{"id":130839,"date":"2016-06-09T22:25:38","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T04:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/06\/09\/never-count-on-the-democrats-not-blowing-an-election.html"},"modified":"2016-06-11T15:36:35","modified_gmt":"2016-06-11T21:36:35","slug":"never-count-on-the-democrats-not-blowing-an-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/06\/09\/never-count-on-the-democrats-not-blowing-an-election.html","title":{"rendered":"Never count on the Democrats NOT blowing an election"},"content":{"rendered":"

While I have been generally in support of Clinton as the Democratic nominee, for a variety of mostly pragmatic reasons, if the Democratic establishment thinks her nomination means they can blow off the sizable chunk of pro-Sanders \/ anti-establishment voters who kept Clinton's efforts from being a casual saunter to party coronation, then they are cruisin' for a bruisin' this fall.<\/p>\n

And while I firmly believe that every Sanders supporter should<\/i> be pulling the voting lever for Clinton in November, despite any nose-pinching, if only to keep Trump out of the White House, the Dems can't afford to lose any<\/i> of those votes to further neglect or alienation.<\/p>\n

I don't believe Sanders' populist movement could actually have won (yet) in November — but they can surely cause Clinton to lose if the party establishment sufficiently disrespects them. And given that these are the folk in the age bracket \/ demographic surge that the Dems are counting on to eventually tip the tide against the GOP, pooh-poohing their concerns and impact would be a horrifyingly stupid mistake — especially<\/i> given the stakes this fall.<\/p>\n

Here's hoping that the Democratic establishment isn't as doltish as the article suspects they are.<\/p>\n

[h\/t +<\/span>Stan Pedzick<\/a><\/span>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nDemocrats Will Learn All the Wrong Lessons From Brush With Bernie<\/a><\/span>
\nInstead of a reality check for the party, it’ll be smugness redoubled\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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While I have been generally in support of Clinton as the Democratic nominee, for a variety of mostly pragmatic reasons, if the Democratic establishment thinks her nomination means they can blow off the sizable chunk of pro-Sanders \/ anti-establishment voters who kept Clinton's efforts from being a casual saunter to party coronation, then they are … Continue reading “Never count on the Democrats NOT blowing an election”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,532],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-elections-2016"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":129883,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/21\/the-non-party-folk-in-the-two-party-system.html","url_meta":{"origin":130839,"position":0},"title":"The non-party folk in the two-party system","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 21-Feb-16 7:03am","format":false,"excerpt":"Exit polls have their own problems, but if this one's results are accurate, they are pretty interesting. 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