2016 Postmortem

global1

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37. She Did Win The Popular Vote - But We Dems Lost Big....

Fri Dec 2, 2016, 11:06 PM

Dec 2016

the Repugs are in control of the whole enchilada.

We didn't do a very good job at illustrating how the Repugs screwed us over - through the BushCo administration and the last eight years.

As for blaming Bernie - I can't buy that. Hillary won the nomination and Bernie threw his support to her. The primaries were over. We're talking about the presidential campaign here.

Voter suppression - hmmmm - but Hillary won big in the popular vote. That's what you said.

Comey's shots came late in the game and maybe caused some undecideds to finally make their decision.

But if we were as relentless on the Repugs as the Repugs were on e-mails and Obamacare we should have been able to win more states.

We really had the better message - that of the Repugs stonewalling and not letting anything get thru Congress - no progress - hell they wouldn't even let Obama have his SCOTUS nominee approved.

We needed to hammer all that home - over and over - until it sank in that the Repugs are the enemy.

We didn't do a good job of that. We called some American voters 'deplorable' when the real DEPLORABLES were and are the Repug Congress.

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What can Obama do? [View all] kentuck Dec 2016 OP

"We are in a constitutional crisis" handmade34 Dec 2016 #1

What is the crisis that we are in BigBadDem Dec 2016 #14

Obama blew it Abouttime Dec 2016 #2

Riiight EffieBlack Dec 2016 #3

This! mcar Dec 2016 #4

Agreed! IMHO Obama played more than his part to elect Hillary NWCorona Dec 2016 #5

Hillary, The Dems, The Obamas, Biden And Even Bill.... global1 Dec 2016 #8

They didn't run against the Republican Party? Apparently you missed much of the campaign EffieBlack Dec 2016 #33

Then How Do You Explain How The Repugs Hit The.... global1 Dec 2016 #35

We took on the Republicans EffieBlack Dec 2016 #36

She Did Win The Popular Vote - But We Dems Lost Big.... global1 Dec 2016 #37

yup Afromania Dec 2016 #31

You are accusing President Obama of commiting treason libtodeath Dec 2016 #6

In hindsight, did you believe this after the election...? kentuck Dec 2016 #7

Obama should have indicted Trump for something. We know he is a criminal! Joe941 Dec 2016 #9

I would agree that the present Justice Department has been very quiet... kentuck Dec 2016 #10

Presidents cannot indict anyone. That is not in their power. MineralMan Dec 2016 #12

I'm sure he could have pulled some strings under the table and got the job done! Joe941 Dec 2016 #24

Actually, no, he couldn't. MineralMan Dec 2016 #25

Now most of us haven't read the constitution? MFM008 Dec 2016 #28

Is that a trick question? TwilightZone Dec 2016 #30

And then he would have been Trump. EffieBlack Dec 2016 #34

Barack Obama is President of the United States Txbluedog Dec 2016 #13

not well thought out n/t RoccoR2 Dec 2016 #21

ok Afromania Dec 2016 #32

obama has nothing he can do...conservatives intent is to destroy the name obama the same way they beachbum bob Dec 2016 #11

What "Constitutional crisis"? sarisataka Dec 2016 #15

If he is not adhering to our Constitution? kentuck Dec 2016 #16

How is he not adhering sarisataka Dec 2016 #17

You cannot wait until you are President to refuse to follow the laws... kentuck Dec 2016 #18

OK then sarisataka Dec 2016 #19

Release the classified information about the Trump-Russian connection that the Democratic jalan48 Dec 2016 #20

This and DeminPennswoods Dec 2016 #22

Could Obama somehow disable / eliminate the nuclear button before the handover? Dems to Win Dec 2016 #23

Screwing with a nuclear code will give you life in jail yeoman6987 Dec 2016 #26

take a nap? has the man not already done enough? La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2016 #27

nothing Afromania Dec 2016 #29