Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumSanders breathes life into a Florida professor’s unlikely bid to oust the DNC chair
It was a rather big moment for a little-known law professor with a shaved head who, in another year, might not have created so much as a ripple for Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who is seeking her seventh House term and has won all her previous elections in landslides.
A few hours later, Sanders called Canova for the first time and the next day signed a fundraising email for him. Over the next 48 hours, Canova brought in about $300,000.
Canova, 56, finds himself in the right place at the right time. Wasserman Schultz, 49, has become increasingly unpopular within the liberal base of the party and among Sanderss supporters in particular. Though she claims to be neutral in the presidential nominating contest, many Berniecrats believe that she has tipped the scales in Hillary Clintons favor. They see her, as they see Clinton, as beholden to wealthy donors and focused on winning elections at the expense of advancing progressive principles.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sanders-breathes-life-into-a-florida-professors-unlikely-bid-to-oust-the-dnc-chair/2016/05/29/3c7b7a4c-2434-11e6-8690-f14ca9de2972_story.html
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)babylonsister
(171,029 posts)Hydra
(14,459 posts)Remember the Brockpuppet talking point? The one about how Bernie doesn't help dems get elected?
I somehow don't think this is what they had in mind
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)Hmmm.. :Tim Canova was driving from a rally against money in politics to a protest against chemical giant Monsanto this month."
The party machine must be appalled.
Oixi1993
(81 posts)This is just like a movie where the bad guys all seem to have all the power and then a lone hero shows up and gives confidence and inspiration to the people. This professor is clearly one of the good guys and there will be many more like him. They may have the power for now and the deck seems stacked against us but the good guys always end up on top because there are more of us than there are of them.
imari362
(311 posts)As for Mr. Canova, I will donate to his campaign next week.
For helping us rid ourselves of DWS
deepestblue
(349 posts)Because of the internet.
And millennials.