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In reply to the discussion: Serious question...does anyone really think Bernie Sanders would win a general election? [View all]brooklynite
(94,609 posts)206. He's not someone people can trust to beat the Republicans...
...feel free to show me the way.
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Serious question...does anyone really think Bernie Sanders would win a general election? [View all]
BluegrassDem
May 2015
OP
I remember when the conventional wisdom was that Bill Clinton stood no chance against Bush Sr.
Nye Bevan
May 2015
#1
This is not 1972 - we have been through 30+ years of trickle down. That will be remembered in
jwirr
May 2015
#109
Oh, I am well aware of the times and the results of the election since I worked in McGovern's
jwirr
May 2015
#150
I think that the tone in the USA is one that makes it possible for that grumpy old man to win. He is
jwirr
May 2015
#105
Bill Clinton was one of the most saavy political figures in the last 50 years,,,
brooklynite
May 2015
#111
a lot of people really think he could win. his ideas *should* win, but the people who think he
dionysus
May 2015
#2
We did not ELECT GWB twice and even once (2004) is still contested. - nt
KingCharlemagne
May 2015
#56
You know what? You're 100% right. GWB received more votes nationally and in Flroida
KingCharlemagne
May 2015
#73
No, I read your post. You think Bush actually won Florida in 2000. Whatever you've
KingCharlemagne
May 2015
#79
Nice. Guess we have Clinton supporters calling Senator Sanders a liar now.
bluesbassman
May 2015
#28
I can't wait to hear their pathetic red-baiting shit after Sanders knocks her off in Iowa
KingCharlemagne
May 2015
#59
Since the war, only one party has won after 8 years in power, in 1988.
Donald Ian Rankin
May 2015
#192
Voting has never been as polarized and demographically driven as it is now...
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#199
Another feature of that page is that Bernie Sanders isn't given any chance
muriel_volestrangler
May 2015
#204
Odds can change...I don't believe Hillary or any other Democrat is inevitable.
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#205
Yes - they should instead throw out one or more fishing lines, baited with lures or bait fish,
Maedhros
May 2015
#229
...and Ohio elected and re-elected John Kasich; Wisconsin elected and re-elected Scott Walker
brooklynite
May 2015
#116
Have you ever watched a steel mill sit empty for 10 years and rust away in front of your face?
Cheese Sandwich
May 2015
#152
Yes, it is technically true that if he can beat Hillary then he can win the general election. N.T.
Donald Ian Rankin
May 2015
#23
Obama won by discarding national polls during the primary. State by state is the
Exilednight
May 2015
#101
So somehow you think that being on DU takes us out of the real world and we cannot possibly
jwirr
May 2015
#117
Serious answer - I think he has a BETTER chance at winning a general than the primary.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
May 2015
#18
I think people want a leader who actually leads, who isn't afraid to take actual positions on actual
Warren DeMontague
May 2015
#24
We have a long history of candidates being a longshot, but who have ideas the people want....
dmosh42
May 2015
#26
"It is better to vote for what you want and lose than to vote for what you dont want and win"
CentralMass
May 2015
#40
"It is better to vote to get half of what you want than vote for what you want and get none"
brooklynite
May 2015
#154
He could. But I don't think the DNC & the PTB will allow him to get the nom.
RiverLover
May 2015
#43
Have enough people vote for him that the 20% superdelegate vote is irrelevant. /nt
RiverLover
May 2015
#218
I believe he could. I believe whoever we nominate would beat any of the idiotic rethugs.
we can do it
May 2015
#44
Sure, if this is the election in which social media outpaces the mainstream media. I also like ...
Scuba
May 2015
#45
"I'm going to preface this preachy scolding with a bullshit question."
cherokeeprogressive
May 2015
#50
You are wrong - when people get to know him they love him. Where do you see humor as a part of
jwirr
May 2015
#121
Serious question...does anyone really think Hillary Clinton would win a general election? - nt
KingCharlemagne
May 2015
#55
The oddsmaker who have to pay out their own money when they lose do
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#167
Your post betrays a singularly jejeune notion of what oddsmakers and bookies
KingCharlemagne
May 2015
#172
You implied that bookies and oddsmakers actually paid with their own money, when the reality is that
KingCharlemagne
May 2015
#177
It was a quote from a gaming site, hence the quotation marks I used, ergo:
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#179
HRC will motivate the misogynist base of the Republicans to come out to vote like few
KingCharlemagne
May 2015
#185
One can't know. That's one of the reasons we have presidential primaries.
Smarmie Doofus
May 2015
#60
I am voting for him. I don't put my wet finger in the wind to see what everyone else is doing, that
GoneFishin
May 2015
#70
If Sanders beats Hillary in the Primaries he can win the General. It would change all perceptions
Tom Rinaldo
May 2015
#82
By the 2nd smallest electorate in the nation, and almost uniformly snow-white, too.
Orrex
May 2015
#141
I am addressing the notion that americans will not elect socialists, they will and they do. nt
bemildred
May 2015
#169
Right, America will never elect a Catholic-black-woman-socialist-whathaveyou in 2016.
bemildred
May 2015
#237
Can Clinton win a seriously contested election? The next time would be the first.
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#95
With Bernie at the top of the ticket we're headed for an electoral wipeout. It will make the 80s
Metric System
May 2015
#97
I Will No Longer Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go
cantbeserious
May 2015
#102
I Am Saying That She Is Bought And Paid For By Wall Street As We Already Know
cantbeserious
May 2015
#193
"But Mrs. Hillary Clinton heading the Democratic ticket in 2016 is a landslide loser."
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#174
I would actually have to see the odds and polling from the races you cited.
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2015
#188
Yes. Hilary was the presumed 2008 nominee, until an inexperienced one term Sen was elected!
EndElectoral
May 2015
#115
Wasn't it a half term? Seem to remember he didn't finish the term to become President.
libdem4life
May 2015
#138
"He's a prickly, grumpy old man" --->personal attack. Is it ok to call Hillary a &#%^&@%#* now too?
L0oniX
May 2015
#125
I'm going to quote the last guy who people said could not be elected, Barack Obama, the night he was
Bluenorthwest
May 2015
#126
If I thought he could lead us more toward a nation like Denmark, I'd be behind him completely.
Hoyt
May 2015
#136
Yes. In fact, if he's the nominee he will restore faith in the electoral system. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
May 2015
#168
Reading through this hilarious thread, I get a sense of Déjà vu. Remember this guy?
Tarheel_Dem
May 2015
#181
Yes, I seriously think he can win. Even if he doesn't, every revolution has to start somewhere.
liberal_at_heart
May 2015
#184
You asked a serious question, so I will give you a very serious answer
nadinbrzezinski
May 2015
#213