posted by jmog
The dems are completely out of touch with the "middle" of the road people politically. Tulsi was the ONE candidate they had that absolutely would have beat Trump, and beat Trump easily. And that has nothing to do with her looks.
She is more "middle" than any other candidate except maybe Biden, but he is not mentally all there.
She is a veteran.
She is not for continuing wars, starting new wars, etc.
She would have been WAY more "Presidential" than Sanders, Biden, and definitely Trump is/would be.
Sanders would have got trounced by Trump, Biden would have lost convincingly before this current crisis (now more up in the air), Tulsi would have beat Trump bad.
The DNC is just out of touch with reality.
Yeah, I'm not sure about all that. Sure she was a vet and some of her views were middle of the road. However, her past statements about same sex couples were troubling. Also, her record and statements about Syria were awful and so wrong.
She also had zero moderate support of the electorate either. Her only fans were on the conservative side of the aisle. There is a reason she was on Fox News a lot...
posted by O-Trap
It's funny you mention this, because I have heard a lot of Democrats saying that being a centrist Democrat is why Clinton lost.
posted by QuakerOats
And we all thought it was because she was a lying, criminal bitch.
posted by jmog
Clinton lost because she was a terrible candidate with a troubled past.
Yup. The fact that Biden is cleaning up and winning more Sanders 2016 voters shows that.