This Is How Hillary Loses the Primary (desperate Libtards alert)

Daily Beast ^ | July 9, 2015 | Stuart Stevens

[Zakeet]

Bernie Sanders will never be president. But unless Hillary changes her strategy – and soon – he can still wind up toppling her.

Something remarkable is happening in American politics. For the first time in our history, a socialist is running a close second and gaining ground on the frontrunner in a presidential race.

Anyway you look at it, Senator Bernie Sanders is making history and may very well play a deciding role in who will be the next president. How real is the Sanders movement? Well, at this point in his campaign in 2007, Barack Obama had 180,000 donors on his way to setting records with low donor contributions; Bernie Sanders has 250,000.

[Snip]

Here’s what we know has happened so far in the Democratic primary for president. Since Hillary Clinton started spending money, hiring staff and campaigning, she has lost votes. In Iowa and New Hampshire, she was doing better in the polls in January than she is today. Heck, she had more votes last month than she has today.

[Snip]

Who would get in? I still think Elizabeth Warren could be drawn in under this scenario. It’s very different to get into a race to challenge the inevitable Hillary Clinton versus getting into a race to save the Party from a wounded Hillary Clinton. John Kerry could get in. Who knows? Perhaps Martin O’Malley does emerge as the viable alternative.

[Zakeet]

Squaw with High Cheekbones ... Lurch ... Martin O'Meathead ... those poor dumb libs are grasping at short straws!

[Jim Noble]

Elizabeth Warren would be very hard to beat.

[Sooth2222]

For the first time in our history, a socialist is running a close second and gaining ground on the frontrunner in a presidential race.

Eugene V. Debs?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Warren ran four points behind Obama in Massachusetts in 2012, despite spending $42 million, in mostly outside money.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

What do the first two candidates have in common?

[rbg81]

Bernie Sanders will never be president.

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Funny, I remember people saying the same thing about Barack Obama.

[Maceman]

Elizabeth Warren would be very hard to beat.

I think Warren's biggest electoral vulnerability is her own damning words, in which she publicly claims to have created the looney, juvenile, business destroying, socially disruptive, disease-laded, out of control, intellectually bankrupt, philosophically incoherent, America-hating, unsanitary, disgusting, left-wing extremist temper-tantrum movement Occupy Wall Street:

“I created much of the intellectual foundation for what they do,” she says. “I support what they do.”

Conservatives need to endlessly tie her to Occupy Wall Street, recapping the horrific images of its appalling behavior:

VIDEO: Occupy Wall Street - Students occupied TD Bank 11.17.

VIDEO: Everyday Rebellion presents: Occupy Wall Street/Shut down Citibank, #S17

Minneapolis/St Paul Business Journal: Occupy Wall Street protesters close Wells Fargo HQ in S.F.

New York Times: For Some, Wall Street Is Main Street

[Jim Noble]

People said the same thing about Obama

In January, 2008, I marched down to the NH primary polls, changed my registration to (D), voted for Barack Obama over HRC, and changed my registration back on the way out.

I did this because I was then 58 years old, had lived in America since I was born, and was certain that Obama was the one candidate who could not possibly beat any Republican.

Oops.

[atc23]

When I was a kid, I wondered if I'd ever see a communist president - yes, Americans voted into office something far worse that a typical, Brezhnev style, Soviet shitheel. Twice. It's more than possible that Sanders will be the next president. We may have to ease out of the Obama train wreck rather than lurch to the center right with someone like Trump or Cruz.

Warren would beat Hillary like a war drum and you better believe that the DNC and their brownshirted, queer, black and single mom voting bloc knows it. Hillary isn't "progressive" enough for them.

[central_va]

For the first time in our history, a socialist full blown communist is running a close second and gaining ground on the frontrunner socialist in a presidential race.

Fixed.

[McGruff]

Is still possible if grandma's poll numbers continue to slide.

[pepsionice]

I remember the same comments...that Obama couldn’t win but would place as the VP for Hillary.

I would note this too....from all the things that Bernie says...there’s at least ten percent....which I think some Conservatives would agree with. Oddly, I don’t think you can dig up any scandal on the guy....although he lacks executive experience (almost a zero in that category).

[Biggirl]

Both come from MA!

[Salvey]

Funny, I remember people saying the same thing about Barack Obama.

Yeah, and I was one of them. So much for my political acumen.

[Vinnie]

I agree. Prediction..Warren/O’Malley or vise-versa.

The first time Hillary goes impromptu it’s over. She can’t be insulated forever.

[rbg81]

Hillary isn’t “progressive” enough for them.

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It is obvious that Hillary is an elitist first and foremost. Regardless of what comes out of her mouth, you can see it in her actions and body language. She is almost certainly a lesbian too (now anyway), with Huma as her lover.

If you look at her career, she has no real accomplishments. Scratch that—she made one brilliant move: attaching herself to Bill’s star. Sure, she’s had to put up with a lot of humiliation, but look where it’s gotten her.

[rbg81]

Although he lacks executive experience

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Well, he was mayor of Burlington for a long time, and he seems to have done a great job with that city. I periodically visit Burlington, and it’s positive evolution over the years was very evident. That is far more solid experience than Obama had (which was about zero). Obama got elected based on his looks and his race—that’s it.

In some ways Bernie is a loon, but he does have a number of interesting positions, some of which I agree with. The big question is: which Bernie would govern? The socialist loon or the pragmatic mayor?

Obama did say one thing I agreed with. He took issue with Bush’s call to “go shopping” instead of enlisting after 9/11. In fact, he disgust with Bush’s statement could have come straight out of my mouth.

[Jim Noble]

I periodically visit Burlington, and it’s positive evolution over the years was very evident

Yes, Burlington is lovely, as is Portland, ME, Portsmouth, NH, and Portland, OR. Further afield, Vancouver, BC and Ottowa are pretty nice, and Windsor, ON (the city of roses) is at the same latitude as Detroit, has the same climate, and worse unions.

I always use these to answer the "it's the Democrats (or socialism)" explanation for ruined cities.

[Bryanw92]

>>Bernie Sanders will never be president.

If the GOP and leftist media shoves another CINO down our throats and Sanders beats Hitlery, then Sanders might just win. At this point, the Uniparty is going to make socialist anyway, so it might as well be a guy who admits that’s what he is.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I don’t disagree. Hillary is a terrible candidate. On the campaign trail she’s an implosion waiting to happen. Even the media knows she is capable of blunders that they can’t spin her out of.

Plus she is now too conservative for a Dem Party that has moved twelve steps to the left since she was First Lady. I agree they want the Fake Indian, and she would be formidable. Too much pent-up populist bloodlust out there across the fruited plain.