538: What the rise of Kamala Harris tells us about the Democratic Party

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114. The statement that I do want Democrats determining the future of the Democratic party is true, and

from my perspective Bernie plays it both ways.

On the one hand there is no question he aligns with the Democrats in Congress, and adding his name to the number of Democrats in the Senate is critical.

What is a conundrum for me is that he appears to want to be both a part of it and not part of it, and I cannot understand that. Because of MY confusion, I rarely bring Bernie in my conversations, because frankly I am confused about it. Not about where he stands on the issues, but why he desires to remain in a somewhat nebulous area.

I will give you an example where controversy sometimes appears her. That is with Representative Occana. I have absolutely no issue that she refers to herself as a Democratic Socialist, because not only is she a registered Democrat, but she identifies herself as a Democrat, along with being a Democratic Socialist, and that is cool with me, because she is part of the Democratic party, and working toward her vision of the Democratic party. She doesn't run away from identifying herself as a Democrat. At least that is how I see it

In regard to Sarandon and Stein, I believe they get more attention than they deserve. I believe they are divisive forces, and while I used to be very receptive to the goals of the Green Party, because I felt when push comes to shove they would do the right thing, but 2000 changed that for me.


When push comes to shove with Bernie, he does the right thing. The ACA wasn't his ideal, but he realized it was a path better than what existed, and perhaps an open door, and did the right thing.