Why Bernie Sanders Can't Govern

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She is a Progressive who can get things done. simple as that.



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From The Left ?@BrookhNorth 8m8 minutes ago

🌐 Great Read. Hillary is the one who can lead in these tough times.

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http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/02/why-bernie-sanders-cant-win-and-cant-govern/460182/ …



Why Bernie Sanders Can't Govern

Hillary Clinton’s realistic attitude is the only thing that can effect change in today’s political climate.

David Goldman / AP



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Norm Ornstein 11:52 AM ET Politics

Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz have something in common. Both have an electoral strategy predicated on the ability of a purist candidate to revolutionize the electorate—bringing droves of chronic non-voters to the polls because at last they have a choice, not an echo—and along the way transforming the political system. Sanders can point to his large crowds and impressive, even astonishing, success at tapping into a small-donor base that exceeds, in breadth and depth, the remarkable one built in 2008 by Barack Obama. Cruz points to his extraordinarily sophisticated voter-identification operation, one that certainly seemed to do the trick in Iowa.

But is there any real evidence that there is a hidden “sleeper cell” of potential voters who are waiting for the signal to emerge and transform the electorate? No. Small-donor contributions are meaningful and a sign of underlying enthusiasm among a slice of the electorate, but they represent a tiny sliver even of that slice; Ron Paul’s success at fundraising (and his big crowds at rallies) misled many analysts into believing that he would make a strong showing in Republican primaries when he ran for president. He flopped.


Is there a huge core of committed ideological conservatives who have not voted before because they had only “moderates” on the ballot? Other than the fact that no objective person could look at the policy positions of John McCain and Mitt Romney as moderate, there is no evidence; the only real parallel to draw on for the theory is Barry Goldwater in 1964. Important as voter identification and get-out-the-vote efforts are, they do not convince chronic non-voters to vote. And, of course, a truly purist ideological campaign would stir a clear counter-reaction on the other side, diluting its impact.


The more important question, in many ways, that flows from this theory is about governing. It is here that the Bernie Sanders approach needs more dissection. Let’s say Sanders is accurate enough that his nomination would lead to his election via a bump in turnout from young voters and other populists disgusted by inequality, the billionaire class privilege and the distorted campaign-money system. Let’s say that he survives the billion dollars that might be spent by the Koch brothers’ alliance, the business community, the Republican candidate, and the Republican Party to destroy him as an unreconstructed socialist who will raise everybody’s taxes..............

[beam me up scottie]

1. Good read from a rabid right wing author who writes for the AMI?

Norm Ornstein writes for the American Enterprise Institute, from Right Wing Watch:

American Enterprise Institute

The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) is one of the oldest and most influential of the pro-business right-wing think tanks. It promotes the advancement of free enterprise capitalism, and has been extremely successful in placing its people in influential governmental positions, particularly in the Bush Administration. AEI has been described as one of the country's main bastions of neoconservatism.

Background and History

Most of AEI's Board of Directors are CEOs of major companies, including ExxonMobil, Motorola, American Express, State Farm Insurance, and Dow Chemicals.
Big donors include the top conservative foundations, including Smith-Richardson Foundation, the Olin Foundation, the Scaife Foundation, and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation.
Corporate supporters have included: General Electric Foundation, Amoco, Kraft Foundation, Ford Motor Company Fund, General Motors Foundation, Eastman Kodak Foundation, Metropolitan Life Foundation, Proctor & Gamble Fund, Shell Companies Foundation, Chrysler Corporation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, General Mills Foundation, Pillsbury Company Foundation, Prudential Foundation, American Express Foundation, AT&T Foundation, Corning Glass Works Foundation, Morgan Guarantee Trust, Smith-Richardson Foundation, Alcoa Foundation, and PPG Industries.

Kenneth Lay, CEO of Enron, was until recently on the board of trustees of American Enterprise Institute. Other famous former trustees include Vice President Dick Cheney.

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/american-enterprise-institute#sthash.42r24cFE.dpuf

[Uponthegears]

3. Durn

You beat me too it

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[beam me up scottie]

6. I wish they would vett their sources.

But they're so busy scouring the internet for dirt they don't care. I've seen them post links to FreeBeacon, Stormfront and even a Holocaust denier's website.

[HooptieWagon]

11. What, and deprive us of the entertainment?

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4. Glad to know she's endorsed by AEI, Dick Cheney, and Ken Lay.

She's really getting her progressive creds out there!

Lmao at Camp Weathervane flailing about...

[Fawke Em]

5. Don't forget Henry Kissenger and Robert Kagan! eom

[HooptieWagon]

8. And Will Marshall!

That's quite a lineup of progressive endorsements.

[beam me up scottie]

7. That's the second time it was posted today, expect to see it at least 8 more times.

[Uponthegears]

2. Oh look

Another article from the oft-humiliated Atlantic writer Norm Orstein

"Norm Ornstein is a contributing writer for The Atlantic, a contributing editor and columnist for National Journal, and a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research"

http://www.theatlantic.com/author/norman-ornstein/

THANKS OP!!! Without you I would have no idea what the American Enterprise Institute's little hack had to say!

[SunSeeker]

9. Sanders could get anything done using the incrementalism for which he attacks Hillary

And as the article points out, Hillary is a lot better at that than Sanders.

Good read.

[Flying Phoenix]

10. Clinton has zero executive experience

Her experience as a Secretary of State does not count. It is not an executive position, but rather a Cabinet position. Her New York senator experience no longer counts because we all know she was a carpetbagger from Illinois that wanted a safe Senate seat to run, and chose New York and representing Wall Street.

Bernie on the other hand, has plenty of executive experience being a mayor of Burlington and representing the citizens of Vermont.

[Chezboo]

12. Sure, she "gets s*** done" — atrocious s***

She is a Progressive who can get things done. simple as that.

Dems, stop lying to yourselves about Hillary: Sure, she "gets s*** done" — atrocious s***, that is
The argument that Clinton can navigate the nightmare of D.C. better than Bernie is simply wrong

http://www.salon.com/2016/02/05/dems_stop_lying_to_yourselves_about_hillary_sure_she_get_s_done_atrocious_s_that_is/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

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13. If Clinton wants to keep pushing she is a progressive, she may want this self described centrist

to stop pushing for her.


Bernie Gets It Done: Sanders' Record of Pushing Through Major Reforms Will Surprise You
What kind of experience does Bernie Sanders have? Let's take a look.
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/bernie-gets-it-done-sanders-record-pushing-through-major-reforms-will-surprise-you

[Gothmog]

14. Norm Ornstein is a great scholar

I love his works