2016 Postmortem

bigtree

(85,996 posts) Thu Mar 31, 2016, 08:46 AM Mar 2016

This is what we get with candidates who keep our party at arms-length

Joy Reid ‏@JoyAnnReid 10h10 hours ago
Sanders to #maddow on whether he will eventually start fundraising for the Democratic Party and down ticket candidates: "we'll see."

Joy Reid ‏@JoyAnnReid 10h10 hours ago
The Sanders answer on Dem party fundraising is interesting given that his campaign is pitching superdelegates, who are downticket Dems.

Joy Reid ‏@JoyAnnReid 10h10 hours ago
The irony is that Sanders' "political revolution" is at least in part based on retaking congress, meaning electing downticket Dems

Allan Brauer ‏@allanbrauer 8h8 hours ago
It seems the only person who's supposed to benefit from Sanders' people powered revolution is... Sanders.

iMoore ‏@imoore8904 8h8 hours ago
@allanbrauer @shawn_nee @BernieSanders Let me help w/translation: "Screw the party & the revolution, this is all about me."

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This is what we get with candidates who keep our party at arms-length (Original Post) bigtree Mar 2016 OP

Troll-beta-tron 2000 HumanityExperiment Mar 2016 #1

I just read that Bernie outspent Hillary in WI 6-1 auntpurl Mar 2016 #2

and that 50-state strategy he talked about in the Maddow interview bigtree Mar 2016 #3

It's always only been about him. He could care less about down ticket candidates. livetohike Mar 2016 #4

What? No Bernie supporters on this thread? brush Mar 2016 #5

Unicorn J. Sparklepony is a narcissistic selfish guy cosmicone Mar 2016 #6

Sanders camp aims to top $43.5 million in fundraising for March bigtree Mar 2016 #7

HumanityExperiment

(1,442 posts)

1. Troll-beta-tron 2000

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 08:48 AM

Mar 2016

more trolling from the usual suspects...

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)

2. I just read that Bernie outspent Hillary in WI 6-1

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 08:49 AM

Mar 2016

So I guess we know where the money is going, since it's not going to help elect any Congress members so that Bernie might have a hope in heck of implementing ANY of his platform. Seems like shooting himself in the foot...unless he doesn't care that much about implementing his platform? I thought the revolution was going to include taking back Congress? It's very confusing...

bigtree

(85,996 posts)

3. and that 50-state strategy he talked about in the Maddow interview

Reply to auntpurl (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 08:53 AM

Mar 2016

...all lip service, given that he repeatedly dismissed the votes in the South as 'conservative,' and less important than the states which ostensibly would support him.