'Oh geez the Sanders decline is happening and its happening exactly the way I said it would happen.'

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Link to tweet

[katmondoo]

1. He doesn't have Hillary to fight against

With 20 people running it kind of mutes his message

[George II]

4. Either mutes it or there are better, more modern approaches to the issues than his.

[Cary]

10. Or, perhaps, the messages of Vladimir Putin

Maybe Sanders has passed the point of diminishing returns? God willing, Russian trolling has too.

[bluedigger]

2. How come nobody ever quotes me when I take credit for stuff?

I'm a nobody too!

[NurseJackie]

5. I hear ya!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. Do nobodies get published in the New York Times?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/opinion/trump-2020-election.html

[Honeycombe8]

7. "Me, too!"

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. Do you believe one way to get noticed is to be published in the New York Times?

Thank you in advance.

[Honeycombe8]

11. You're welcome. But time to take a step back...

and call up that humor gene inside. It was a little joke, based on nothing but humor. No intent to insult anyone.

I also don't see the tweets as representing a massive decline for Sanders. It's that big poll that shows him far behind Biden. Like historically behind.

It's notable if he's declining in favor among the younger people, but that's not the high-voting-probability demographic. Sanders has never, to my knowledge, been that high among the 45+ age crowd. That's the crowd that actually reliably votes. And the Af. American vote (particularly female) is critical for some elections. Sanders never polled high for that demographic.

So I never saw him as being to win any general election, without those key demographics in his corner.

Frankly, I'm not crazy about any of the candidates. There's no Pied Piper there for me. I'm in a key older reliable-voter demographic. I think people my age and a bit younger are just comfortable with the old shoe, Biden. No more angry tweets. No more bizarre plans to change everything. Smiles and jokes and pleasantries, but with experience. Family man. No more cozying up to Putin while insulting our allies. Nice, normal, politician Biden. The old comfy athletic shoes in the closet. (But given a real choice, Biden wouldn't be the one I'd choose.)

[DemocratSinceBirth]

15. Everybody is somebody. Nobody is a nobody.

[Politicub]

20. Emily? Is that you speaking to us from the grave??

[NurseJackie]

3. Good!

[Indygram]

8. I've seen a lot of people who supported Bernie last time

Supporting Beto this time. I see it all over social media. I think that is happening because Beto has that similar charismatic appeal and he is still progressive enough to be appealing on that front. Beto also offers a message of unity which people really like. I actually think that if Beto gets some fair and accurate media coverage instead of all the baseless hit jobs that he is likely to peel off even more of Sanders' support.

[Demsrule86]

19. Beto is the cool uncle...who wouldnt prefer a cool uncle

to a crotchety granddad?

[Maru Kitteh]

23. Beto gets the same unfair and inaccurate coverage everyone else in this field does, but

if he's going to move forward, he has to figure out how to get past it.

I have a serious soft spot for Beto, having spent a few very happy years in El Paso - but his message communication and damage control have been pretty lackluster. He needs to do better to break out, let alone take on Trump. Time will tell soon enough whether he can show those skills and turn it around.

[Indygram]

29. The CNN town hall on May 21st will help him a lot

Anyone who has been watching his town halls that he live streams on facebook and hears him answer those questions usually sees how special he is.

[Maru Kitteh]

33. I look forward to it. nt

[we can do it]

12. Grumpy BS only goes so far.

[Gamecock Lefty]

13. Here is my fear!

We are starting to eat our own and fall right into the conservative’s playbook!

Bernie’s #s fall among a certain demographic and we can’t wait to get out that news. Beto is rumored to be restarting his campaign. Can anyone beat Biden? Is Biden not green enough?

I get with 20+ people running for Prez we need to find separation amongst our preferred candidates. But we are all Dems here and our #1 goal is to take back the Presidency and send Trump packing and off to prison. Granted, some fighting amongst us family members is healthy, but my fear is that we are going to have an all-out battle where we become the Susan Sarandons of 2016!

