Only one sitting politician dared run against Hillary

[cali]

You know that there are plenty who want to run, but democratic pols meekly agreed that it's Hillary's term. Now maybe all sitting dem politicians adore and esteem Hillary to the extent that they think she'd be a much better president than they would, or they were, for various reasons, too timid to challenge her.

Whatever the political calculations, Bernie had the guts to take her on.

[nc4bo]

1. Consequences of being on Hill and Bill's disfavored persons list must be legendary.

With repercussions that could last a political and financial lifetime.

Bernie's no coward and it's what I love about his candidacy! He is not one of "them", not beholdened to anyone but The People and definitely not the status quo.

[Dustlawyer]

10. They were also afraid of her money and Donors.

I am sure their donors told them not to run. Hillary will give them what they want so they didn't want her dinged or have to spend their money in the Primary. This is another way they get to pick who we vote for. It's insidious and plain wrong!

Kudos to Bernie for stepping up for us!

[Recursion]

2. Four; two have dropped out (nt)

[Ken Burch]

3. Webb and O'Malley aren't currently in office.

The OP was talking about politicians who are currently in an elected position.

[Recursion]

4. Ah, gotcha (nt)

[secondwind]

5. I don't think Bernie was even thinking of Hillary when he decided to run.. he was thinking of US

[cali]

6. Yep. He said he'd only run if no other progressive did

[Fast Walker 52]

7. I think so too

And maybe it was freaking HIS time to run. Why is it all about Hillary all the time?

[pangaia]

12. THAT is the truth!

[CharlotteVale]

8. ^^THIS^^

[George II]

9. Sounds like a concession speech.

[cali]

11. Lol. It sounds like an observation that reflects how subservient

Dems are to the Clinton machine.

[tokenlib]

18. Dream on!..It ain't Third Way or the highway just yet....

It may not be Hillary's turn after all...

[pangaia]

13. The truth of this only hit me a couple days ago.

All the rest of them were just plain chicken shit cowards.

Thanks for putting this up for all to see.

[Jarqui]

14. I'm a boomer. I was thinking about the stuff we fought for over the years

starting for me as a young student in the 60s.

I flashed back to protesting the Vietnam war, MLK and civil rights, supporting the Kennedys, streak protesting Nixon's "I have nothing to hide", gay rights, housing issues, etc, etc.

Bernie is supposedly an "independent" but to me, he really isn't. To me, he stands for so many of the things we stood for decades ago. To me, Bernie's more of a Democrat now than the Democrats who have moved to the center as the GOP has pulled harder to the right.

I was thinking for a moment of the tea party annoying whiners demanding "I want my country back" and yet in a way for me, that is what Bernie honestly represents. As young kids, we were right about Vietnam, MLK, the Kennedys, streaking Nixon, gay rights, etc. And we're still right on those issues today. We moved on with our lives: jobs, marriage, kids, etc with less time available for protests, etc while Bernie fought on. For that, I deeply respect and appreciate Bernie.

He's a special man.

[Jenny_92808]

15. I wish there was a like button for your post!

Well said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ferd Berfel]

16. ....and give US a rational, non-corporatist, choice

For this first time since Jimmy Carter

[tokenlib]

17. We were overdue for a real counteroffensive against the Third Way....thanks Bernie!

Finally a campaign to believe in....

[Sheepshank]

19. So how does this all play with Obamas 2nd term?

When the congressional and senatorial critters are all in DC, you don't think they can see and determine who they think is best dressed, mannered, knowledgable, experienced and garnering a wave of support from the population? It's called support.

Of course the Bernie crowd would rather interpret that as fear, because it's how they always spin the narrative to fit their paradigm.

As for Bernie being the only one...he wasn't and isn't a Dem anyway, so why wouldn't he want to run? he's not competing with Hillary as a true Democrat, he just wants the Dem voters. It's what he has been building up to the for the last 25 years.

[cali]

20. Lol. You actually believe there aren't dems who would have run if

Clinton hadn't?

[Sheepshank]

21. For the same reason we didn't see a real run against Obama 2nd term

It's an acknowledgement that they are supporting the candidate who has laid the groundwork and it ready to jump in as POTUS.

[lindysalsagal]

22. Because he believes in his agenda, win or lose.

And he is changing America for the better.

[artislife]

23. Meek is a great adjective for many Democrats as we have seen. nt