Everyone loves Bernie Sanders. Except, it seems

[KPN]

Good article. Not sure I can post this anyplace but here (hopefully it's okay to post it here).

"If you look at the numbers, Bernie Sanders is the most popular politician in America – and it’s not even close. …

A new Fox News poll out this week shows Sanders has a +28 net favorability rating among the US population, dwarfing all other elected politicians on both ends of the political spectrum. And he’s even more popular among the vaunted “independents”, where he is at a mind boggling +41.
…
Sanders loyalists are quietly attempting to take over many local Democratic party positions around the country. While Ellison lost the race for the DNC chair, it was incredibly close – closer than Sanders came to beating Clinton. And Sanders’ supporters are already organizing primary challenges to incumbent Democrats who aren’t sufficiently opposing Trump.

One thing’s for sure: Democrats who refuse to change do so at their peril."


[link:http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/17/everyone-loves-bernie-sanders-except-democratic-party|

[Autumn]

1. Thanks for posting this. I liked the link to the Huffiington Post in the article,I have never

seen that one. Very interesting.

[KPN]

2. The really remarkable thing is the Party's favorable/unfavorable ratings

overall are worse than the GOPs! That's mind-boggling! We had better wake up and pay attention to average Americans -- who, if we actually aggressively promoted what we have always said we stand for as a Party, would predominantly support us over Rs in a heartbeat.

[dae]

3. Thank you, great article on Bernie's growing popularity. No one

can question Sen. Sanders resolve or convictions.

[Arazi]

4. Amd he's capturing.the indies by huge margins. We ignore that at our peril eom

[yurbud]

5. the "centrist" can't say their methods are about winning anymore. It's about protecting

certain business interests from democracy.

[KPN]

7. It certainly sure seems that way doesn't it?

What we tend to ignore or at least fail to recognize is that enough voters felt that way and voted accordingly last November.

I really have to wonder about our party's ability to be honest with itself -- or as you so concisely put it, what our party's interests really are?

[riderinthestorm]

8. K&R! nt