Sanders camp releases a statement today loosely previewing Bernie Sanders' Monday convention speech.

[Donkees]

[MrMickeysMom]

1. It IS our revolution, Donkees...

I will fight it... Not really from DU, as I'm just "dropping by" tonight.

I wished I was in attendance, since I work in Pittsburgh and it would be a trip I could make to Philly. However, that is not the long game.

I plan to leave the Democratic party. And, when I will, you won't be seeing me here, but at JPR, where frankly, it's more democratic than I've seen in a long time.

But, that's just the beginning. What a year of cleansing truth and fallen leaders. I'm unsure how it will unfold this next week, but that is going to determine a lot for me.

Thanks for all you post.

MMM

[andym]

2. I hope Bernie includes more specifics on how he sees the Movement going forward

That is really necessary. And how he envisions what ways the Democratic establishment will or won't cooperate with the Movement, and how he plans to counter the status quo.

I believe that his support for the Democratic ticket goes far beyond just keeping his promise. He knows how short memories are in the USA and how easily people can be manipulated into selfishness, the core belief of the Republicans and their spiritual leader Reagan. If the GOP wins the Presidency they can poison the well of progressivism and roll back the very modest gains made in President Obama's first two years and go back to the Reagan runaway train to strip the federal government of most of its power. He is quite aware that the electoral system in the US favors a two party system, and I believe he wants progressives to gain control of the Democratic Party, just like conservatives took over the GOP in the 60s and 70s. Even Reagan did not create a top-down revolution, he had a huge number of fellow travelers in the media, in local and national politics to support him. Bernie knows we need people at the grass roots who will become a progressive vanguard to actually implement some of the policies he believes in. And that is how I think Bernie will proceed.

Conservatives took over the Republican Party in a friendly competitive manner over about 16 years, and I think that is what Bernie seeks, though more quickly, for progressives because without real political power its very difficult to achieve anything of substance in helping people or reigning in malevolent forces such as undue power of corporations. I'm convinced that even if Bernie had succeeded this year he would have faced too much congressional opposition to actually accomplish his platform, but he would have had the bully pulpit which can be very powerful in the right (or wrong hands). I hope that in exchange for his support he managed to procure access for himself and other progressives to the Bully pulpit in a Clinton Presidency.