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Title: With Donald Trump Looming, Should Dems Take a Huge Electability Gamble by Nominating Hillary Clinton?
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URL Source: https://theintercept.com/2016/02/24 ... by-nominating-hillary-clinton/
Published: Feb 25, 2016
Author: Glenn Greenwald
Post Date: 2016-02-25 09:07:27 by Ada
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Views: 129
Comments: 5
Many Democrats will tell you that there has rarely, if ever, been a more menacing or evil presidential candidate than Donald Trump. “Trump is the most dangerous major candidate for president in memory,” pronounced Vox‘s Ezra Klein two weeks ago. With a consensus now emerging that the real estate mogul is the likely GOP nominee, it would stand to reason that the most important factor for many Democrats in choosing their own nominee is electability: meaning, who has the best chance of defeating the GOP Satan in the general election? In light of that, can Democrats really afford to take such a risky gamble by nominating Hillary Clinton? In virtually every poll, her rival, Bernie Sanders, does better, often much better, in head-to-head match-ups against every possible GOP candidate. Here, for instance, is a compilation of how Clinton does against Ted Cruz in recent polls: she trails the Texas Senator in all but one poll, and in the one poll she leads, it is by a paltry 2 points:
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#2. To: Ada (#0)
Looks like a fait accompli from here. Does Jezebel still have the power to rig a national election with all this turmoil going on? I fear it's so.
#3. To: NeoconsNailed (#2)
She can rig the nomination but I don't know if she can swing the national election unless it becomes close.
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Replies to Comment # 2. Does Jezebel still have the power to rig a national election with all this turmoil going on? I fear it's so.
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