http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512581063Oh my.
Skins's island is brimming, just brimming, full of optimism today.
I guess that's okay, though; it's nice to see the primitives in a non-negative, a non-"down," mood, as they're pretty boring when they're depressed.
stopbush (17,145 posts) Thu Nov 3, 2016, 11:43 PM
I've been voting since 1972 - never felt this confident about the D candidate for POTUS winning
I remember voting for Ds who I knew were going down (Mondale), Ds that I felt had a good chance to win (Clinton) and Ds that I thought had an excellent chance to win (Obama).
But I have never felt about a candidate winning as surely as I feel Hillary will win, and win big. It's not over confidence. It's looking at all the traditional indicators AND the realities that Trump is facing, realities no candidate for any office would envy facing: your party against you, fellow party members denouncing you and announcing their support for your opponent, major newspapers endorsing the D candidate for the first time in their history, scientists, military people and diplomats coming out en masse to denounce you and to support your opponent.
With former allies like this, who needs enemies?
Setting aside Hillary's seling points, the revulsion to Trump is something that is unprecedented in American presidential politics. To imagine that all of the negativity directed at Trump will not have an extremely negative effect on his chances is to live in a fantasy land.
That's why I'm feeling so positive about Hillary. She is on her way to a victory of epic proportions.
Zorro (6,891 posts) Thu Nov 3, 2016, 11:48 PM
1. I'm with you. And her.
And I think once elected she'll be walking softly but carrying a big stick. With a nail in the end of it. For negotiating with Republicans.
putitinD (616 posts) Fri Nov 4, 2016, 12:05 AM
2. Hillary is up against the slimiest, most ruthless oppositions that is capable of saying or doing any
thing to take her down. That coupled with half of the nation that doesn't even need a reason to hate Her, I'm confident that Hillary will be victorious on Tues. provided Trump doesn't have any dirty tricks up his sleeve.
rusty quoin (3,624 posts) Fri Nov 4, 2016, 12:08 AM
3. What you say makes sense. Listening to the media is frightening.
But I agree with you. There should be no way he can win. He only has older white guys.
napi21 (41,701 posts) Fri Nov 4, 2016, 12:16 AM
4. I'm very hopeul about a Hillary win too, But I have to be homest with you. I well
remember when "W" was running against Kerry. I believed that we couldn't possibly have that many people in the US that would vote for the Shrub. We all know how well they proved ME WRONG! I'm still going to hold my breath until Tuesday night.
stopbush (17,145 posts) Fri Nov 4, 2016, 12:39 AM
6. The fact that shrub wasn't run out of office on a rail after the 9/11 attacks
happened on his watch meant that it was going to be a difficult job to unseat him. The country was scared and bushco played on that as an election strategy. Remember the "heightened terra alerts" every tme something went wrong for shrub? I seem to remember one of those only weeks before the election.
Team Kerry mishandled the swiftboat attacks. Thankfully, Team Obama learned a lesson from that and rapid response has been the norm in D POTUS campaigns ever since.
Cha (186,906 posts) Fri Nov 4, 2016, 12:18 AM
5. Good! I'm cautiously optimistic..
Thank you, stop!
