2016 Postmortem

MrPurple

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2. Biden was just an example, my point wasn't about him

Thu Dec 22, 2016, 01:37 PM

Dec 2016

My point wasn't about Biden at all, but that too many people in here seem to blame the loss on Bernie supporters who were dissatisfied with Hillary. The issue wasn't the left, but all the people in the middle who bought into the narrative built around Hillary's email that she was corrupt and that Trump (ironically the most corrupt candidate in history) was a better choice.

I think that if Hillary had handled the email story differently when it started, she could have defused it a lot more. But, my contention was that the problem wasn't that Hillary wasn't progressive enough for the Bernie people. It doesn't need to be Biden, but another centrist Dem like Hillary, who didn't have her perceived baggage would have won.

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Dissatisfied progressives weren't responsible for the loss, the problem was independents [View all] MrPurple Dec 2016 OP

Can we just forget Biden for now...at the time he was too immersed in grief to even think about CTyankee Dec 2016 #1

Biden was just an example, my point wasn't about him MrPurple Dec 2016 #2

I try not to t hink about it too much lest I start throwing up again... CTyankee Dec 2016 #3

Hillary clearly stated she used her email server for convenience. yallerdawg Dec 2016 #4

I understand that, but I think much of the general public bought into it. MrPurple Dec 2016 #5

Hard truth: Hillary was just the wrong candidate at the wrong time HopeAgain Dec 2016 #6