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2016 Postmortem

RBInMaine

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15. The first thing to do is to STOP pandering to these rich donors and become a grassroots party again!

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Dec 17, 2016, 06:17 AM

Dec 2016

Tell the rich donors to invest in PROGRESSIVE MEDIA if they want to help. We can get a billion dollars from millions of small donors with an exciting populist campaign.

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Donors Demand Autopsy of Clinton Campaign [View all] DonViejo Dec 2016 OP

Well gosh they're weeks behind us at DU then? Interesting they aren't .... bettyellen Dec 2016 #1

Comey, Russian hacks are easy to identify. geek tragedy Dec 2016 #2

Any one of a number of small changes could have reversed it... bettyellen Dec 2016 #3

realistically, the first step is to fix what's in our power to fix. geek tragedy Dec 2016 #5

And I think fixing the election laws, getting people IDs in time while trying to end Crosscheck bettyellen Dec 2016 #7

agreed and a billion dollars should have okieinpain Dec 2016 #9

Unfortunately they had to run a campaign as well. bettyellen Dec 2016 #12

Excuses, excuses. I doubt we'll excuse ourselves into the majority any time soon. hellofromreddit Dec 2016 #13

spreading that money around should have been part of the okieinpain Dec 2016 #20

Wrong. They will still want outsiders but he right ones! People are SICK of establishment politics! RBInMaine Dec 2016 #14

I don't get it. Up until recently, we were ruthlessly mocking the GOP for doing this. Keep dionysus Dec 2016 #24

"the media assumed people preferred scandals and mud flinging." citood Dec 2016 #26

Exactly. Else You Are Mad Dec 2016 #4

agreed to hear that people were concerned and okieinpain Dec 2016 #11

Why should they hold themselves accountable? EL34x4 Dec 2016 #16

Wasn't just Comey. triron Dec 2016 #21

Not gonna like it. HassleCat Dec 2016 #6

What success? duffyduff Dec 2016 #23

If you're going to play that game, at least he didn't have to face the humiliation of getting smoked dionysus Dec 2016 #25

$1 Billion? That's a lot of money for social justice issues. jalan48 Dec 2016 #8

which will result in exactly the kind of analysis that sinks us for the foreseeable future 0rganism Dec 2016 #10

Funny thing is, Trump did better among minority voters in 2016 EL34x4 Dec 2016 #18

The first thing to do is to STOP pandering to these rich donors and become a grassroots party again! RBInMaine Dec 2016 #15

That would be driven by a populist candidate who will not exist for a couple of years HoneyBadger Dec 2016 #19

Did you notice that Trump spent half of what Clinton did? citood Dec 2016 #27

trumpt has a built in media advantage that any other candidate won't have. Merlot Dec 2016 #29

Odds are Trump will be running in 2020 citood Dec 2016 #30

I'm not saying outspend him Merlot Dec 2016 #31

If Trump does not run in 2020, Pence will HoneyBadger Dec 2016 #36

Going to be a traditional campaign in 2020 HoneyBadger Dec 2016 #34

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2016 #35

They say that when you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail HoneyBadger Dec 2016 #17

Ask Putin, you dipshits. NT duffyduff Dec 2016 #22

Russia. Comey, lies about email. onecaliberal Dec 2016 #28

Hilarious. Big donors are the problem. George Eliot Dec 2016 #32

Great, I hope someone tells them and they make a huge stink about it. ucrdem Dec 2016 #33