What Bernie Sanders Means to Hillary Clinton

[DonViejo]

Rick Klein: “Bernie Sanders has almost no realistic chance of becoming the Democratic nominee for president. But that’s not the most effective way to think about his candidacy. His presence in the race ensures that Hillary Clinton will be pressed continually and consistently from the left — and now potentially from across the debate stage. Interest in Sanders will be driven by many of the same activists and other Democratic faithful who wanted so desperately to see Elizabeth Warren in the race. And Sanders’ timing could hardly be better: the left is growing anxious over President Obama’s agenda and nervous that Hillary Clinton might be tempted to provide minimal amounts of daylight between her policy positions and his.”

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[rhett o rick]

1. HRC is expected to raise $2 billion dollars and I doubt that she will

worry about moving left.

Sen Sanders is the Populist candidate and will need lots of personal donations from the 99% to try to counter the $2 billion Clinton is expecting.

[ucrdem]

2. That last sentence is what worries me:

"And Sanders’ timing could hardly be better: the left is growing anxious over President Obama’s agenda and nervous that Hillary Clinton might be tempted to provide minimal amounts of daylight between her policy positions and his.”

In other words, Sanders is the ODS alternative, whose appeal is basically to conservadems who were never comfortable with Obama and now that Clinton has finally come into alignment with him policy-wise don't like her much either. So here's what i foresee:

Best outcome - Bernie supports the ticket, gets veep pick, and pulls in a few disaffected independents in the general;

Worst outcome - Nov. 2000.

[el_bryanto]

3. You really would describe Bernie Sanders, a member of the socialist party,

as appealing to Conservodems? Are you worried you might be grasping at straws?

Bryant

[ucrdem]

4. Apparently he's a member of the Democratic party.

But anyway based on recent and past pronouncements, he's never struck me as particularly radical, and in the last six years I've heard him blow the dog whistle more than once.

[el_bryanto]

5. Give examples please

Of the dog whistle.

But if you aren't aware that he has been a socialist for years, than I fear you don't know very much about him at all.

Bryant

[ucrdem]

6. Dog whistle:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/05/bernie-sanders-michael-froman-tpp_n_6419874.html

[el_bryanto]

7. What?

"It is incomprehensible to me that the leaders of major corporate interests who stand to gain enormous financial benefits from this agreement are actively involved in the writing of the TPP while, at the same time, the elected officials of this country, representing the American people, have little or no knowledge as to what is in it," Sanders added.

That's really going to appeal to Conservodems?

Maybe I am missing what you mean by conservodem - i took it to me Conservative Democrats.

Bryant