Sanders is Rocking The Dem Base heading in to the WA State Caucus!!!!

[JimDandy]

When 2/3 of the attendees in a packed room at our caucus orientation training raised their hands for Sanders in a straw poll, I knew for sure the East side of the state was going to go strong for him on the 26th. And those attendees were Dems-not Independents-not Repubs-DEMS!

We're headed for a potential Sanders home run streak of states. Keep phonebanking in to our state y'all and we'll bring it on home for all of us!

[peacebird]

1. Awesome! My mother in law is in Wash state and she has been phone banking & working for Bernie

[JimDandy]

2. Thanks to your Mom-I-L. That's what will do it peacebird.

300 volunteers for Bernie showed up last week in a packed venue with 3-rows deep of standing room only. The enthusiasm is palpable!

[StandingInLeftField]

3. A really great testament to the fine DEMS of WA!

Is WA a closed primary or will indies and crossovers be allowed to vote?

[JimDandy]

8. Open primary, same-day registration and surrogate ballots

for people who are working, sick, disabled or have religious observences that day or have military service. Come one, come all!

[LisaM]

33. Actually, not primary, caucus

And it's not open. You need to aver you are a Democrat.

[ReallyIAmAnOptimist]

37. It is OPEN to any registered voter, the only restriction...

...in WA is that you can't vote in the GOP primary (in May) if you participated in the Dem caucus. "Closed" caucuses/primaries only allow participation of registered Dems/Repubs. We do have a loyalty declaration on the form, but that is basically fluff.

[LisaM]

41. It's a signed declaration.

I wouldn't call it fluff.

[roguevalley]

20. well done. I was just told that my state doesn't matter.

I AM FUCKING PISSED! Nothing like being told about your state from someone who has never been here. Apparently we aren't diverse enough to suit their tastes. GO, WASHINGTON! GO, ALASKA!

I may have to take a walk to cool off.

[StandingInLeftField]

23. Walking is good for the soul!

Just ask Thoreau and Gump.

[FrostyAusty]

4. excellent!

Can't wait for next Saturday!!
Will be caucusing for Bernie in the Emerald City!
Keep up the good work on the east side of the state!

[JimDandy]

15. You got it FrostyAusty! n/t

[floriduck]

5. Same thing happened in my precinct training meeting.

Solid Bernie support.

[JimDandy]

16. Are you a west-sider? Excellent to hear, if so.

We're a bit insular over here.

[floriduck]

29. Yep, Vancouver.

[jalan48]

6. Bernie's alive and kicking as are his ideas.The establishment doesn't like it.

[JimDandy]

11. It's going to be harder to ignore Sanders when he starts massively eroding Clinton's delegate lead

shortly. The media will keep trying to shut him and us out, until they simply can't. Corporatism and Oligarchy is what we're up against.

[jalan48]

19. Yep. Either we are the future or Trump and his Fascists are.

Some folks are just are not aware yet.

[JimDandy]

9. Are you lost? Your post is non-responsive to this thread. n/t

[stevenleser]

10. Jury Results for that post

I alerted on the results so that admins can see that someone did not vote to hide something that should have been an obvious slam dunk:

On Fri Mar 18, 2016, 01:50 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

Stop backing Shillary!!!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1082&pid=5066

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

'Shillary"? A criminal? For pity's sake!

JURY RESULTS

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Fri Mar 18, 2016, 02:02 PM, and the Jury voted 6-1 to HIDE IT.

Juror #1 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: She's under investigation from the FBI. Nothing has been proven yet. Until that happens, calling her a criminal is unwarranted.
Juror #3 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: This post is over the top - for clarity, though I support Clinton, I would vote the same way if this was said of Sanders. You just don't post this kind of stuff aout our candidates. This vindictiveness on both sides has to stop.
Juror #4 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: That was the easiest decision to make.
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: While calling Clinton Shillary and a criminal isn't very cool, it's not unheard of on DU and certainly is on par with some of the vitriol I read directed towards Sanders. I'd be more swayed to hide it as an off-topic response for the post, but that's being policed by a member in the thread.
Juror #6 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #7 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given

Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.

[Blue State Bandit]

31. So you only alerted to prove a point? Hoping to catch someone...

who doesn't agree with you? Nice job handing over your integrity. Admitting that your actual intention of the alert was "so that admins can see that someone did not vote to hide something" is flagrant alert abuse. I wonder how many more times you have alerted people and for what cause?

Admins should take note of this action. I'm considering alerting this myself, but would like input from others first.

[stevenleser]

52. Nope, I was not the original alerter, I alerted on the results because I think

By any reasonable DU standards, it should have been an easy vote to hide and anyone not voting to hide should be considered as unable or unwilling to uphold DU standards.

If you object to me alerting on the alert on those grounds, take it up with Skinner or EarlG.

[LiberalLovinLug]

12. Stop it

You are highjacking this thread with inflammatory BS rhetoric. It does Bernie supporters no good. And it does the Democratic Party no good.

