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brush

(61,033 posts)
3. I feel you.
Mon Jul 20, 2015, 07:35 PM
Jul 2015

Bernie Sanders missed a huge opportunity at Net Roots to pull black voters to his side.

Instead of saying "if you don't want me here I'll leave" to the protestors he should have asked a spoke person up to the podium to discuss their concern of black lives been taken almost daily by police and outline what he planned to about it.

He would have seen an immediate jump in his African American support but he basically pulled that old playground move of "I'm taking my ball and going home" if you don't play by my rules.

You gotta be flexible and able to adjust on the campaign trail as unscripted moments will come up that give you a chance to show you're ready for prime time.

Remember "Please proceed Governor"?

Knowing how to handle that unscripted moment probably won President Obama his second term.

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