2016 Postmortem

Merlot

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31. I'm not saying outspend him

Tue Dec 20, 2016, 01:22 AM

Dec 2016

Just pointing out why he spent half of what HRC spent. He got so much free airtime he didn't need to spend as much.

We really don't know at this point who will be running in 2020. If it's another republican, they won't have that media advantage. I don't see trumpt lasting the 4 years due to either health (mental or physical) or some scandal or him just becoming bored with it all. He's not going to like the confines of the presidency would be my guess.

I hate the thought that 1 billion dollars was spent on this campaign. I'm no campaign expert, but it was an old school, traditional campaign at a time when the country and the opposition were rejecting the status quo. turmpt and Bernie were doing things differetly. Other than that, I have no answers.

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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