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Gag order. democratisphere Mar 2017 #1
Lets make sure we manage to disengage future voters today Fresh_Start Mar 2017 #2
Disengage future voters? SFnomad Mar 2017 #63
I'm not disengaged...I think that any "democratic leader" saying they don't know Fresh_Start Mar 2017 #68
Seems his default stance is to always attack the party, a big reason we lost IMO. brush Mar 2017 #110
Quotes like that are simply directed at his base. NCTraveler Mar 2017 #3
So was RT. nt JTFrog Mar 2017 #4
Agreed Gothmog Mar 2017 #48
+1 uponit7771 Mar 2017 #53
But sadly "his base" showed little interest in voting last year, at least voting for Clinton. George II Mar 2017 #95
not just Clinton for Democrats...and it seem as if some want to keep it that way. Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #100
Not too sure about that. I don't recall seeing the numbers. NCTraveler Mar 2017 #115
Even after he pushed her left. nocalflea Mar 2017 #127
He's confused. After all he has been working very hard. And he has caroldansen Mar 2017 #5
Yeah and I thought that was a step in the right direction... Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #90
Stop taking corporate money and being beholden to those donors. very simple really. n/t yodermon Mar 2017 #6
I'm not saying I support taking corporate money Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2017 #67
A lot of people want public financing of elections. Blue_true Mar 2017 #74
"What's Bernie's solution" are you serious yodermon Mar 2017 #122
Tell the so called progressives that are so pure that gave us Trump to stop causing us to lose, Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #91
How about we ban *ALL* the fucking money and make elections publicly funded? Blue_Tires Mar 2017 #108
It's too bad BeyondGeography Mar 2017 #7
I've had too many posts hidden for my remarks on Sanders. randome Mar 2017 #8
I love Bernie, I hope I have half his energy when I'm his age. Sunlei Mar 2017 #10
Ditto n/t jrthin Mar 2017 #70
I have had the same thing happen. If you criticize Sanders Blue_true Mar 2017 #76
Same here. Those cliques are still on the prowl. liquid diamond Mar 2017 #105
who's Chris Cillizza? Another divisive person who doesn't believe 'we're stronger together'? Sunlei Mar 2017 #9
He's a Morning Joe crony and not to be trusted. OnDoutside Mar 2017 #12
oh, thanks is that pay TV news show? Sunlei Mar 2017 #26
Well, I don't pay anyway ;) OnDoutside Mar 2017 #46
I'm sure he just picked up a lot of fans here, though. n/t QC Mar 2017 #78
He'll go round again ;) OnDoutside Mar 2017 #125
He's leaving Wash Post and will join CNN. nt kstewart33 Mar 2017 #18
Cilliza is the consumate walking bedsore BannonsLiver Mar 2017 #21
If its pay 'news entertainment' it's not my cup of tea. Guess that's why I didn't know the name. Sunlei Mar 2017 #39
The article is actually quite laudatory of Sanders' efforts. lapucelle Mar 2017 #111
+1000! KPN Mar 2017 #27
Chris thrives on "controversy ", bless his heart. MaeScott Mar 2017 #36
He was Mr. Both Sides Suck during the GE. Starry Messenger Mar 2017 #133
I thought Sanders was running to be president, not leader lapucelle Mar 2017 #11
I can't comment on this OP WhiteTara Mar 2017 #13
I think many of the .. coco22 Mar 2017 #14
+1000 dchill Mar 2017 #51
WE agree, but MOST know how to read the DNC website and pays have ass'd attention to DNC policy uponit7771 Mar 2017 #55
Look, I am not a Bernie fanboy, but Chris Cillizza? The Polack MSgt Mar 2017 #15
Can't agree more. KPN Mar 2017 #28
No, that was a quote... that's not a "hit" uponit7771 Mar 2017 #57
Not when he calls the Democratic Party the Titanic he is not. Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #93
It may be time for a restraining order. SecularMotion Mar 2017 #16
Against? The Wielding Truth Mar 2017 #83
The Democratic Party is in an abusive relationship with Bernie Sanders. SecularMotion Mar 2017 #124
I don't feel that way. He is a leader for the 99%. He ran with no PAC and no wall street money. The Wielding Truth Mar 2017 #138
