Wonder How Much Money and Volunteers DSA will Supply for Bernie.

[kennetha]

DSA can play a major role in the 2020 Democratic primary, if it moves immediately, forcefully, and visibly to a position alongside the Bernie Sanders field operation. Bernie needs to show as much strength in the field as he has in fund raising if he is to narrow the number of candidates against him. This is essential to his victory. DSA is in a better position than any other organization to contribute toward that early show of strength.

While other candidates attempt to triangulate the electorate, only Bernie has a broad integrated program based on socialist vision and class analysis. Only Bernie articulates a unified intersectionality of issues that goes beyond the seemingly random collection of good ideas expressed by the other candidates.

The Democratic Centrists are in a panic, headlines appear daily proclaiming that the Democratic Party has moved too far to the left to be able to win. But it is not only the Centrists who are worried, sectors of the capitalist class, would also like to see Trump defeated and replaced by a safe Democrat. Trump has done two things that no elected official is ever allowed to do. First he tore up NAFTA and other free-trade agreements that the capitalists had carefully crafted to their own benefit. Second, he has tried to improve relations with Russia, China and North Korea and this threatens long-term military spending. Hillary Clinton would never have done any of that, just the opposite.

The main danger Bernie faces now, is the proliferation of boutique candidates each of whom threatens to detach a piece of what should be the Sanders Coalition. Governor Inslee has announced that he will make climate change his primary issue. Thirty-seven year old Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend Indiana, presents himself as the young people’s candidate. Julian Castro, Obama’s Secretary of Housing and Urban Development has an eye on Latino voters. Senators Harris and Booker hoped to attract African-American voters. Harris, Gellibrand, Warren and Klobuchar will all appeal to people who believe it is a woman’s turn. The combination of these conflicting constituencies can easily draw votes away from Bernie and open the door to a Centrist.

https://www.dsausa.org/weekly/bernie-now/

[TwilightZone]

1. "The main danger Bernie faces now, is the proliferation of boutique candidates"

"Senators Harris and Booker hoped to attract African-American voters. "

"Harris, Gellibrand, Warren and Klobuchar will all appeal to people who believe it is a woman’s turn."

Someone remind me again why we're supposed to take these people seriously?

[kennetha]

2. Well they are not true blue democrats, that's for sure.

But they ARE Bernie's true Peeps. And they show us his true colors.

[forklift]

4. The true colors were shown

when these people booed John Lewis. The legendary JOHN LEWIS!!!!!

And Bernie didn't stop them or condemn it.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=11741478

[Lazy Daisy]

15. What exactly is a true blue Democrat?

Seems to me many here don't think you can support Sanders and be a Democrat.
all over this board Sanders supporters are insulted. Don't see any other supporters insulted.
Isn't it against the rules here to insult Democrats or question if people are really a Democrat?

BTW, I'm a registered Democrat. I donate money and give my time and you can clearly see below who I support in this primary. So I ask you, am I not a Democrat?

[kennetha]

9. Cause they see the game Bernie is up to

Better than many head-in-the-Sanders Democrats, who are blithely surrendering our party to the socialists.

[forklift]

3. Good ... then DNC shouldn't spend a dime nt

[Mr Tibbs]

10. The DSA supported Barack Obama in 2008

https://www.keywiki.org/Barack_Obama_and_Democratic_Socialists_of_America/Socialism#Supporting_Obama_in_.2708

[forklift]

11. mmmmmkay nt

[Mr Tibbs]

13. DSA connected people appointed by Obama administration

Ron Bloom Manufacturing Czar.

David Bonior Member of the Obama Economic Transition Team-now delegated by president Obama to negotiate the unification of the AFL-CIO and Change to Win labor federations.

Rosa Brooks Senior advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Michele Flournoy.

Carol Browner Energy Czar/Director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy.

Heather Higginbottom Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, formerly with the Obama for America campaign

Samantha Power National Security Council, as director for multilateral affairs.

Hilda Solis Secretary of Labor.

[TwilightZone]

12. Because the alternative was John McCain.

It's not complicated.

[betsuni]

5. LOL, they threw in a gratuitous #WhataboutHillary.

"The main danger Bernie faces now is the proliferation of boutique candidates, each of whom threatens to detach a piece of what should be the Sanders Coalition." Poor Bernie, always the victim.

[SFnomad]

6. Teeing up the excuses early, for why he doesn't get the nomination, eh? n/t

[betsuni]

7. We Democrats are kittens distracted by triangulating identity-politics-yarn candidates!

Why do we refuse to see the truth that ONLY BERNIE has unified intersectionality of issues and class analysis? Why?

[Thekaspervote]

8. +1000

[WeekiWater]

14. DSA letting people know how important they are.

Clash of the egos.