tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post3088674178569461182..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Drum: Podesta: Yeah, It Was ComeyWinston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-12456689308401970002016-11-12T07:41:37.795-05:002016-11-12T07:41:37.795-05:00Yeah a center-left candidate was just defeated...b...Yeah a center-left candidate was just defeated...by Trump. So you're right there will little appetite for centrism. And I agree that's probably a mistake, on policy grounds at least even though I'm not sure how politically the Democrats have a choice at this stage. But it's a huge mistake, I think, for the Bernie crowd to just ignore this. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-90397081639436732822016-11-12T05:05:48.860-05:002016-11-12T05:05:48.860-05:00Yeah, I saw Silver's estimate.
I haven't ...Yeah, I saw Silver's estimate.<br /><br />I haven't had the time nor the energy to really process it yet...nevertheless, I'm glad to hear you aren't going to drop it. I'm definitely going to attend to this more once the shell shock wears off.<br /><br />If the Bernie/Warren crowd takes over the Dems, we're really fucked, IMO. <br /><br />One big problem is that it's Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-79888653036903131292016-11-11T22:51:02.042-05:002016-11-11T22:51:02.042-05:00I think the margin of the electoral college win ha...I think the margin of the electoral college win has masked the impact of Comey's letter. But three states decided the election: PA, WI, and MI. The total vote margin in those three states was less than 150k I believe. Since Nate Silver has estimated that the Comey letter moved the polls about 2%, I think those states could have swung her way without the letter. The distinct possibility of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-272210841661921822016-11-11T21:53:41.035-05:002016-11-11T21:53:41.035-05:00Yeah, basically nobody else seems to be angry abou...Yeah, basically nobody else seems to be angry about this...it seems crazy in the absence of any tendency of other people to see it as a real possibility, doesn't it? <br /><br />The Dems are just so proud of being reasonable...which is a helluva virtue, of course... But I'm just not at all sure that we should be taking this *completely* lying down. <br /><br />The only ones making a Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-4257020254587349082016-11-11T21:44:05.500-05:002016-11-11T21:44:05.500-05:00There's a narrative developing that Hillary...There's a narrative developing that Hillary's loss had nothing to do with Comey or Wikileaks, but was mainly due to Hillary's cautious incremental center-left approach when this electorate wanted radical change. This is coming mainly from angry Bernie supporters who are convinced that the Democratic Party blew it by undermining their man and by nominating Hillary, who they despise. NoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com