The Democratic Party will never be progressive enough for Bernie and his supporters SecularMotion Mar 2017 #141
Those looking to re-fight the primaries need to look deeper than the sound bites... Orsino Mar 2017 #17
This. Great comment, Orsino.n/t ms liberty Mar 2017 #79
Cillizza is a troll budkin Mar 2017 #19
If he doesn't know how can work for the party? Lame. delisen Mar 2017 #20
He should try reading the platform that he helped to negotiate. nt pnwmom Mar 2017 #22
lol JHan Mar 2017 #33
F you Cillizza ProfessorPlum Mar 2017 #23
I wish he was optimistic and postive. More like Keith. #BeLikeKeith NurseJackie Mar 2017 #24
I have met and like Keith Ellison but I did not support his bid for DNC chair Gothmog Mar 2017 #60
Outreach is not one size fits all Tom Rinaldo Mar 2017 #66
You're correct. It's not "one-size-fits-all" ... how can it be? But, it's clearly a mistake... NurseJackie Mar 2017 #80
We see many of the same moving pieces in play but differ in how we weigh them Tom Rinaldo Mar 2017 #96
This message was self-deleted by its author NurseJackie Mar 2017 #129
Keith Ellison is doing it right. He sees the problems and is working Blue_true Mar 2017 #81
Internally... yes, exactly. NurseJackie Mar 2017 #85
What's Chris Cillizza's claim-to-fame? I remember seeing him on Olbermann... NurseJackie Mar 2017 #25
Clizza had a ton of articles attacking Clinton Gothmog Mar 2017 #50
I see what you mean. (Thanks.) NurseJackie Mar 2017 #54
I am not a fan of Clillizza Gothmog Mar 2017 #58
Chris spent his formative years here and it shows. lapucelle Mar 2017 #112
Guess what? choie Mar 2017 #29
For those who can't handle the intellectual rigor of Dead Intern Joe . . . hatrack Mar 2017 #30
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His constant "smearing" of the Democratic Party seems to be ... NurseJackie Mar 2017 #59
Cillizza is a dope. KPN Mar 2017 #32
Bernie is working hard for the party flamingdem Mar 2017 #34
He's certainly working hard for Bernie Sanders. WinkyDink Mar 2017 #38
Chuck Schumer agrees with me flamingdem Mar 2017 #41
He's got too much on his plate. He's conflicted in which "job" takes priority (in my opinion.) NurseJackie Mar 2017 #65
I have my own Democartic principles; I don't need to refer to Chuck Schumer's. WinkyDink Mar 2017 #130
I have honestly started to question his endgame. Blue_true Mar 2017 #87
I'd like the status quo under Obama back please. JHan Mar 2017 #35
I would vote for that in a heartbeat! nt brer cat Mar 2017 #47
no one can give a definitive answer, Democratic party has always been a diverse coalition geek tragedy Mar 2017 #37
Is there not a Platform? Are we not the Party of the Social Contract? Of fairness, equality, and WinkyDink Mar 2017 #40
that's not a bad answer, actually nt geek tragedy Mar 2017 #43
That's it exactly. I know it to be so which is why I'm a liberal and a democrat. JHan Mar 2017 #49
God forbid that a progressive activist push any sensitive buttons or get under anyone's skin! lunatica Mar 2017 #42
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Democrats need to listen to Sanders and not Corporations lunatica Mar 2017 #104
I would be more than willing to listen if he would join the party... Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #113
So you don't listen even though he has great ideas lunatica Mar 2017 #119
That really is a Heathers level of shallowness, isn't it? n/t QC Mar 2017 #145
I don't know your reference lunatica Mar 2017 #148
A favorite 80s film: QC Mar 2017 #149
Thanks! lunatica Mar 2017 #150
It really is a great film. Very dark takeoff on the John Hughes clichs QC Mar 2017 #151
After Sanders lost the nomination, lapucelle Mar 2017 #117
He's always had that grumpy old man delivery lunatica Mar 2017 #120
I listened to him every Friday for years lapucelle Mar 2017 #121
Maybe one day Perez will let us know. (nt) bekkilyn Mar 2017 #44
You seem concerned. Please feel free to air more of your concerns, and enjoy your stay. nt msanthrope Mar 2017 #103
