Obama campaign guru: Trump would love to run against Bernie

[Gothmog]

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Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign manager is warning that Democrats would struggle in a general election against Donald Trump if Bernie Sanders is the nominee.

In an interview with POLITICO, Jim Messina predicted that Trump would exploit Sanders’ stamp of socialism in battleground states needed to defeat Trump, keep control of the House and have a shot at winning the Senate.

“If I were a campaign manager for Donald Trump and I look at the field, I would very much want to run against Bernie Sanders,” Messina said. “I think the contrast is the best. He can say, ‘I’m a business guy, the economy’s good and this guy’s a socialist.’ I think that contrast for Trump is likely one that he’d be excited about in a way that he wouldn’t be as excited about Biden or potentially Mayor Pete or some of the more Midwestern moderate candidates.”....

“From a general election perspective, socialism is not going to be what Democrats are going to want to defend,” Messina added.“If you’re the Democratic nominee for the Montana Senate race, you don’t want to spend the election talking about socialism.”

Messina is the latest Democrat to raise concerns about Sanders at the top of the ticket. Endangered House Democrats are coalescing around Biden because of concerns that Sanders or Elizabeth Warren could threaten their reelection hopes, POLITICO reported Saturday.

[Sloumeau]

1. Gothmog, Thanks for posting this. :)

Of course, he'd love to run against Senator Bernie Sanders. That's what the whole Ukraine thing was all about.

[betsuni]

2. K&R

[OnDoutside]

3. The Iowa primary can't come soon enough. Let's get this started.

[NurseJackie]

4. Yes he would. The BS campaign is a very flawed one. It's a weak campaign.

[Gothmog]

5. McCarthy Says Pelosi Trying to Hurt Bernie Sanders

trump and Kevin McCarthy would love to run against sanders https://politicalwire.com/2020/01/14/mccarthy-says-pelosi-trying-to-hurt-bernie-sanders/

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy suggested that Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been withholding the articles of impeachment to prevent Sen. Bernie Sanders and other White House hopefuls in the Senate from campaigning during the upcoming trial, The Hill reports.

Said McCarthy: “If there’s anyone who gained from this, it would be anybody who’s running for president that’s not in the U.S. Senate.”

McCarthy went on to say that Bernie Sanders “actually has a chance to win but not now that Nancy Pelosi has held these documents.”

[peggysue2]

6. McCarthy is just trying to throw shade on Nancy and . . .

pretend he's sympathetic to Bernie Sanders while demeaning those mean ole Dems in leadership. Meanwhile the Republicans would be throwing a party if Sanders were nominated. It would be a field day for opposition researchers and the best thing to happen to Donald Trump's aspirations for 2020.

McCarthy is a dim, dim bulb.

[NYMinute]

7. Of course he would

If Bernie is the nominee, we'd lose 45+ states, the house and maybe give 60 seats to the republicans.

Then Trump can declare himself the emperor and appoint right wing thugs as judges left and right.

Bernie should drop out. We've already been damaged badly. Next iteration will make the damage irreparable.