Whom Sanders and Clinton want to represent.

[Eric J in MN]

There was a forum tonight hosted by Rachel Maddow.

Bernie Sanders implied that as president he'd represent ordinary people, not billionaires.

Hillary Clinton said she'd represent, "the struggling, the striving, and the successful."

I'm for Sanders because I generally don't think the successful should get presidential help with their agenda. I want a president who will usually push back when Congress is considering a bill which helps the successful.

[Hiraeth]

1. Even the successful are affected by Global Climate Change. By putting that in the forefront, Sanders

is representing everyone whether he realizes it or not.

[Blus4u]

6. Simple, honest, and unarguably true post

The successful can only postpone the pain longer.

Peace

[Thinkingabout]

2. Everyone deserves to be represented, we should consider ourselves all equal.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

11. we should but be

it isn't so.

[99th_Monkey]

3. I noticed too how she slipped that in, but I almost missed it. was interesting. -nt-

[beam me up scottie]

4. The successful?

Small dig at the evil socialist who wants to take their yachts?

[Eric J in MN]

5. Or an invitation to the rich to donate to her campaign. NT

NT

[beam me up scottie]

7. Probably both. :)

[Doctor_J]

10. most definitely. She is using Fox code to insult liberals.

Her donor list should make it crystal clear who she will represent.

[leftofcool]

8. I hope my next President will represent all people, not just the ordinary ones.

I am successful and I hope Hillary will represent me too.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

12. Very nice but

depends what you call successful. Do you mean wealthy?

[beam me up scottie]

15. Must be a billionaire if they think Bernie won't represent them.

[okasha]

16. Why do you assume "succesful" means "wealthy? "

I'm a successful artist. One member of my professional group calls us "working and working class artists."

I'd say that's an accurate description.

[Eric J in MN]

14. Do you think that a President Sanders

...would do something which would negatively affect you?

[Scootaloo]

18. Seems the wealthy and entitled are well-represented as-is

it's hte rest of us that don't seem to have anyone at our bcks in Washington.

[Doctor_J]

9. yeah that sounded like the republicans "what do you have against successful people"?

She is campaigning as a moderate republican.

[bobbobbins01]

13. That question was extremely revealing...She was asked what she would do for African Americans....

And she ended talking about white middle-aged people...

[dreamnightwind]

17. A good example of what my problem is with the debates and even this forum

I believe this is an area of real, profound difference between Bernie and Hillary. This question got to a little of it, but only when finely parsing Hillary's answer, as the OP did. It probably went unnoticed to most people, or they heard Hillary's phrasing and thought "that seems reasonable".

It isn't reasonable. The people funding Hillary's campaign, the Democratic Party establishment, and Hillary herself, are on the wrong side of this, and many other issues. The MSM does nothing to expose this, via their regular coverage (to the contrary) or even in this forum by Maddow, which was admittedly better than most MSM coverage.

We simply have no depth of coverage in the elections, and what depth there is is either produced by researchers/reporters cashing corporate paychecks and broadcasting their message to millions, or it is produced by marginalized internet sources whose message gets only to the already converted.

All of this results in a generally uniformed electorate, ripe for supporting brand a over brand b.

[Mike__M]

19. I thought the thing with democratic socialism

is equal benefits paid for by progressive taxation. Like Bernie's tuition plan.

[Samantha]

20. Translation: I don't want to be President of the red states or the blue states

I want to be President of the United States.

Read: Third-Way.

Sam

[tokenlib]

21. EXACTLY..and is she going to accuse Bernie of class warfare next??

Definitely "third way." The "successful" are a bit over represented these days.