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2016 Postmortem

LP2K12

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8. No.

Reply to Table (Original post)

Fri Dec 2, 2016, 01:31 PM

Dec 2016

I think she and her staff have been through enough elections to know that while generally accurate, election night numbers are highly speculative based upon large returns from fast-counting counties. First and foremost she probably wanted time to process and discuss it. Next, she wanted to find out what votes, if any, were still pending.

Better to ensure all information is accurate prior to addresses your supporters and the nation.

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Do you think it was wrong that Hillary sent John Podesta to address her supporters on election night [View all] Table Dec 2016 OP

Depends on when Prez Obama called her to ask her to concede n/t RoccoR2 Dec 2016 #1

Transparent and divisive Uponthegears Dec 2016 #2

This is pure clickbait posting! Ignore it! bitterross Dec 2016 #3

oh boy.. mtnsnake Dec 2016 #4

No blue cat Dec 2016 #5

welcome to du. niyad Dec 2016 #6

No MFM008 Dec 2016 #7

No. LP2K12 Dec 2016 #8

No, I don't. Frankly, I don't think I could have watched a concession speech that night anyway. Arkansas Granny Dec 2016 #9

No. WhiteTara Dec 2016 #10

Fool me once...n/t seaglass Dec 2016 #11

Do you take issue with Trump making sexual comments about prepubescent girls? NCTraveler Dec 2016 #12

she is still hiding. rejecting our moral claim to being the popular vote winner and will of the msongs Dec 2016 #13

Not at all Grey Lemercier Dec 2016 #14

No. Things were more up in the air at the time than people realized. BzaDem Dec 2016 #15

I wasnt emotionally capable of doing just about anything after it was clear what was happening Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #16

Do you think that Drumpf conspired with his friends to rig the election? mfcorey1 Dec 2016 #17

No, she was devastated. Why did it matter anyway? jalan48 Dec 2016 #18

I know I agree. But then people from the other side say Table Dec 2016 #20

People can be cruel-they wanted to see break down on national TV. jalan48 Dec 2016 #21

I'm not a Hillary fan, but don't care about this. jfern Dec 2016 #19

I liked it better the old way: "I was talking to someone at the tavern today ... " betsuni Dec 2016 #22