New Republic: The Democrats Must Nominate Another Woman for President

[IceSpear]

Gillibrand and Klobuchar would be the better picks.  I don't think it would be a bad idea for the two of them to run as a team.  Driving the gender gap to its biggest level ever might be the ticket to oust Trump in 2020.

Hillary had unique liabilities, plus she's not likable.

No woman will ever be seen as "likable" in contemporary American politics. If one wins the presidency, it will be in spite of that.

[IceSpear]

I am so sick of expectations being hyped up. Middle America is misogynist, full stop. It will not elect a woman.

Not that I disagree that Middle America is misogynist, but Hillary only lost because of Comey and an archaic outdated electoral college system.

It'll be harder for Democrats to win if they nominate a woman though, for sure. But not impossible.

[IceSpear]

I am so sick of expectations being hyped up. Middle America is misogynist, full stop. It will not elect a woman.

Not that I disagree that Middle America is misogynist, but Hillary only lost because of Comey and an archaic outdated electoral college system.

It'll be harder for Democrats to win if they nominate a woman though, for sure. But not impossible.

The electoral college will still be around in 2020 and the Comey Letter, decisive as it was, was ultimately a product of the boys’ club atmosphere of the FBI (that will still be around too). Does anyone believe if the FBI was 88% female that the same resentments would have bubbled up to influence Comey to go public before a leak?

Yeah, I definitely agree with you there. Like I said, nominating a woman would be a major handicap. But it's hard to argue it's impossible when Hillary came so close and actually won millions more votes than Trump did.

[IceSpear]

You do realize that shrieking "MUH MISOGYNY" isn't a convincing strategy, right?  President Obama took the high road in 2008 by rarely invoking race and racism into the mix.  Maybe a woman nominee (whoever she may be) should take a similar, wise road.

Nobody said it's a good political strategy. But the truth often isn't.

[IceSpear]

The MSM narrative on AA is absurd. They are by far the single most Democratic demographic in the country, and yet if they don't turn out at the same rates as they did for the first black president and vote for one party at the same margins, they somehow "didn't show up." It just reeks of entitlement. Given the shoddy shape that some of the neighborhoods I canvassed in were in - "You guys show up once every four years, and nothing changes," it's amazing any of them even voted.

These are my thoughts exactly. Democrats don't feel like they have to do anything. When I was in a union, they always sent some asshat once a year and try to scare us into voting because "those dastardly Republicans in Albany Indianapolis/Lansing/Madison will make NY IN/MI/WI a RTW state." Yeah, fat chance that'll ever happen

Yeah, I'm sure the people in those states thought the same thing.

[IceSpear]

Matt Lauer now.
How odd that all these journalists treated a fellow sexual predator with kid gloves during the campaign.

Yeah, Lauer's Trump brodown vs. Hillary's witch trial suddenly makes a lot more sense.

[IceSpear]

Either a woman or a gay man.  If there's one thing certain about Democrats it's that they're close minded towards and not welcoming straight white men.  This is why I didn't vote for Hillary.  I was close to voting for her but got a feeling she and her party are prejudice against my gender and race.

Are you a West Virginian? If not you sound eerily similar to one, lol.

[IceSpear]

Either a woman or a gay man.  If there's one thing certain about Democrats it's that they're close minded towards and not welcoming straight white men.  This is why I didn't vote for Hillary.  I was close to voting for her but got a feeling she and her party are prejudice against my gender and race.

Are you a West Virginian? If not you sound eerily similar to one, lol.

You think most West Virginians were close to voting for Hilllary?

Oops, missed that part lol.