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In reply to the discussion: BIDEN: I knew a month before Election Day that Hillary would lose key battleground states [View all]BeyondGeography
(39,434 posts)20. Here's some back-up for that
Im having fun, he told me. But, thanks in part to James Comey, the F.B.I. director, and his letter to Congress announcing that he would investigate Clintons e-mails again, the race tightened considerably in its final week. When Obama wandered down the aisle of Air Force One, I asked him, Do you feel confident about Tuesday?
Nope, he said.
But then, in Obamian fashion, he delved into a methodical discussion of polling models and, finally, landed on a more tempered and upbeat version of nope. He was cautiously optimistic.
https://www.google.com/amp/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/11/28/obama-reckons-with-a-trump-presidency/amp
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BIDEN: I knew a month before Election Day that Hillary would lose key battleground states [View all]
Omaha Steve
Jun 2017
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Seriously?! Wasn't Joe's job. Hillary was the nominee. Did she not have a team?
WinkyDink
Jun 2017
#3
True it wasn't his job however unless he was rooting for Trump to win rather than her I would like
cstanleytech
Jun 2017
#36
Really? The vice president felt his party's nominee was not going to win key states but he kept his
hrmjustin
Jun 2017
#44
"told not to run"? Even today he speaks about his reasons for not running, and....
George II
Jun 2017
#123
I think HRC's huge lead in the polls over him probably played a much bigger factor in his decision
StevieM
Jun 2017
#135
Ignore the Big Dog's advice at your own peril... the "Big Dog" bein Bernie!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jun 2017
#154
They can't help themselves, can they? And no awareness of how petty and bitter they sound....
bettyellen
Jun 2017
#126
Yeah, it's tempting to forgive him about the Thomas hearings becasue he's so popular
bettyellen
Jun 2017
#137
You can't defend her poor campaign, so you have to drop sexist buzz words without meaning.
phleshdef
Jun 2017
#168
What was the Sanders-Biden final score on who supporter clinton the most?
Trial_By_Fire
Jun 2017
#138
That's fo sho! Yet Bernie's still the subject of scorn around here... go figure!
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jun 2017
#157
Apparently not... though $2 Billion in campaign contributions got eaten up...
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jun 2017
#152
No need - Clinton was the most qualified person ever and forever to run for the presidency...
Trial_By_Fire
Jun 2017
#139
A more interesting question would be what discussions he and others including Obama had on
karynnj
Jun 2017
#88
The email problem was not an rt or rw propaganda piece - though the right used it
karynnj
Jun 2017
#104
Agree Steve m she campaigned a lot in penn the last 3 weeks everything converged
FloridaBlues
Jun 2017
#103
And just how do you suppose a prediction like that would have been received beforehand?
melman
Jun 2017
#26
Funny no one asks if Joe was paid to be there- or if it was just a favor. HRC goes to a funeral and
bettyellen
Jun 2017
#34
Very well said. Biden is not raising in a constructive way, even if concern is valid
Justice
Jun 2017
#40
That same reasoning is why I have students wbo repeatedly fail the the bar exam
Ms. Toad
Jun 2017
#150
Put a sock in it, Joe! You are NOT helping! And what in the fuck are you doing
50 Shades Of Blue
Jun 2017
#50
I'm pretty sure the reason white men did not support her had nothing to do with kissing babies
JI7
Jun 2017
#107
Unless he is saying he would have won because he's a man, there aint much difference
yurbud
Jun 2017
#68
And just how do you suppose a prediction like that would have been received beforehand?
NurseJackie
Jun 2017
#76
same fucking double standard.. all over again and again and again.. what did we hear last year?
JHan
Jun 2017
#132
Sanders stumps for Mello in Omaha, stirs national debate about definition of a progressive (Apr 20)
Omaha Steve
Jun 2017
#119
It was just as divisive a post about D's in LBN and nobody complained about it
Omaha Steve
Jun 2017
#124
So Comey had nothing at all to do with her defeat? Just too dumb for words.
FreeStateDemocrat
Jun 2017
#133