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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders tells Ed Schultz: Southern Democrats are tired of being abandoned by the party [View all]Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)16. And you have a pretty good champion to rally around.
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Bernie Sanders tells Ed Schultz: Southern Democrats are tired of being abandoned by the party [View all]
Galraedia
Oct 2013
OP
The "50 state strategy" is what I first thought of when I saw this too........
socialist_n_TN
Oct 2013
#4
This is why even the petit bourgeoisie should not support capitalism.....
socialist_n_TN
Oct 2013
#92
Exactly! Many of my husband's high school friends are working class whites and they vote repub
anneboleyn
Oct 2013
#45
You assume that shoveling money creates victory for the shoveler but facts do
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2013
#85
Might win some in the West? The entire West Coast is Blue, all Senators, Governors
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2013
#86
Not just Congressional seats, there is a need to focus on State Houses and state legislatures.
Fla Dem
Oct 2013
#17
He doesn't get white Southerners. Different culture than Vermont Yankees. nt
geek tragedy
Oct 2013
#23
I think your description is of racists and homphobes and to extend that to all
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2013
#88
Precisely it's like fighting with one arm tied behind your back or negotiating from a position
Uncle Joe
Oct 2013
#54
Obama made an irrevocable mistake when he abandoned Dean's 50 state strategy.
last1standing
Oct 2013
#51
Can we get those guys to vote Democratic without abandoning what they're "hung up on"?
Silent3
Oct 2013
#57
If it's MORE important to someone to keep their gay neighbor from getting married
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2013
#72
Like it or not, the South is the hub of evangelical Christianity in America...
YoungDemCA
Oct 2013
#82
The top members of the Democratic Party cannot keep abandoning those who voted for them.
AnotherMcIntosh
Oct 2013
#87