And I’ll add what really killed her wasn’t people who went over to Trump.  As we all know, she beat Trump in the popular vote.  In fact, Trump got less of the vote than Mitt Romney did in 2012.  What hurt Clinton was the people who didn’t vote for Trump refused to solidify behind her.  And some of those people were…

To be honest, a lot of those Silver Age characters didn’t have a ton of personality.  A lot of them were really written in the same voice, at least initially, and I think Barry grew out of it less than some of the others. 

 Theres also huge problems with Bernies’ “revolution” rhetoric that I think that people overlook because “yeah, why wouldn’t it be great to get lots of what we want.”  But the problem can come when you prioritize the process over the outcome.   If you become too enamored of “revolution” then that can become an end in…

That seems specious to me.  With the independents thing there’s very few true independents.  Most people who claim to be independents are reliable voters for Republicans or Democrats.  They’re just not registered party members.  So those “independents” are basically Democratic voters who did what I’m suggesting and…

Yeah, no.  Like I said, something like 90% of Sanders primary voters ended up voting for Clinton in the general, but there were small and crucial defections.  And those potentially cost Clinton the election.  Sanders inadvertently helped this along by his response to Clinton’s victory which was lukewarm.  As others…

Or Emma Stone.

I think the point is to show uncomfortable Hughes is in Hepburn’s world.  IIRC that’s the dinner scene, where Hughes can’t eat because Law takes some food off his plate. It’s about him being an uncomfortable outsider in this jocular world of movie stars.

Yeah he seemed like that to me too.  Only moreso.  At least compared to the Mark Waid Wally, who I’m most familiar with and who was mellowed out somewhat by his relationship with Linda. 

While Clinton is certainly towards the incrementalist side of this, I don’t think her criticisms here are about that debate. She’s specifically criticizing Sanders. I think she’d have more positive things to say about Warren.

Even if you’re ignoring Congress and governing by legislative order the results are limited.  Take Trump.  While there’s stuff we’re going to spend years, perhaps decades trying to repair (like our relationships with our allies) all his regulatory stuff can be reversed immediately.  Bernie can do whatever he wants in…

They were definitely more active and die hard about it. The Clinton-or-bust people in 08 virtually all calmed down, helped in part by the fact that Clinton endorsed Obama almost immediately. The Bernie or bust people were in many cases true to their word and didn’t vote for Clinton.  This ws helped along by the fact…

Only because of Trump and a favorable court ruling.  As designed it was supposed to be insulated from political influence like that.  So it speaks well to Warren’s judgment.  Even so it’s much much more than Sanders has ever accomplished, despite having spent much longer in politics. 

I’ve got to say that despite thinking about who could take over Jeopardy I hadn’t thought of Ken until the GOAT tournament.  But he’d be perfect

Didn’t he name a couple of people who he thought would be good successors a few months ago?  I remember being surprised because one of them was a woman and Alex has always struck me as a little sexist.

The big problem with Bernie is that he’s “My way or the highway”.  That’s why he’s refused to be a Democrat (except to run for President), and why he was reluctant to endorse Clinton, and why so few people in politics support him.  It’s also, IMO, one of the big reasons he lost in 2016.  One of his huge problems back…

The lack of self awareness here is incredible. 

I don’t think she’s bitter about how he conducted his campaign in terms of attacks on her or something.  I think it’s more about how he acted towards the end.  As others have pointed out, Clinton endorsed Obama almost immediately once he won.  Sanders waited five weeks to endorse Clinton.  It was a huge news story and…

He hasn’t said it publicly because it would be toxic. People have also tried to argue that he didn’t say it because he reportedly tried to get her to run in 2016 before he decided to join the race himself.

I think he remembers it.  He just doesn’t want to say it.  People want to credit Sanders as this pure creature who is all about fighting the good fight and “revolution”.  Admitting that he tried to discourage Warren from entering the race in order to clear his own path because he has ambitions to be president would…

Being an independent is one thing. You’re right that Sanders has reliably voted with the Democrats. But the fact that he can’t even bring himself to be part of the party nominally says something about his willingness to work with others, or rather his unwillingness, which is precisely Clinton’s critique. Sanders could…