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In reply to the discussion: The imminent backlash of the Democratic Left. [View all]ProSense
(116,464 posts)"To win, she will have to attract the Indepents who came out in 2008 to get rid of Bush policies but who stayed home in 2010 because they were disappointed. Dems continued to vote despite THEIR disappointments, and despite that THEY were accused of being the ones who stayed home."
...you're implying that she could win without the left because when the independents "stayed home in 2010," Democrats lost.
"If the those who are in charge of elections were that ignorant of why they lost in 2010, I'm not hopeful of them being any less clueless this time."
Maybe there needs to be another 2010 for a wakeup call?
Why is Howard Dean supporting Hillary?
"And there is the additional problem of even Dems now being disenchanted especially if the Corporate Trade Agreement gets support from Democrats. I wonder if they have any clue as to how important an issue that is to Democrats and Independents? "
Frankly, I'm hoping Hillary doesn't run.
Still, I think it's curious that people are pushing that Dems are "disenchanted." I don't see any evidence of this being a successful tactic.
What needs to happen is for a candidate to run strong on these issues, and attract enough support.
Hoping that Hillary will be that person is fairly naive.