2016 Postmortem

Silent3

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8. Far from a fail, it's good strategy.

Fri Jul 29, 2016, 11:42 AM

Jul 2016

Not only are there more than enough more-immediate issues to go after Trump with, and Republicans in general without specifically mentioning Bush, this approach leaves the door open for a Bush endorsement of Clinton.

A Bush endorsement might be the last thing you'd personally want, but the power of such an endorsement to help rouse the country out of the denial of how dangerous and awful Trump is, and to help the country see how much better a choice Clinton is, despite the many issues that normally divide the electorate, would be amazing.

At this point I don't think that's out of the question. The Bushes are already on record as #NeverTrump. Leaving the door open for an actual Clinton endorsement by not bashing Bush is a very smart move.

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What About Bush? Not One Peep About The Last Republican President's Carnage [View all] Yallow Jul 2016 OP

The reason is easy- she isn't running against Bush. Got to have a clear focus on who the opponent is tonyt53 Jul 2016 #1

republicans ran against carter for years. unblock Jul 2016 #3

Bush is not running democrattotheend Jul 2016 #2

Bingo. Everybody knows how bad bush was as president, even the most-rabid stopbush Jul 2016 #5

POTUS mentioned the mess he inherited, in his speech. I think that was sufficient Siwsan Jul 2016 #4

The GOP pat answer is, "you're still blaming Bush?" Why let them use it? (nt) LongtimeAZDem Jul 2016 #6

It has all been blamed on Obama AwakeAtLast Jul 2016 #7

Far from a fail, it's good strategy. Silent3 Jul 2016 #8

She didn't attack Bush because she's trying to appeal to Bush republicans jcgoldie Jul 2016 #9