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reidmill
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« on: March 06, 2017, 04:15:35 PM »

Hillary had the chance to extend a real and tangible olive branch to the progressive wing of the party by choosing a progressive VP. However, she totally misread the Democratic electorate and just assumed that Sanders supporters would vote for her out of fear of a Trump presidency.

The reality ended up being that Sanders supporters saw her VP pick as another slap in the face, and they ended up staying home on Nov. 8th.

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reidmill
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« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2017, 04:35:21 PM »

Let's be real for a minute here. There was only one correct choice for Hillary's VP: when your primary opponent is getting record enthusiasm, raising huge sums of money through small donations, and drawing even bigger crowds than Trump, it should be clear that his message is resonating and that you need him on the ticket in order to fire up the activist base and get them out in force. It was dumb of her not to pick Bernie, and not shoring up her Left Flank was what cost her the election. Add to that it would have united the party and greatly limited the Wikileaks/DNC hack damage.

I agree that Sanders would have been the best choice.
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