Hillary's most influential supporters hate Bernie Sanders

[cali]

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Some Hillary Clinton backers say Sanders is so unpalatable they would look for another option in the unlikely event that he emerged as the Democratic nominee – including former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. | AP <snip


Now, as she makes her final argument, Clinton faces a dilemma. She is appealing to an electorate that’s clearly energized by Sanders’ populist rhetoric. But he’s not just any populist. He’s a self-proclaimed Democratic socialist calling for a political revolution to overthrow the “billion-aihs,” as Sanders refers to them in his thick Brooklyn accent. That puts him in direct conflict with the big money donors funding her campaign -- the very targets of Sanders’ wrath – and they’re beginning to voice their frustration over the emergence of a viable challenger spouting such “radical” ideas.

“Bernie Sanders is a fringe candidate,” said Eleni Kounalakis, a major Clinton donor who served as ambassador to Hungary during Clinton’s time as Secretary of State. “Not just because he is advocating for policies that are pie in the sky and impractical, but also because he has no proven ability to advance these fringe strategies. He’s been in Congress for decades and hasn’t been able to advance any of his fairly radical ideas.”

Kounalakis, who hosted Clinton at her San Francisco home for a $2,700-a-head fundraiser last November, said that “Sanders could very well come out of Iowa and New Hampshire looking like a viable candidate. But in terms of leading the country? He’s simply too radical and his ideas are just fiction.”

Some Clinton backers say Sanders is so unpalatable they would look for another option in the unlikely event that he emerged as the Democratic nominee – including former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

“[Michael] Bloomberg was a transformational mayor,” Doug Band, Teneo president and longtime top adviser to Bill Clinton told POLITICO. “I have incredible respect for him as a leader, visionary and philanthropist.” Band said a scenario in which Sanders and Bloomberg, running as an independent, are up against a Republican like Ted Cruz or Donald Trump “isn’t going to happen. But hypothetically speaking, if it did, it’s not even close -- I would choose Bloomberg, as would so many others.”


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/hillary-clinton-43-percent-problem-218405#ixzz3yej81lFj

[DanTex]

1. The actual title isn't good enough, huh? And the word "hate" appears nowhere in the article.

What's going on there?

[cali]

4. That is what caught my eye, and I think the vehemence is startling

[DanTex]

8. Tell me you realize that the anti-Hillary vehemence from Bernie supporters (e.g. you) is ten times

as vehement. You think Bernie's buddies sit around and sing Clinton's praises?

[cali]

16. These Clinton supporters have an enormous amount of influence

not just on Hillary, but on the Democratic Party and our government

[DanTex]

18. Never heard of any of these people. And I'm not seeing the "hatred" that you see.

Even the last guy, who said he would go for Bloomberg instead. OK, so he's a centrist. Yeah, such people exist.

For the most part, it sounds like they don't think Bernie can win, and they're right.

Honestly, you don't think that Bernie's insiders say and think nasty things about Hillary all the time? You think the people who consider her a shill DINO corporatist whatever are just on the internet, but his insiders are totally different than that?

[Hortensis]

17. "If a man crying in the wilderness falls in the forest,

does he make a sound?" Not in Extremistland. I understand the impulse to cry out now and then anyway, though.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. I guess proles like us need to have our leaders chosen by the oligarchy

lest we become deluded into thinking we can achieve a tiny slice of their big fat pie.

[dreamnightwind]

13. +1, sums up a lot of this madness

[roguevalley]

25. the first half a dozen posts arguing over the title

while the text talks about dumping their girl. Amazing.

[lumberjack_jeff]

3. PUMAs will be PUMAs nt

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. "Fringe" = Reds, Hippies, Troublemakers.

We hear the same "too liberal" crap every election.

[AgingAmerican]

6. He threatens the corporate goose that lays the golden eggs

It is all about selfishness.

[tokenlib]

7. In the end, it really is Bernie and his supporters taking on the Billionaire class isn't it??

Of those to whom much is given, much more is required...and some of them don't like that prospect one bit.

[cali]

9. That reminds me of my Dad

He used to say that.

[ChiciB1]

20. Many pf Them WON'T Give! GREED Has Become A Super

Aphrodisiac. Love of money for "me, myself & I" will replace the need for many other human pleasures. However, it can also BUY whatever their "little" hearts desire!

[ChisolmTrailDem]

26. Yes, it is just us taking on the billionaires. We want everyone to be prosperous, as our founding..

...documents promise. Some would have the billionaires keeping all their money in the Caymans and letting every downtrodden soul in this country continue to suffer and leave every dream unfulfilled.

[historylovr]

10. Got that, peons? Healthcare is impractical.

Now just drop dead and decrease the surplus population.

[Armstead]

11. Gosh the 1 Percent don't like Bernie? Shocking

[ViseGrip]

12. Adds to her negaitve persona....

[Lochloosa]

14. And this is an argument against Bernie how?

[Vincardog]

15. What? Please tell me it isn't true! Rich self entitled A holes would vote for one of their own

Before voting for Bernie? OH The HORROR the SHOCK

NOT

[Sheepshank]

19. I don't know if I'd call myself influential..but I'm pretty sure I'm close to "hating" him too

didn't used to be that way.

[Ferd Berfel]

21. Of course they do - Bernie Scares the Hell out of them

Wall Street doesn't like Bernie - They love Hillary. Which Side Are YOU ON?

[restorefreedom]

22. screw bloomberg and his so called dem puma minions

good luck winning a billionaire campaign in this environment,

i look forward to bloombergs ass handed to him by bernie

[Jefferson23]

23. Of course, Sanders is planning to give the people the leverage they lost, and some

Democrats are not on board for that kind of power shift.....they're ideologically opposed.

Not all of them, but enough. Should Bernie win, only then will we
learn who has the best interests of the country when who
supports him or not. We have a pretty good idea now who
will oppose his policies, but it will be more clear later, is what
I mean.

[Dems to Win]

24. Doug Band, B Clinton right hand man and employer of Huma Abedin

will vote for Bloomberg over Sanders.

The Clintons and their staffers are not on the side of the 99%. We can't afford a Clinton nomination.

[Kip Humphrey]

27. The 1% hating Bernie

is music to my ears!


WIN, Bernie, WIN!

[randome]

28. It's pretty understandable that some higher-ups in the Democratic party would resent Sanders.

Clinton has spent years making connections with them and uniting them on her side, whereas Sanders -an Independent- jumped in at the last minute and thinks he can make it do what he wants.

He hasn't taken the time (that we know of, anyways) to get to know the people whose party he just crashed.
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