Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumCharles Pierce: We Haven't Scratched the Surface of What Bernie Is Capable Of
(I think cable news would be rendered a nightmare and/or a bloodbath. But I also think she's the only candidate alive who could survive those early losses. What she would have to do to survive themraise even more big money, get physical with the TV ads, move toward a more Bill-typelikely would alienate further the party's activist base.)
And, if you want some more evidence that shit's getting real on the Democratic side, consider that the Clinton campaign has unlimbered Chelsea Clinton to rip Sanders on health care, and consider that HRC herself has decided to appear on Squint and the Meat Puppet on Friday in what appears to be a desperate attempt to re-establish some Green Room cred. (S. & M.P. are "on the scene" in Iowa, probably because cattle mutilations have fallen off.) The simple fact is that, if HRC has lost her lead at the moment, she has lost it to a superior campaign.
And it's not as simple as the "populist anger" narrative would have you believe. Sanders has been running a 50-state campaign since before he formally declared his candidacy. He went to South Carolina. He went to Mississippi. He drew large and approving crowds in both places. He has stayed doggedly on message, directly refusing to help the elite political class in its pursuit of shiny objects. He repeatedly has emphasized that the pursuit of his policy goals, which all have to do with breaking the power of impending oligarchy and its threat to self-government, cannot be limited simply to electing him. And that's where the easy narrative falls apart.
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Meanwhile, Sanders punches up at the elites that, frankly, have more power in our politics than he does, or than you do, or than any politician does. He tells his audiences that he can't do it alone, that the money power has grown too great for any one person to combat. He needs them more than they need him. He is not Napoleon, he is a democratic politician. And that makes all the difference and that's why the "populist anger" narrative is a shuck. Anyone who says they could vote for either Bernie Sanders or He, Trump has been living for the last nine months with their head in a laundry bag.
... Bernie Sanders is where he is because the positions and the policies he has been championing all his career have come back somewhat into favor ever since some grifters broke the world economy and then made off with the rubble. That is why he's different from Donald Trump and that is why Hillary Rodham Clinton is noticing that things in the rear-view window are closer than they appear.
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a41227/bernie-sanders-surge/
tularetom
(23,664 posts)winter is coming
(11,785 posts)Jackilope
(819 posts)winter is coming
(11,785 posts)Jackilope
(819 posts)paleotn
(17,912 posts)....Since I love all things Dune....
Louie Gomert, Padishah Emperor of All Crazy People. Now that's funny as hell.
ANOIS
(112 posts)ChiciB1
(15,435 posts)he's saying a lot! He's also known as "the Rude Pundit" I believe. Apparently he's beginning to see what so many of us here see in Bernie. He's a call in commentator on the Stephanie Miller show every week and has had his doubts about Bernie winning.
He writes for Esquire and has been around for a very long time and is quite THE LIBERAL! He doesn't write "puff pieces" and tells it like it is. Charlie Pierce should never be ignored, that much I know.
smokey nj
(43,853 posts)litlbilly
(2,227 posts)rude
ChiciB1
(15,435 posts)about Charlie Pierce remain the same. Charlie is older than Lee, but both are regulars on Stephanie Miller's show. They are on same wave lengths, Rude is a bit more, well Rude. His articles are becoming more aggressive and "stick it to you" punk!
Both are lefties for sure.
litlbilly
(2,227 posts)going with Bernie, I tend to believe what he's saying.
ChiciB1
(15,435 posts)which is fine. She does add that she will vote for Bernie, but truly believes he won't be the nominee. I don't have a crystal ball but I do believe more people NEVER believed Bernie would have come so far.
I'm extremely happy that Bernie has caught on like wild fire. Just last August my two children and their family and children were all down in the Keys during lobster season and almost to a person told me, "I really support Bernie, but he can't win, or said THEY won't let him win," but I told them I'll fight anyway.
So 2 days ago my grandson, a millennial who just got his degree in computer engineering/programming came over to work on my PC. He walks in the door and first thing out of his mouth is "Well, I see our guy is getting some real cred!" Sooooo, we roll along! Most fires start small. BTW, my grand daughter can now vote and IT IS true, millennials are really supporting Bernie, big time.
The rolling stone IS gathering Mucho Moss! Sorry, late reply... got late and had an appointment this AM.
L8R
litlbilly
(2,227 posts)think she is torn. I feel a half heartedness from her. Let's see where she goes after Bernie wins the first 2 states.
ChiciB1
(15,435 posts)I can see it. Fuglesang may soon come along too!
PyaarRevolution
(814 posts)I'm a bit mad at Steph for agreeing with Hillary's comments against Bernie on Medicare for all. Jackie too. I expect better of Jackie especially since she's the healthcare expert on Steph's show.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)WillyT
(72,631 posts)azmom
(5,208 posts)dreamnightwind
(4,775 posts)ladyVet
(1,587 posts)But, um. Hillary ain't seeing nothin' in that rear view mirror, because Bernie has already gone ahead of her.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)"...why Hillary Rodham Clinton is noticing that things in the rear-view window are closer than they appear. "
appalachiablue
(41,131 posts)Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)billhicks76
(5,082 posts)To try and squander an advantage and ruin democracy further.