Bernie and his army are losing 2018
Our Revolution did not have a good night https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/08/bernie-sanders-endorsements-2018-elections-767403
Two years after his defeat the 2016 presidential primary, the Vermont senator has amassed a growing string of losses in races in which he has intervened. Beginning last year, Sanders-backed candidates faltered in an Omaha mayoral race and a nationally watched House race in Montana.
Then came Rep. Tom Perriellos loss in Virginias gubernatorial primary, and in June, the drubbing in Iowa of Pete DAlessandro, a top adviser to Sanders during his 2016 Iowa caucus campaign. Cathy Glasson, endorsed by Sanders successor group, Our Revolution, fell short in Iowas gubernatorial primary, as did Peter Jacob and Jim Keady in two New Jersey House races. Dennis Kucinich lost in Ohio.
Tuesday night brought Sanders and his army their latest blow, with a pair of high-profile losses in Michigan and Kansas.
lapucelle
(18,338 posts)without the publicity tour. I wonder how the money BS was raising for his candidates via email was allocated by Act Blue.
Gothmog
(145,567 posts)This is interesting
Echoing Sanders rhetoric from the 2016 presidential campaign, he told supporters in his suburban Kansas City district, We are going to prove that we can and we will succeed [in] sending a congressman to Washington who is not corrupted and who will stand up to Wall Street and the giant corporations and the billionaires that are buying our politicians.
But hours later, the race was called for Welders opponent Sharice Davids, an attorney who will take on Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-Kan.) in November.
Sanders did even worse in Michigan, where he and Ocasio-Cortez campaigned aggressively for Abdul El-Sayed, who was trampled by more than 20 percentage points in the Democratic primary for governor. El-Sayed, a 33-year-old physician who was seeking to become the first Muslim governor in the nation, with Sanders rallying supporters in Detroit over the weekend.
El-Sayed lost to former state Sen. Gretchen Whitmer, the favorite of the Democratic establishment.
lapucelle
(18,338 posts)murielm99
(30,765 posts)There is nothing new about that.
I think most Democrats are tired of Bernie. And AOC needs to take care that she is not a one-hit wonder. She will have to get along with her fellow Democrats in Congress, and get re-elected in two years. Her constituents could get very tired of the gallivanting and dividing.
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)Bernie" type voters. They voted for Bernie in the primary but, they've grown tired and weary of Bernie, surprising the heck out of me.
Gothmog
(145,567 posts)My three children were all Clinton supporters.
Me.
(35,454 posts)to rebuild the Dem Party?
Ccarmona
(1,180 posts)I hope you partisans are taking great joy in the loss. It does nothing but accelerate the division of our Party.
Fullduplexxx
(7,870 posts)The "division in our party"
Gothmog
(145,567 posts)I am very glad that Sharice Davids won her race. She is an amazing candidate
Link to tweet
Gretchen Whitmer is another great democratic candidate
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I strongly prefer both of these candidates our the Our Revolution candidates supported by sanders
George II
(67,782 posts)...progressive and Democratic enough to win their primaries.
riversedge
(70,306 posts)Kathleen Sebelius
@Sebelius
Please join me in supporting @sharicedavids.Shes smart, policy oriented, and pragmatic.She gets what working people are going through bc shes lived it.DC desperately needs representatives who will get things done for KS families.Rep.@kevinyoder is more about his donors than us.
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OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)BTW, a Democrat won each and every one of these primaries.
Gothmog
(145,567 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)....(not necessarily Democrats) might look in another direction for winning candidates. As seen by last night's results, many have already done so. Now is the time to rally behind the Democratic flag and take on the republicans.
Gothmog
(145,567 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)instead of so-called "establishment" Dems...
And without the hyper-polarizing, everybody-got-an-opinion-about Hillary Clinton on the public stage to contrast himself with, Bernie has looked positively ordinary... Bernie's got two years to make hay because his legion of 20-something fanatics are about to drop him like a hot rock for the AOC bandwagon full-time
msongs
(67,443 posts)Gothmog
(145,567 posts)And in Kansass 3rd Congressional District, Brent Welder, a Sanders-backed labor lawyer who was viewed as the most liberal candidate in the race, was bested by attorney Sharice Davids, whose win Tuesday night makes her the states first gay and Native American congressional nominee.