Let’s ban together, folks. Support our candidates but be positive. We need 2020!

Go Dems!

[Gothmog]

36. sanders was counting on a brokered convention

It was the sanders campaign game plan to split the African American vote and force a brokered convention with 30% of the primary vote.

Link to tweet

sanders is not likely to get 30% of the convention delegates

[Gothmog]

14. Thank you for posting this

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. Here's her twitter page. She also did as well a job on predicting the mid terms as the big boys

https://twitter.com/RachelBitecofer?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

[Scurrilous]

16. ...

[Me.]

18. Oppo Is Finally Coming Out

& being used

[Cha]

25. Let's hope

it continues!

[Me.]

26. ...

Heya, Hiya ....

[Cha]

27. Hoaaloha, Me!

[LibFarmer]

21. It is because of how Trump got elected

After a disrupted Democratic convention. People have long memories.





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[ehrnst]

28. If Bernie wants to win the primary, he has to convince those who supported Hillary to vote for him.

People haven't forgotten the convention, and will be looking for him to say something about it.

[John Fante]

30. Bernie is so out-of-touch, he filled his campaign staff with

people just like this - Bernie Busters and "Jill Not Hill" types

I'm heartened to see his support slipping, but I'm disgusted that he ran again in the first place.

[LibFarmer]

31. Word on the street is that he and his supporters

made Hillary lose so he will have another bite at the apple.

Hillary's book says it indirectly.

[John Fante]

34. It wouldn't surprise me.

I know it's anecdotal, but the number of Bernie Busters I know who took Trump's victory in stride with the rationale that "at least Hillary didn't win" is disturbingly high.

[BannonsLiver]

22. If we had a functioning EPA twitter should be declared a toxin

It literally makes people stupid.

[Gothmog]

24. This is interesting

Link to tweet

[LibFarmer]

32. Still within the margin of error

[Cha]

38. Right..

[Gothmog]

35. If Bernie loses support among youth, what is left???

sanders is not trying to win a majority of the party but wants to get to the convention with 30% of the delegates. That is less likely now
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/5/15/1857658/-If-Bernie-loses-support-among-youth-what-s-left

Bernie Sanders’ strategy for victory in 2020 isn’t about winning the majority of delegates to the Democratic Party convention. “Sanders aides believe he’ll easily win enough delegates to put him into contention at the convention,” reported The Atlantic. “They say they don’t need him to get more than 30 percent to make that happen.” Once they’re at the convention with his 30 percent, they presumably figure they can threaten and bully the party to nominate him. This way, he doesn’t have to work to expand support beyond his core group of supporters.

However, what happens if he can’t hold that core? This isn’t 2016, with a binary choice between Bernie and a demonized establishment Democrat. This is a rich field, with credible candidates representing just about every key party constituency. There are candidates just as liberal as Bernie, yet not as polarizing. So would Bernie’s core supporters stick with him as they became better aware of this amazing field? Apparently not, according to the latest Morning Consult primary poll.

“Sanders on the decline with 18-29 year-olds,” reads the polling memo. ”Throughout March, Bernie Sanders had 45% of the first choice vote share among America’s youngest voters. That support has steadily declined and currently sits at 33%.”...

With Bernie Sanders at 19 points in this poll, he’s a far cry from the 30 percent or so he wants for his “force himself upon a brokered convention” scenario (understanding that the popular vote and delegate allocation aren’t a one-to-one calculation, but close enough). It’s been clear he’s been maxed out for a while—both his and his supporters’ ornery approach to politics don’t lend themselves to big-tent embrace of a broader coalition. Quite the opposite, in fact.

He can’t grow, and if he can’t hold his most important supporters? His path to the nomination, already near-zero, becomes effectively zero.

[Blue_true]

37. The sensible people that were in his camp are switching over to Senator Warren. nt