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To: koan who wrote (376826)	7/13/2018 10:51:49 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 542220

Do you serve cheese with your whine, or just baloney?

To: koan who wrote (376826)	7/13/2018 11:12:19 AM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 542220

Seriously?! Why don't you blame DNC and the mainstream Democrats for not seeing the sea change in public opinion and nominating Hillary in the first place? As I said way back when, you had 5 groups to deal with: (1) Core republicans - they would never vote for any Democrat, so no point in catering to them. (2) Core Democrats - they vote whoever the party nominates, so again no point in emphasizing them. (3) Social democrats and progressive Independents - they overwhelmingly wanted Sanders over Hillary (4) The "Never Trump" campers, some of whom hated Clintons - they would find any non-Trump and non-Clinton palatable, otherwise, they would just stay home and not vote. (5) Centrist Republicans and Libertarians - you'd have to work to win their votes, but it was possible. Do the above math and it was clear that Sanders was more electable than Clinton. However, the truth is that DNC believed there is no way Trump can win and ignored the signs and pushed Hillary forward despite the fact that they knew more Americns (not core party members) wanted Sanders over her. They took a gamble and they lost. Blame DNC. >> Why would you blame Bernie and not his supporters which was almost half the Democrats and probably 80% of the liberals.