Politico story: inside the Sanders campaign

[annavictorious]

and the finger pointing and recriminations begin.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/bernie-sanders-campaign-last-days-224041

[Bonobo]

1. Why don't you just cut it out? nt

[Peregrine Took]

30. Bonobo, they can't help themselves - its a sickness like diarrhea or bed sores. n/t

[boston bean]

2. That was a really ugly inside look... wow!

[beachbum bob]

3. sanders is proving his metal of ego-centric

[YouDig]

4. Wow.

[sufrommich]

5. Sanders,like Trump,does not have the temperament to be POTUS.nt

[Tommy_Carcetti]

31. Neither Sanders nor Hillary are anything like Donald Trump.

Both of them have held elected office and have served in and around government for years, and recognized the basic constraints of the Constitution and the separation of powers.

Donald Trump has none of those attributes.

[frazzled]

6. This comports entirely with my sense of

the character of the candidate: angry, autocratic, and ... quite frankly ... somewhat irrational. I'm so grateful this is over. Though I fear for the Convention.

[Cosmocat]

7. 99% of political campaigns end

up losing, and it never is warm and fuzzy.

Nothing in this about Bernie himself is damning in any way.

ANYONE who has risen to the level he has risen has a pretty darn big ego.

And, nothing he he has said or done has been even remotely across the line for a political campaign, this shit isn't high tea. Its rough and tumble.

I voted Bernie, but have known all along Hillary was going to win.

IMO,they both were very strong and good candidates who ran good campaigns.

He just ran up against someone who was a nice foil, but at the same time simply had too much name and support.

[Gothmog]

8. Great Article and it is clear that Sanders is a bitter man

[azurnoir]

9. wondering how many times this will get posted

[hellofromreddit]

16. 10 so far

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=site%3Ademocraticunderground.com%20link%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fstory%2F2016%2F06%2Fbernie-sanders-campaign-last-days-224041

[geek tragedy]

10. his own staff stabbed him in the back with that interview. inexcusable.

even if--and I'm not saying this is the case--he's the most miserable prick in the universe, you don't go running to the press to shank him like that

[snooper2]

12. You have a point, but he has shown it in public too

Reading that I was instantly reminded of this little episode-

[geek tragedy]

13. there's no doubt that he can be one of those, how should we say it, obdurate personae

at the same time, you get the sense things were being exaggerated by people who had very ulterior motives

that said, we dodged a bullet

[Blue_Adept]

20. Except that this happens with nearly every losing campaign

regardless of political orientation. It's the autopsy of where it went wrong - and instrumental for other pols (or strategists) to watch and keep an eye on with what they do.

Doubly important in this season because it can help readjust other campaigns downticket going forward into the general.

[geek tragedy]

25. campaign staffers often turn on each other (e.g. Hillary 2008) but turning

on the candidate is a different

[Blue_Adept]

28. Which is crucial to find out - because it says how the campaign was run

A lot of presupposition around these parts was that it was Weaver in the forefront and Devine in the background running things - at least until Devine disappeared mostly back to Rhode Island. This is now saying that Sanders was even more involved in the nuts and bolts of the decisions and that puts more of the onus on him for the end result.

[geek tragedy]

29. or, that's how someone in the campaign is trying to spin it nt

[cynatnite]

11. This kind of stuff seems the norm for big campaigns...

I think it should be taken with a grain of salt and the hurt feelings that someone obviously has.

[geek tragedy]

14. seems a lot like ... Hillary 2008.

that campaign was not known for getting along, though at least they turned on each other instead of Hillary

[Samantha]

15. Yet millions of people love the man and will continue to participate in his future endeavors

He will be leaving a YUUGE legacy for people wanting to work for the planks in the Sanders' platform. Some have already started.

Sam

[Waiting For Everyman]

17. This is six times I've seen this posted in this forum.

I've just been Trashing or ignoring them, but really...

What do you care? It's a load of nonsense anyway.

[Blue_Adept]

21. It was posted at 6am this morning. Someone bumped it.

[Waiting For Everyman]

24. No, different OPs for the same article.

Beginning last night.

[democrattotheend]

18. This article has been posted at least 3 times here

Do we really need a fourth?

[Blue_Adept]

22. It was posted at 6am this morning. Someone bumped it.

Talk to the other threads, more than likely. This one was one of the earliest iterations of it.

[democrattotheend]

23. It was posted at least twice before I went to bed last night

[Blue_Tires]

19. k+r

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Final answer: Dude is a madman... All this time I thought it was the emoprogs who hijacked his campaign and took it to places he didn't necessarily want it to go.

But I didn't know until this day that it was Bernie all along....

[hrmjustin]

26. I wish his aides didn't give this interview.

It only makes it harder on him.

[CrowCityDem]

27. It shows the real Bernie, and it's not pretty. Funny how he was able to mask this.