Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumDem Strategist: We Shouldn’t Be Surprised if Sanders Beats Clinton in Iowa and New Hampshire
June 21, 2015 10:20 am
Democratic strategist Maria Cardona posed the idea Sunday that frontrunner Hillary Clinton could lose critical early-state nomination races in Iowa and New Hampshire to socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.).
Cardona, a self-described Clinton supporter, said on ABCs This Week that no one should be surprised if Sanders wins both races.
This could be a sign of just how worried Clintons camp is about Sanders, who has garnered huge enthusiasm among the left-wing base of the party.
Host Jonathan Karl teased the discussion with clips of Sanders supporters crowing about their man. He polled well in a recent survey of New Hampshire voters, just 10 points behind the woman expected to coast to the nomination.
I dont think weve seen more enthusiasm for any candidate, Democrat or Republican, than weve seen for Bernie Sanders, Karl said. Maria, what is going on
Hillary Clinton, supposed to be a coronation here. She now finds all the energy in the Democratic primary right now is with a 73-year-old self-described socialist from Vermont.
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cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
Oldenuff
(582 posts)If we don't stand up and say we don't want any more Wall Street candidates,then we are screwed for now and evermore..
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
peacebird
(14,195 posts)That way they hope to stop any Bernie-mentum.
Fat chance!
Vincardog
(20,234 posts)Nite Owl
(11,303 posts)and maybe even South Carolina.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)Sanders is going to EARN it!
RufusTFirefly
(8,812 posts)What's wrong with this picture?
And I see that it's the usual...
HRC is described as "frontrunner".
Bernie is described as a "socialist"...and (I., Vt.)
Maybe I'm too sensitive but I'm over the labels for Bernie.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)Fortunately, Bernie is here to speak for himself and set these idiots straight
RufusTFirefly
(8,812 posts)You had to mention either Cuba or Castro at least once per article. Also, he lived in a "palace" (unlike our humble White House).
Grilled Charlie
(57 posts)Bernie's message resonates with everyone. Hillary's message only resonates with Dems who are afraid that any other option puts an R in the white house...Supreme court...yadda yadda
RufusTFirefly
(8,812 posts)Welcome to DU, Grilled Charlie!
Divernan
(15,480 posts)How incredibly gullible, naive, blind to political realities and/or lacking in worldly experience can someone be who does not recognize that corporate/Wall Street donations/quid pro quos will come home to roost with a profiteering vengeance on any presidential candidate who has accepted tens of millions of dollars from them in a combination of campaign donations, personal payments for speeches to said candidate and spouse, and "gifts" to said candidate's family "non-profit" organization. Nowhere is this more vital to said corporate interests than in appointments to the Supreme Court.
Here's the script, kiddos!
Corporate input on Supreme Court appointments:
"Here's the deal. Your supreme court nominations can be soft on social issues. We don't give a fuck if gays marry or women can get abortions. Makes no difference to our profiteering. But by god they better leave Citizens United in place and not approve prosecution of war crimes."
azmom
(5,208 posts)MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)Bernie's had decades to practice being a Liberal; Clinton's doing a fantastic job for someone who's only been at it a few months. Give her some time.
Regards,
TWM
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Divernan
(15,480 posts)She will hang on to the bitter end, to keep adding $$$ to her campaign fund - which she gets to keep if she drops out of the race - subject to some spending restrictions (which are variably enforced) but still quite useful.
pnwmom
(108,994 posts)I'm in a caucus state, too -- and participating requires a huge effort. Only the most dedicated show up for the hours of (boring, tedious, repetitive) proceedings involved, so the result isn't very representative of the state as a whole. Most voters aren't hyper-political.
(The one and only time I participated, none of the people who had voted for the winning candidate wanted to represent our caucus in the State capitol -- which was the required next step. So we agreed to let a person who had voted for a different candidate go there and represent us . . . I have no idea how that ended up working out. Anyway, the whole process was so ridiculous that I could never make myself do it again. Instead, I just vote in the "beauty contest" primary.)`
And New Hampshire is right next door to Vermont, so NH voters are very familiar with Sanders. I won't be surprised if they vote for him, too.
But South Carolina, Nevada, etc. -- those states will be a different story.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)MisterP
(23,730 posts)and that's why everyone sees the official faction of the party as a desperate, glassy-eyed quasi-cult out of touch with what the people need
colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)Loved John Fugelsang's statement about whether the US will support a socialist Jew - "we celebrate a socialist Jew every December 25th."
I really hope this momentum keeps picking up steam.