Robert Reich "Regardless of how well Bernie does, Media says Hillary Democratic Candidate

[UglyGreed]

Robert Reich "Regardless of how well Bernie does today, the media will say Hillary is now the Democratic candidate. Baloney."

Regardless of how well Bernie does today, the media will say Hillary is now the Democratic candidate. Baloney. The "momentum" theory of politics is based on momentum stories the media itself generates. Don’t succumb to the “momentum” game. Regardless of what happens today, this race is still very much alive, for at least 3 reasons:

1. In the next few months the primary map starts tilting in Bernie’s favor: In later March: Maine, Michigan, Florida, Ohio, Illinois, Arizona, Washington state, and Hawaii. In April: Wisconsin, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island. In May: Indiana and Oregon. In June, California, New Jersey, and New Mexico.

2, Small-donor contributions continue to flow in to Bernie's campaign. In February, the campaign raised a whopping $42 million. South Carolina’s loss didn’t stop the flow: The campaign received $6 million on Monday alone.

3. Bernie's campaign is a movement. Americans know we must get big money out of politics and take back our economy from an incipient oligarchy. That’s why Bernie will take this movement all the way to the Democratic convention in, July 25-28 in Philadelphia (you might make plans to be there, too).

What do you think?

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[Cali_Democrat]

1. Bernie's problem...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1393183

[Xipe Totec]

2. k&r

[MaggieD]

3. I think Robert Reich is an idiot

Thanks for asking.

[UglyGreed]

6. Well I'm

sure he is very upset to learn that you feel that way.

[lostnfound]

12. Say, who was that president that appointed Reich as Secretary of Labor?

Bill... The last name slips my mind.

[MaggieD]

13. Bet he will never get appointed to anything again

Your Mr. Reich is a giant hypocrite. He loved NAFTA and supported it fully. Now criticizes Clinton for it. And he gets paid $250k per year to teach one class at a public university, but doesn't understand why tuition costs are so high. On top of that he charges $100k for a one hour speech.

He's easily the biggest hypocrite to endorse anyone in this primary.

[lostnfound]

15. I once thought NAFTA was good but changed my mind

Would you rather he never learned from his mistakes?
He'd be less of a hypocrite if he drew a 250k salary from Wall Street, and that would be a good thing?

[lostnfound]

16. Dartmouth, Rhodes scholarship to study economics at Oxford,

Sounds like an idiot to me.

[Cobalt Violet]

4. spot on of course.

Go Bernie! He's been underestimated from the start.

[liberal_at_heart]

5. The tail wagging the dog. They are trying to convince people they might as well vote for

Hillary because there is no way Bernie can win. Traditional media is dying. The older folks that are already in Hillary's corner are really the only ones really paying attention to the traditional media.

[Adrahil]

7. Bob is a great guys, but....

... but as an economist, he needs to actually do the math. If he does, he will see that Bernie's path is very narrow indeed, and after March 15, it will be all but gone.

[appal_jack]

8. The path may open again after a Hillary-indictment.

If the FBI files charges regarding its investigation into classified information on Hillary's private e-mail server before the Democratic Convention, it will be really hard to argue that anyone other than Bernie deserves the nomination.

If the FBI sits on charges until after the Convention, and then files them, Democrats are pretty screwed. Is that a gamble that appeals to you?

Of course, if there is nothing to see there, then no charges will be filed. But what if something with the Clinton Foundation blows? Or evidence of a quid pro quo between foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation and Hillary's actions as Secretary of State emerges?

Frankly, I am baffled that anyone paying attention would be even slightly inclined to vote for Hillary. Regardless, the 'math' is still quite uncertain at this point.

-app

[MaggieD]

14. He's not an economist - he's a lawyer

And therein lies his math problem.

[ALBliberal]

9. I think it's great to feel that my primary vote will count in June.

Bernie's run has been great for the democratic process. Win or lose he ultimately has made this primary a race. Good for Clinton to earn it. Good for voters. Simply GREAT that he has shown us that a presidential campaign can be waged powered by people and modest donations.

[appal_jack]

10. Indeed. k&r, nt

[AzDar]

11. They are sowing the seeds of their destruction... Soon to be COMPLETELY irrelevant.

Buh-BYE, now!

[DrDan]

17. you're using Florida to suggest BS's campaign is begging to tilt his way?