I don’t know about that. A recent poll puts Sanders in the lead for the Democratic nomination: President Bernie Sanders? Poll Tips Sanders To Defeat Clinton And Prevail Over Trump - Inquisitr
Except it doesn’t. The Inquisitr story you link to mostly talks about the head to head comparison versus Trump. It doesn’t link to the specific poll (Danger, danger, Will Robinson entering political spin zone!!!) It does link to a Hill story. Following that back we get the Quinnipac poll at the root of it all (.pdf link)
Excerpt from the link:
Sanders is going to get beat down like one of the 6 year olds playing Dodge Ball against Adam Sandler in Billy Madison if those numbers hold. He’s got some threads he can draw hope from. He can argue against the “you have to vote Hillary to win” concept. Although there aren’t a lot of currently undecided almost half of likely Democratic voters are open to changing their minds. He hasn’t lost yet but being -31% is a long way from “in the lead” or Inquisitr’s “well-placed to defeat Hillary Clinton.”
Mmm, I think you need to check that again, it does not say that Sanders is ahead of Clinton, only that against Trump the Democrats will win even with Sanders as the Democratic candidate. As for the nomination, it is not likely once one looks at other polls.
I don’t know where is the Inquisitor getting the idea about Sanders being ahead when the Quinnipiac poll from the 22nd of December actually reports that Clinton tops Sanders 61 - 30 percent.
This blog post by Kevin Drum made me think of our OP:
If what she says is true, that Hillary doesn’t even know who accused her husband of rape, the media might want to follow up on that.
Can you provide one good reason why they should?
Because she says they have a right to be believed. The media likes to sniff out hypocrisy. This is a golden opportunity.
Shouldn’t the media be coming up with what the Republican candidates have to offer women? Shouldn’t you?
Nope. you’ve got nothing.
Less rapes, for one. That’s the benefit of law and order as opposed to coddling criminals.
The progressive and feminist ideal of destigmatizing the reporting of rapes has done far, far more to protect women and reduce sexual violence than “law and order”.
Like David Vitter?
Isn’t “fewer” a better choice than “less”?
A vocabulary question: We all know what “law” means. Our elected government creates & enforces laws; they can be changed, if sometimes too slowly. What does “and order” mean? It seems to imply extralegal restrictions to be imposed upon us. Makes me nervous.
Oh, and you haven’t named any specific Republican candidate’s policy designed to win over the female voter. Unless you’re referring to Trump’s “wall” that will block out all the Mexican Rapists…
That’s good too, but not something a political party has much to do with. Making sure that when women do come forward that those who preyed on them go to jail and stay there is important too.
But someone did ask, so I answered. The Republicans are also more protective of womens’ right to own guns and other self defense devices like tasers, batons, and pepper sprays.
Plus we claim to be better for jobs too. Although that hasn’t yet been borne out by the data.
Would that be fewer rapes in general, or only legitimate rapes?
I think politics and parties have as much to do with one as the other (especially when there are Republicans who downplay rape). In terms of recent politics, Democrats like Kirsten Gillibrand have done far more to protect women in the Armed Forces from sexual violence than Republicans.
And Democrats claim to be better for jobs as well, of course.
every single fucking one of the
put together.
But you’re going to claim credit for it anyway.
Instead of admitting you support chronic liars.
Considering that he’s come out in this thread to endorse extortion by Republicans, why on earth do you think chronic lying would bother him?
I’ll admit the GOP is better for jobs. In other countries.
Vox explains the Clinton rape accusation: