Alan Grayson: Who will win the first Democratic Presidential Debate?

[NorthCarolina]

Who will win the first Democratic Presidential Debate? I do not know.

There is, however, one debate that I can abate, deflate and negate, right now. And that is the debate between principles and effectiveness.

I’m not taking sides, but let me tell you something about Bernie Sanders that you probably didn’t know. He served for 16 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, and for much of that time, Bernie passed more amendments on the Floor of the House than any other Member of the House. That’s right: the one Member who belonged to neither party passed more amendments than any Member who belonged to either party. Good, solid progressive amendments. Lots of them.

He was principled, and he was effective.

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