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2016 Postmortem

Persondem

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8. Yes, thank you. It came down to 80k voters who drank the Trump Kool aid.

Reply to JSup (Original post)

Sun Dec 4, 2016, 04:03 PM

Dec 2016

Clinton was by far the more popular candidate and only an artifact from the 18th century gave the WH to Trump.

Enough with the circular firing squads. Pointing fingers helps very little.

2018 is fast approaching and Dems have a tough Senate map to defend. It's time to start looking forward rather than backwards.

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Dem blame game rages over Clinton loss [View all] JSup Dec 2016 OP

Sure we can! HassleCat Dec 2016 #1

I guess you're right... JSup Dec 2016 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author JSup Dec 2016 #2

Why not? Let's keep eating our own while the jmg257 Dec 2016 #4

I was, and still am an avid Bernie supporter, pennylane100 Dec 2016 #5

Thank you... JSup Dec 2016 #6

Thank you Generic Brad Dec 2016 #7

Hillary did not run the smartest campaign, but I do believe this election was stolen. Tatiana Dec 2016 #10

You seem to want to have your cake and eat it. pennylane100 Dec 2016 #11

Yes. That's exactly what I'm suggesting. Obama would not have had the election stolen. Tatiana Dec 2016 #14

Your argument does not make sense. pennylane100 Dec 2016 #15

Yes, thank you. It came down to 80k voters who drank the Trump Kool aid. Persondem Dec 2016 #8

hillary won the vote by 2.5 mil, we gained senate and house seats. lots of positives if one looks & msongs Dec 2016 #9

You don't need to actually read the threads. Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #12

voter count jack69 Dec 2016 #13