2016 Postmortem
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Bernie Sanders PAC raising funds for progressive Southern state candidates
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) political action committee (PAC) will expand its fundraising efforts to aid progressive and independent candidates at the state level in conservative Southern states, In These Times reported on Wednesday.
There is no shortage of billionaires willing to bankroll extreme right-wing candidates, Sanders writes in a fundraising letter (PDF) on behalf of his group, Progressive Voters of America. We have to respond.
The added emphasis on prospective state-level lawmakers comes after the group has raised around $300,000 over the past three election cycles for congressional candidates. Sanders also told In These Times he has not ruled out a presidential run of his own in 2016.
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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/24/bernie-sanders-pac-raising-funds-for-progressive-southern-state-candidates/
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)Caucus. Liberals and Progressives need to get to work. Time to get some political representation for our views.
http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/caucus-members/
MrsKirkley
(180 posts)If anyone could get single-payer passed, Bernie Sanders could. He's also against off-shoring jobs and free trade, so he would likely try to replace free trade deals with fair trade. If Bernie Sanders was to get elected president with Democrat majority in both the House and Senate, I'm certain he would be remembered for many years as one of the best, if not the very best president in the history of the United States.
beerandjesus
(1,301 posts)But grooming progressives in the South is even more important. It's appalling how the national Democrats have abandoned whole sections of the country!
Arkana
(24,347 posts)People like Bernie and Elizabeth Warren would never win elections in the South--just as folks like Ted Cruz would never win anywhere in New England.
ChangeUp106
(549 posts)How many people in the South know what Bernie stands for?