[Tragl1]

13. We need you Bernieonkonobi!

Keep it up Washington!

[JimDandy]

14. Ha! We will! 8 days to go for Change We Can Believe In. n/t

[JimDandy]

17. Got to pound the pavement for Senator Sanders. Hope someone can take over...

[FreshStart1]

18. I agree

Yay!

[FourScore]

21. Thank you, Washington!!!

[zentrum]

22. +1!!

[Uncle Joe]

24. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, JimDandy.

[dr60omg]

25. I hope so

Let's male the west go to Sanders

[JDPriestly]

36. We will. Raring to go in California.

I'm about ready to start registering voters. We have lots of new young people in our community. As an oldtimer, I'm excited about getting them registered.

[Duval]

26. K&R!

Great news!!

[calguy]

27. Bernie should win most of the western states coming up

unfortunately for him Hillary should score a blow out victory in AZ and really not lose much ground, if any, in the delegate count.

Playing catch-up is a bitch.

[Aquavit]

34. I don't know about AZ...

Not sure that's necessarily a given for Hillary at this point. I saw somewhere on the interwebs today that Secretary Clinton's campaign is even thinking they may lose AZ, but I can't find the source for that info right at the moment.

[FreedomRain]

35. Arizona will probably be close

based on the local reports, but based on gut feeling I think 60-40 Sanders is quite possible.

[Aquavit]

38. I think we can all be thrilled with 60-40...

But will anyone in the corporate media say one word about a 20 point win and/or running the table this week?

[CarrieLynne]

28. we need easier access to information

I had no idea about how to do this...where to go....I have been googling, asking, downloading apps....only just now did I discover:
http://www.wa-democrats.org/page/2016-democratic-caucuses

so I have pre-registered and I will caucus on 3/26 for sanders


but sheesh - we need to help people figure this out....its not immediately obvious or easily available unless you know where to go to look....

[pnwmom]

30. All 8 states between now and NY can choose every single delegate for Bernie

and Hillary would still be ahead by 40 delegates.

But that ain't gonna happen. Obama beat Hillary by a total of 60 delegates in these upcoming northern and western states, and Bernie will be lucky if he matches Obama's numbers -- which would reduce her lead from 320 delegates to 260.

[Dont call me Shirley]

32. KnR

[slipslidingaway]

39. Call Voters For Bernie link and two events in Washington on Sunday ...

https://go.berniesanders.com/page/content/phonebank


Map of events
http://map.berniesanders.com/

[neverforget]

40. A couple weeks ago, I saw a #Feel the Bern banner along SR 14

Hope to see it come true!

[DebbieCDC]

42. As I was driving home tonight on I-5

There were Bernie supporters on a freeway overpass with their signs and flags. ALL the cars around me started honking their horns and waving

[eridani]

48. Was doing that myself until a week ago. Now focusing on caucus turnout n/t

[NYC Liberal]

43. You'll need it, given that Sanders needs to win by landslides in every single state

left to even have a prayer at coming close to the nomination. Which won't happen.

Sanders is done. Hillary Clinton's lead is 3x Obama's largest in 2008. His campaign is on life support, but hey, until he quits then keep at it.

[Scootaloo]

46. We're going to try, NYC Liberal

And even if we fail, we're carving out that "place at the table." Contrary to the wishes of some, we're not going to be relegated to being wait staff at the convention. if absolutely nothing else we are showing ourselves - and everyone else, that the left of the party ARE out there, and now we know about each other. it doesn't end with Sanders, no matter the outcome.

Thank you for your applause

[eridani]

47. Will neve quit until the convention. This isn't just about who is president, but--

--changing the direction of the Democratic Party.

[mntleo2]

50. Eridani Hon, this is from Cat in Seattle

Hey Hon I hope we can meet up sometimes. I have been following you for a long time and really love what you post. I notice you post a great deal of poverty stuff and I am a long time activist for low income people here. I am a member of the Lake City Homeless Coalition working on affordable housing issues as well as the board member of P.O.W.E.R., (http:www.mamapower.org) which works on our (very tattered) safety net as well as on the council of Lake City Christian Disciples of Christ church and we work with the North Help Line on hunger and services for low income families, vets, homeless adults,and individuals. I also support multi-faith issues, but that is another story to tell later if you want to know, lol. PM me if you want to know more and/or meet me sometime.

Sincerely, your sister in fighting the power,
Cat Sullivan

[eridani]

51. I'm in South King County, and have been really busy with caucus organizing

North Highline is low income as well. The SAFE people are pretty good to work with--unfortunately they meet on Tuesdays which conflicts with other meetings I have. This gentrification crap needs serious remediation.

[Simongren]

44. The only two political signs close to where I live

are a large Bernie Sanders banner and a small trump banner next door to it.

[Scootaloo]

45. K&R from Vashon Island

[mntleo2]

49. I will be there!

I have RSVP'd and am bringing 2 more people. Hope to see and meet some DUers, tho I am not sure how to tell any of you or you to tell me as a DU member, lol. See you there!

Love, Cat in Seattle