Not really the place for it, but thank you. (nt) bekkilyn Mar 2017 #107
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REALL !?!?!?!??!? uponit7771 Mar 2017 #52
I'm not surprised at all by the reponse you've imagined. LanternWaste Mar 2017 #56
I was following Cillizza on Twitter, recently noticed more support/positive push for Donnie. sarcasmo Mar 2017 #61
How is this outreach? Seriously sad to see this. bettyellen Mar 2017 #62
I appreciate what Sanders contributes to progressive causes Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2017 #64
He had to earn it the old fashioned way. Demonstrating support for his ideas Tom Rinaldo Mar 2017 #72
With Responses Like This Me. Mar 2017 #69
I am in the Democratic Party. Blue_true Mar 2017 #71
Change comes from within. Not because someone shouts at us from the sidelines. NurseJackie Mar 2017 #88
Chris Cillizza is a snake and trying to cause discord within the party. SharonClark Mar 2017 #73
Bernie is Not a Democrat dlk Mar 2017 #75
So true Trumpocalypse Mar 2017 #144
Bernie is a legit spokesman for one wing of the Democrats. LisaM Mar 2017 #77
Chris Cilliza is full of shit. alarimer Mar 2017 #82
He's not wrong. Goblinmonger Mar 2017 #84
Gosh of course we must cut our candidates Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #97
So, one vote for continuing the status quo. Noted. Goblinmonger Mar 2017 #101
No the purity crowd gave us Trump...I am for winning / now that would a change for the better and Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #102
The non-unicorn candidate lost. Goblinmonger Mar 2017 #114
I am one of the people who feel silenced NastyRiffraff Mar 2017 #86
I recently self-deleted and ended what could have been an interesting exchange... NurseJackie Mar 2017 #134
I have self-deleted and backed out of a post NastyRiffraff Mar 2017 #147
Not just that, but apparently actual Sanders quotes are considered to be alert-bait... NurseJackie Mar 2017 #139
And this is why I don't like Bernie Sanders and do not think he is good for the Democratic Party. Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #89
At least those going down with the Titanic (a grossly exaggerated platitude) are on the Titanic.... George II Mar 2017 #92
Well.....there was no "shore." No one to watch. Hubris sunk it, far from help. nt msanthrope Mar 2017 #109
I'm not a Sander's fan but Bernie is his own man TNLib Mar 2017 #94
No big surprise. George II Mar 2017 #98
Would it kill him to say something positive just once? Blue_Tires Mar 2017 #106
I don't like or trust Bernie Sanders and at the same time Cilizza is a slimey POS (this is known). seaglass Mar 2017 #116
What a truly stupid response lunamagica Mar 2017 #118
He doesn't know what the Democratic Party stands for, but he's insisting on changing it anyway. George II Mar 2017 #123
Why should he get a free pass? Nobody else gets one. Why should he? NurseJackie Mar 2017 #136
Years ago when I first put my name in for nomination to a specific office here in town... George II Mar 2017 #146
I know discussing Sanders can be volatile, GallopingGhost Mar 2017 #126
Before Bernie Sanders, my county DP meetings had 6 or 7 in attendance, and Ron Green Mar 2017 #128
I'm not whining at all, for I don't care what he does. Join; don't join. Just don't pretend. WinkyDink Mar 2017 #132
We are seeing the same thing with our meetings where I am also n/t Tom Rinaldo Mar 2017 #135
Loads more people bekkilyn Mar 2017 #137
Yeah, we know. NurseJackie Mar 2017 #140
:) Go Vols Mar 2017 #155
The passengers of the Titanic would've preferred a status quo voyage across the Atlantic ocean. betsuni Mar 2017 #131
For effect, not affect. He is supposed to be a professional writer. nt tblue37 Mar 2017 #142
Maybe if he joined the party, he would find out. Trumpocalypse Mar 2017 #143
He's not a Democrat - why should we care? Lil Missy Mar 2017 #152
If the Democratic ship is the Titanic ymetca Mar 2017 #153
So what does the Democratic Party stand for? truebluegreen Mar 2017 #154
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