more nasty personal attacks
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)not saying it should be tit for tat, just saying there are plenty of personal smears to go around.
SunSeeker
(51,367 posts)Tipperary
(6,930 posts)I do not. I hate the attacks from both sides. I hate Hillary supporters calling Bernie sexist or racist. I do not believe he is either. I have chosen Hillary as my candidate, but I completely distance myself from the rabid supporters who want to attack Sanders. I personally think that Sanders is a great person who is bringing a lot to the table that needs to be discussed.
I wish people here could be more civil. As I have said before and I have seen others say, it is really only a few posters who continue with the nasty threads about either candidate. We should be better than this. Why can we not talk about issues each candidate espouses instead of throwing sexism, racism, etc into the mix?
I do not believe either candidate is racist or sexist. I used to have a boss way back in the day when I drove a taxi part time. Taxi drivers are outspoken, blunt and foul-mouthed folk believe you me. His favorite thing to say at meetings when tempers were high (often) was "People please" followed by just listen or stop it or some such.
I think of that now. So people please. Can we just stop it?
Maedhros
(10,007 posts)I attack Republicans for their fucked-up policies - why shouldn't I attack Hillary for her fucked-up policies?
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)Not to mention that her baggage car is such an easy target.
chillfactor
(7,566 posts)the more numerous the attacks......I am keeping track of the DUers attacking Hillary..what will they do when she is the nominee?
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)Perhaps your busy.
jfern
(5,204 posts)A single poll does not override Hillary's upward trend. Especially from a sub standard pollster.