Clinton's campaign is about HER BEING something. Sanders' campaign is about US DOING something.

[Attorney in Texas]

Clinton wants to be the first woman president. That is a laudable goal and a grossly overdue milestone that we, as a nation, must pass (in my heart, I hope it will be Elizabeth Warren who first crosses this threshold).

While Clinton's goal is important and commendable, it is a personal goal about Clinton herself, and it is a goal about what she wants to be.

Sanders' goal is also important and commendable, and it is a public goal for us to accomplish rather than a personal goal about Sanders, and his goal is about what he wants us and America to do.

Here is a contrast that highlights the distinction: Sanders would be the first Jewish president, which is also a laudable goal and an overdue milestone, but you never hear Sanders focusing on his desire to BE the first Jewish president -- his focus is relentlessly on US and what we can DO.

Ask yourself, what would Clinton say about the importance of Sanders' campaign as one which could result in the first Jewish president? The fact that this is not a big issue in the election is testament to the fact that Sanders' campaign places us at the center and does not place the candidate as the focus.

[Kip Humphrey]

1. I & Me vs. We & Us.

reason #8 why I'm voting for Bernie Sanders.

WIN, Bernie, WIN!

[daleanime]

6. +1

[Gregorian]

2. She's top-down; He's bottom-up.

Nobility versus noble.

[Attorney in Texas]

11. very succinct summary!

[tecelote]

14. +1!

[uponit7771]

3. Doing what?! revolution?! Where was this "revolution" when MFA needed to pass during ACA fight?!

... no where, cause Sanders is full of shit and hasn't proffered a plan to do anything different from what has been done.

Mitch doesn't care if 233423 trillion people were outside of his window... that wont move him

[jeff47]

9. It was being called "fucking retarded" by the administration.

Golly...wonder why that didn't yield much help....

[SixString]

4. DU Rec.

[Jarqui]

7. +1

I'd change her "No, we can't" to "No, you (as is all of us) can't"

[Sanity Claws]

5. I see it that way too

She talks too much about herself and not about the public.

[elias49]

18. I don't think I could count the umber of times Clinton said "I"

during the town hall and last night's debate.
Sanders seems to say "we" a lot more often.

[99th_Monkey]

8. That's certainly one way our two candidates distinguish themselves

Thanks for the OP.

[Attorney in Texas]

10. I think it is the defining characteristic of the 2016 campaign.

[Aldo Leopold]

12. Nailed it.

[dorkzilla]

13. Well said!

Great post!!!!!!

[Javaman]

15. Like I've said in the past...

she talks at us. Bernie talks to us.

[liberal_at_heart]

16. And I think that is why he is receiving such enthusiastic support while she is struggling to

garner enthusiasm. How many posts have I read that stated that people would hold their nose and vote for her in the GE if she wins the nomination? Votes in the GE she may get. Enthusiasm she won't get, and that is why Bernie has such a great chance at beating her in the primary.

[CharlotteVale]

17. That's a good way of putting it.

[mhatrw]

19. Hillary is all about Hillary. Bernie is all about the 99%.

“To be is to do”—Aristotle
“To do is to be”—Jean-Paul Sartre
“Do be do be do”—Frank Sinatra
"Do 'dis doobie"—Bob Marley

[Uncle Joe]

20. You make an excellent point, Attorney in Texas.

Thanks for the thread.

[slipslidingaway]

21. knr nt

[lindysalsagal]

22. Thankyou.

That's the point: Hillary will always be about hillary, period.

[Empowerer]

23. Actually, it's just the opposite

The Sanders campaign spends most of its time talking about WHAT Clinton is vs. WHAT Bernie is and very little time talking about what Bernie's going to actually DO (other than start a revolution with no details about how this is going to be accomplished)

The Clinton campaign is focused on what she plans to do and how she plans to do it and spends very little time trying to characterize what Bernie IS.

You're welcome.

[Attorney in Texas]

24. So the "first female president" stuff was just her super PAC. That's not what Clinton wants to be.

[DanTex]

25. I guess that's how some Sanders supporters see it.

It's kind of strange, though. Clinton has laid out a strong progressive platform for the future of the nation. I guess if I really didn't like her, maybe I would see it as all being about her. And if I really didn't like Bernie, same for him.

But I like them both. They both want the best for the country, and at the end of the day aren't that far apart.

[doc03]

26. What are you gone to do with a Republican Congress? n/t