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"Bernie Sanders backed progressive candidate Zephyr Teachout just crushed her primary opponent in New York! Is this a sign of things to come?"
Android3.14
(5,402 posts)Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Still hoping for the truth to win. NEVER give up!!!!!!
DianaForRussFeingold
(2,552 posts)sangfroid
(212 posts)And gee, I wonder why we aren't seeing more about this great candidate?
Hoppy
(3,595 posts)I also donated to Tim Cornova. We've had enough of D.S.W.
Silver_Witch
(1,820 posts)Somfarmhenhas picked some good dems!
lapucelle
(18,040 posts)She came close to upsetting Cuomo for governor.
bvar22
(39,909 posts)...continue to ring through American politics.
It is well past time that the average Working Class American had a voice in our political system.
*Medicare for All
*Universal Education, paid for by a small transaction tax on Wall Street
*Big Money OUT of politics
*Living Wage
*The Obscene Wealth Disparity
*Raise-the-Cap
*Racial, LGBT, and gender equality
*Stopping the Race-to-the-Bottom of our current Trade Deals
*Climate Change
chknltl
(10,558 posts)La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)i feel like Zephyr had a lot of across the board endorsements.
she was also backed by Kirsten Gillibrand the other NY senator, also Hillary surrogate
BlueMTexpat
(15,349 posts)BlueMTexpat
(15,349 posts)had established a progressive reputation of her own. Bernie's endorsement merely enhanced that.
I take nothing away from her victory and am glad that she won, however it happened. Congratulations to her! I have long admired her columns.
Other candidates endorsed by Bernie did not fare as well.
La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)recognition of her.
I mean don't get me wrong, I like Cuomo enough, but I liked her more. Although, Cuomo is an extremely effective gov.
BlueMTexpat
(15,349 posts)we are essentially on the same page.
Both of us see ZT as a good all-round candidate, who has been in the running before and has built up her own political creds as a result. That she also received a Bernie endorsement is great. But she likely had earned a lot of votes already on her own.
I would simply like to see that fact acknowledged.
La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)i am glad she won but credit goes to her for being able to get Democrats across the board to endorse her
DianaForRussFeingold
(2,552 posts)18ander
(5 posts)I sure hope it's a sign of things to come. Reading about the rightward trend of the DNC platform committee and its rejection of most of what Bernie-appointed members proposed indicates that the old guard still doesn't get it. But Zephyr's win indicates that the voters do get it.
DianaForRussFeingold
(2,552 posts)lapucelle
(18,040 posts)She came very close to upsetting Cuomo long before Sanders came on the scene.
Leave it to him and his followers to try to take credit for what this woman has achieved on her own.
DianaForRussFeingold
(2,552 posts)It's nice that we all like her--She's great.
I am running for Congress to break down those doors in Washington, D.C.; the doors that are keeping the people of America the real people, the citizens of America locked out, Teachout said in an email to supporters after her win. Ive been fighting well-paid lobbyists on behalf of working families my entire life. I will fight until we win for the people of NY 19. For the American people.
It turns out that this is a popular agenda.
"Teachout is one of the top progressive recruits in the 2016 field, a law professor who specializes in the study of corruption and corporate power.
Teachouts campaign has focused on money in politics, denouncing the ease with which big business is able to distort both consumer markets and the political process."
"Zephyr Teachout is running to shake up the Democratic Party, American politics, the US Congress and economic arrangements that favor billionaires over working Americans."
lapucelle
(18,040 posts)I hate my congress critter.
DianaForRussFeingold
(2,552 posts)La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)beastie boy
(9,063 posts)referring to Frank Sinatra as "Dean Martin's favorite singer".
She is awesome all by herself, with no coat-tails attached.
But I guess credit is due to Bernie, as well as Chuck Schumer, Sierra Club, NY Times, National Nurses United and Otsego County mayors for recognizing and endorsing her awesomness.
Gamecock Lefty
(698 posts)why isn't 'crushes' in all caps???
Remember those all caps? Bernie SURGES! Bernie's HUGE crowd!
Bernie-backed Candidate CRUSHES!!!
Ahhh, I miss those 'all caps' days. Not.
DianaForRussFeingold
(2,552 posts)SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)They got a name for the winners in the world
Silver_Witch
(1,820 posts)LVNVblue
(9 posts)I like her too, but she was backed by establishment dems as well.
Bigger question - how did the other candidates who were backed by Sanders do? Thought I read they all lost?
DianaForRussFeingold
(2,552 posts)midnight
(26,624 posts)Her Sister
(6,444 posts)Yadic is a local. While Teachout just bought a house in the district even though living and working in NYC.
Again, Will Yadic who is openly gay by the way is a local of the area, a farmer, who went to Ivy League schools but loved farming so much he came back after college. He ran and has experience in local government, which she doesn't.
They both debated and had a lot they agreed on.
liberalla
(9,166 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,112 posts)Thanks for the thread, DianaForRussFeingold.
turbinetree
(24,632 posts)Honk------------------for a political revolution
PoliticalMalcontent
(449 posts)Good times.
Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)Counties in the district:
Columbia - Sparsely populated, evenly matched.
Delaware - Even less populate, very Republican
Greene - Less than Columbia, more than Delaware, VERY Republican
Otsego - Sparsely populated, evenly matched (needs to carry Oneonta and Cooperstown to win)
Schoharie - Barely anyone, very Republican
Sullivan - Medium size (my home county. . .lived a mile from Woodstock), reliably Democratic
Ulster - Home of SUNY New Paltz, Large Population, reliably Democratic
parts of:
Broome - Mostly trees, this part of the county is Republican
Dutchess - Most of the county, high population, reliably Republican
Montgomery - Sparsely populated, Western half of the county, very Republican
Rensselaer - All of the county except the Democratic stronghold of Troy, VERY Republican
Democrats need to come out in force in Ulster, Sullivan and Otsego. Even then, Teachout has a massive uphill battle to win this seat. Dutchess will go Republican 2-1 and the smaller counties will go Republican 3-1. She needs to win the three other counties 2-1 in order to win this district in a squeaker.
I have many friends here.
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