2016 Postmortem

aikoaiko

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36. I don't think Hillary will be trying to do anything different from Obama

Fri Oct 30, 2015, 10:33 PM

Oct 2015

I expect her to govern to the right of Obama, to be honest with the exception of women's issues -- maybe.

So yeah, I think HRC represents the status quo choice.

I don't Bernie has a magic plan, but I do think he will challenge the status quo more.

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Hillary is PROGRESSIVE, MEGA-QUALIFIED, BRILLIANT, and WILL MOST LIKELY be the Dem nominee. [View all] RBInMaine Oct 2015 OP

she is pathetically out of step DianeK Oct 2015 #1

Pathetically out of step with DU:Progressives aka Bernie supporters ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #4

True bravenak Oct 2015 #7

Fact! nt sheshe2 Oct 2015 #11

Especially if you will settle for the status quo aikoaiko Oct 2015 #31

I guess that depends on how ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #34

I don't think Hillary will be trying to do anything different from Obama aikoaiko Oct 2015 #36

Well. I'm pretty happy with what President has done ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2015 #41

Sure he was awesome compared to Bush, but you cant be happy with 45% of African American babies aikoaiko Oct 2015 #42

That explains her big lead in the polls 72DejaVu Oct 2015 #5

Maybe America needs a dance studio? What was the name of the chain of dance studios? randys1 Oct 2015 #10

+1 sheshe2 Oct 2015 #12

With brogressivies workinclasszero Oct 2015 #28

LOL, and they Bernie supporters treat him like a god jfern Oct 2015 #2

And don't call the hillarians a cult! Doctor_J Oct 2015 #20

Links? emulatorloo Oct 2015 #26

K AND R! Supremely qualified. JaneyVee Oct 2015 #3

Damn, JaneyVee! Kath1 Oct 2015 #27

The most qualified to ever run for President Evergreen Emerald Oct 2015 #6

Please. She is qualified but not overly so. She has like 8 years in the Senate and a term as SoS. TheKentuckian Oct 2015 #22

You are minimizing her experience as SOS Evergreen Emerald Oct 2015 #29

You are drastically minimizing the breadth and depth of experience of a great many TheKentuckian Oct 2015 #35

Qualified? Brilliant? Probably. Progressive? Not so much. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2015 #8

Bingo. nt SusanCalvin Oct 2015 #32

She calls herself a centrist n/t arcane1 Oct 2015 #9

At times, and then other times a progressive. Seems depends on what's blowing in the wind. EndElectoral Oct 2015 #39

Most Likely? BootinUp Oct 2015 #13

For me what is so very depressing is Hillary is all these things, and ten thousand times randys1 Oct 2015 #14

Bingo. nt SusanCalvin Oct 2015 #33

She's so perfect that everyone is going to line up just to vote for her. I wish her the best Deadman Oct 2015 #15

... ColesCountyDem Oct 2015 #16

You'd think they would try for a few posts... Agschmid Oct 2015 #23

Yup, yup. n/t ColesCountyDem Oct 2015 #24

one out of four. not too good Doctor_J Oct 2015 #17

Please explain how Hillary is progressive. PoliticalMalcontent Oct 2015 #18

You have spunk. NCTraveler Oct 2015 #19

And Bernie is actually ahead of where Obama was at the same time in the 2007/8 cycle... ReallyIAmAnOptimist Oct 2015 #21

Hillary is a progressive in the same way Bristol Palin is a virgin. Scuba Oct 2015 #25

"not an absolute purist" Martin Eden Oct 2015 #30

I understand Hilary's supporters, but for the life of me to label her a progressive seems...uh..new EndElectoral Oct 2015 #37

Dude, my family thinks I'm nuts because I sit in front of the computer laughing my ass off Fumesucker Oct 2015 #38

Um, no. I hate to break it to you, but she's basically a pro-choice Republican. reformist2 Oct 2015 #40

KICK! Cha Oct 2015 #43

ANOTHER hit-and-run post. Ron Green Oct 2015 #44

If she's PROGRESSIVE, then I'm King Of The Hobbits. hobbit709 Oct 2015 #45

Hillaryous OP. PowerToThePeople Nov 2015 #46