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Bernie is showing The Donald where to beat Hillary
The New York Post ^ | May 15, 2016 | Paul Sperry

Posted on 05/17/2016 10:53:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Hillary Clinton shouldn’t be so quick to write off her recent string of Rust Belt losses to Bernie Sanders. While they won’t spell an upset in the Democratic primary, they do portend similar losses in the general election to Donald Trump, who has a wide lead over her on the issue of handling jobs and the economy.

Exit polls in West Virginia and Indiana show Democratic voters see jobs and the economy as the top issues facing the country, and they think global trade is hurting American workers. Growing anxiety over the economy, which is softening in President Obama’s final year, propelled Sanders over Clinton in these and other states — and it’s an issue perfectly tailored for Trump’s blue-collar billionaire populism.

A whopping nine in 10 voters in the West Virginia primary said they’re worried about the economy, and 52 percent of them went for Sanders. Only 34 percent favored Clinton on that issue. More than half say trade with other countries costs US jobs, and 54 percent of them voted for Sanders....

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Campaign News; Parties; State and Local
KEYWORDS: 2016election; democrats; hillary; sanders; sandersstrategy; trump
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1 posted on 05/17/2016 10:53:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Think about Donald and Bernie getting together, They speak the same on many things.

There’s a big movement out there on the other side, get the good ones to come over.


2 posted on 05/17/2016 10:56:23 PM PDT by Java4Jay (The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people.)
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To: Java4Jay

The Democratic Convention will be one to watch in June. It should be a blast! All the MSM talks about is how the Republican party should unite - however, they neglect the huge division in the D party. Stock up on popcorn - it will get ugly between the Hillary and Sanders’ supporters.


3 posted on 05/17/2016 11:00:56 PM PDT by Catsrus (I callz 'eYou m as I seez 'em)
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To: Catsrus

yep, gonna be fun


4 posted on 05/17/2016 11:06:37 PM PDT by Java4Jay (The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people.)
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To: Catsrus

Dem convention July 25-28. GOP convention July 18-21.


5 posted on 05/17/2016 11:16:04 PM PDT by Atlantan
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I hope the demonrats burn Philly to the ground!

They created the monster that is about to eat them. I have have no sympathy


6 posted on 05/17/2016 11:21:37 PM PDT by Fai Mao
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yeah - but can Trump beat Sanders?


7 posted on 05/17/2016 11:21:37 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Java4Jay

Think about Donald and Bernie getting together, They speak the same on many things.
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The two are diametrically opposed on most everything Don’t bogart that joint my friend.


8 posted on 05/17/2016 11:23:02 PM PDT by stocksthatgoup (GOPe/MSM - "When we want your opinion, we will give it to youGo to trumps websites look at issues an)
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To: stocksthatgoup

Don’t bogart that joint my friend. LOL.


9 posted on 05/17/2016 11:25:45 PM PDT by Mr. M.J.B.
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

“Yeah - but can Trump beat Sanders?”

Yes because if Sanders takes PIAPS down all the evil leftist women stay home, or a large part of them.

Unlike with The Obamanation of Desolation Sanders has only limited support. He isn’t black. He isn’t female and he isn’t sexy looking. Sanders is not a charismatic candidate.


10 posted on 05/17/2016 11:27:37 PM PDT by Fai Mao
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To: Atlantan

Oops, my mistake. For some reason, I thought the Rats had theirs in June.


11 posted on 05/18/2016 12:45:25 AM PDT by Catsrus (I callz 'eYou m as I seez 'em)
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To: Fai Mao
Unlike with The Obamanation of Desolation Sanders has only limited support. He isn’t black. He isn’t female and he isn’t sexy looking. Sanders is not a charismatic candidate.

Yes, but he's got a LOT of yutes - true believers who never took any actual history classes to find out how collectivism inevitably turns out in the real world.

Their first taste of that reality, in fact, is Hillary stomping their votes into their faces while she laughs at them and steals them. And they are PISSED.

12 posted on 05/18/2016 1:05:02 AM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Did you see that Donsld Trump has even hired Rick Perry’s pollster? How is your foot?


13 posted on 05/18/2016 1:09:46 AM PDT by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR!)
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To: Fai Mao

“Sanders is not a charismatic candidate.”

Don’t under estimate the attraction of a nice old man earnestly promising free everything to everyone, especially vs another promising hard work and belt tightening.


14 posted on 05/18/2016 3:35:14 AM PDT by ctdonath2 ("Get the he11 out of my way!" - John Galt)
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To: Java4Jay
"Think about Donald and Bernie getting together, They speak the same on many things."

I said it months ago, and their theme song could be the one from "The Odd Couple". Pay for view @ $29.95 a month to watch the live microcams of them trying to work together and arguing as the money goes to pay off the national debt... :-)

15 posted on 05/18/2016 3:42:09 AM PDT by taildragger (Not my Monkey, not my Circus...)
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To: Talisker
"Their first taste of that reality, in fact, is Hillary stomping their votes into their faces while she laughs at them and steals them. And they are PISSED. "

You just stirred the brain waves a firing Their is one guy who these Yutes do listen too, and I have been posting he is the guy to watch and that is Rand Paul.

Does a Rand Paul as VP bring the disaffected Kim Jung Shrill voters to Trump? IMHO that is not a crazy idea to consider....

16 posted on 05/18/2016 3:46:13 AM PDT by taildragger (Not my Monkey, not my Circus...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wall Street Journal: Bernie Sanders Should Have Used ‘Clinton Cash’ Against Hillary

http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/05/17/wall-street-journal-bernie-sanders-used-clinton-cash-hillary/


17 posted on 05/18/2016 5:12:02 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ('You can avoid reality, but you can't avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
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To: Catsrus
The Democratic Convention will be one to watch in June. It should be a blast! All the MSM talks about is how the Republican party should unite - however, they neglect the huge division in the D party. Stock up on popcorn - it will get ugly between the Hillary and Sanders’ supporters.

The Sanders/Clinton divide is, to a large extent, a racial divide. Hillary's got the black vote, by a huge percentage. Blacks do not seem to want to vote for a Jew like Bernie.

Visualize college agitators for Bernie clashing with blacks in heavily-black Philadelphia. It may turn into a long, hot summer.

18 posted on 05/18/2016 5:18:58 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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The two are diametrically opposed on most everything Don’t bogart that joint my friend.

Java4Jay is still hoping for a Cruz victory.

19 posted on 05/18/2016 5:20:50 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: taildragger

I’ve been saying all along it’s going to be Rand Paul. He fits every criteria Trump is looking for. He will also draw the more reasonable Bernie supporters.

I live in a college town. I see Ron Paul bumperstickers next to Bernie stickers all the time.


20 posted on 05/18/2016 5:52:26 AM PDT by PJammers (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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