Quote (ThatAlex @ Oct 27 2016 12:52pm)
They didn't need to undermine Bernie Sanders' campaign, he would have lost fair and square anyway via democracy - even if you factor out superdelegates and the like. She would have gotten more votes anyway. Now they just look shitty for violating their own bylaws and rigging a primary against a fringe independent with low name recognition entering the race against a political powerhouse and the "most qualified presidential candidate in history."
hmm what is it they say about hindsight again?
people often look silly given hindsight, lucky for them they didn't have it in real time, so they aren't actually nearly as silly.
HRC has incredibly high negative numbers for likability, and her campaign against Barry in 2008 left her pretty bruised up. She's also married to one of the more controversial presidents ever when it comes to sanctity of the oval office and she played a pretty public role in the aftermath.
Without the superdelagates HRC would have won, but it would have been a nailbiter and way too close for comfort for a lot of establishment people. Plus a close victory by HRC over a radical like Bernie could leave the party with questionable direction after the election the same way Trump has fragmented the GOP base. If he's trounced people just say "well i guess its not time yet", rather than "next election we make it happen".
This post was edited by thesnipa on Oct 27 2016 01:01pm