This is a fantastic night for centrist Democrats, said Jim Kessler, senior vice president for policy at the center-left Third Way think tank. We nominated the right candidates who can win House seats and governors mansions for the Democratic Party. Theres a quiet enthusiasm in the middle. Theres a quiet voice that people are not hearing in the media, but its loud at the ballot box.
George II
(67,782 posts)Gothmog
(145,567 posts)Rebl2
(13,559 posts)think he s trying to help Republicans.
Gothmog
(145,567 posts)A great deal of their efforts do help the GOP
Gothmog
(145,567 posts)This article in Politico Magazine really made me smile https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/08/08/democratic-socialism-sanders-ocasio-cortez-2018-primary-results-219161
In fact, Clintons endorsement appeared to carry the most weight in Michigan. Her late robocall in support of Haley Stevens helped take Stevens from second place in polls to an election night victory in the suburban 11th District, a top Democratic target, while Fayrouz Saad, backed by Ocasio-Cortez, placed fourth. In two other House primaries in Michigan, candidates backed by the partys official campaign arm, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, coasted against supporters of Sanders signature Medicare for All proposal.
El-Sayeds defeat may have been the most noticeable loss for Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders, but the defeat of Brent Welder in Kansas is far more politically significant. Welder, a former Sanders 2016 campaign staffer, hoped to carry the Democratic banner in Kansas 3rd Congressional District. The largely urban district is a top party priority, one of a handful of Republican-held seats that Clinton won in 2016.
The Berniecrat left desperately wants to convince naysaying political veterans (and annoying political pundits) that a democratic socialist platform holds the ticket to victory in heartland districts like this oneso much so that Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez gave a full-throated endorsement to Welder over another compelling and fairly liberal candidate in Sharice Davids.
The endorsement of Hillary Clinton carried a great deal more weight compared to the support of the Our Revolution group.
brer cat
(24,611 posts)Thanks for posting. We certainly had a great night!
Sorry, but extremism on both sides sucks. There is nothing wrong with moderate democrats. I am a liberal (in theory), but have ZERO problem voting for the best democrat for my country. I refuse to vote any right wing zealot or any politician who tend to make extreme notions.
Gothmog
(145,567 posts)I have nothing against Bernie, we voted for him in the primary in Michigan last election.
Having said that, we, and all our friends, are Gretchen Whitmer supporters. I don't like it when people from outside the state -WAY outside (VT and NY) come in and try to influence an election. They don't live in Michigan, they don't know the people here, if El-Sayed had won the nomination, I honestly think we could have just handed the election to Schuette then and there. I kind of like El-Sayed (maybe Lt. Gov?) but I wanted someone with that little thing called EXPERIENCE. What works in Queens or Brooklyn or wherever Cortez is from may not work in Michigan.
Gothmog
(145,567 posts)I have been impressed with Gretchen Whitmer and will be donating to her
oberliner
(58,724 posts)And her last name is Ocasio-Cortez.
RandySF
(59,238 posts)If I ran Our Revolution, I would focus like a laser people for city, state and county elections. Those who win will develop experience, legislative skills and get their names out there for future Congressional runs.
Uncle Joe
(58,424 posts)RandySF
(59,238 posts)Welder, Bush, El-Sayed and Kucinich had greater support out their states and districts than inside.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Gothmog
(145,567 posts)This is a good article https://www.usnews.com/news/the-run/articles/2018-08-08/the-far-left-is-losing
In two of the marquee contests, it was women who trumped those claiming the liberal banner.
In Kansas' 3rd Congressional District, Sharice Davids, a lesbian Native American, defeated Brent Welder, who had the backing of Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee....
Mike Trujillo, a Democratic consultant who worked on the Kansas congressional race for a third candidate, says Sanders has overestimated the breadth of his 2016 coalition.
"His coalition did include folks attracted to his policy stances, yes, but it was also a majority of 'Never Hillary' Democrats," says Trujillo. "Until Team Bernie understands his coalition is a fraction of a fraction of the Democratic Party which is fueled by women and people of color then these losses will continue to stack up."