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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: WaPo Morning Plum- Democrats badly underestimated Bernie Sanders. That was a very serious mistake. [View all]bklyncowgirl
(7,960 posts)16. I think that the pundit types are caught in their own echo chamber--they don't talk to real people.
They live in a comfortable little world where everyone is affluent and the range of permissible opinion runs from center left to center right. They completely missed the fact that ordinary Americans are not happy with the status quo. They dismissed Trump, they dismissed Sanders. While I'd hardly equate the two men--Sanders is a far better human being than Trump in every way--their rise is a symptom of the fact that the middle class has been forgotten by our political class and by the donor class who own them.
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WaPo Morning Plum- Democrats badly underestimated Bernie Sanders. That was a very serious mistake. [View all]
ViseGrip
Jan 2016
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Was this after he got taken down by Bernie at some luncheon? Saw the video. Bernie
libdem4life
Jan 2016
#2
More to the point, they either badly misunderstand what the public wants, or consider it immaterial.
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2016
#3
Exactly, and that comment above just mirrors the way they choose to ignore it. Bad contest strategy!
ViseGrip
Jan 2016
#4
They also didn't realize how large the number of Americans is who are totally fed-up of
Cal33
Jan 2016
#6
++ true= Bernie Sanders, the right man at the right time. This is why he will win!
Vincardog
Jan 2016
#9
The media and pundits live in the same bubble as the Beltway politicians...
tex-wyo-dem
Jan 2016
#26
They also are not interested in understanding how this 74 y.o. "socialist" could be so popular.
Cal33
Jan 2016
#27
I think that the pundit types are caught in their own echo chamber--they don't talk to real people.
bklyncowgirl
Jan 2016
#16
The real problem with our Democratic Party is they refuse to acknowledte that we have not
Todays_Illusion
Jan 2016
#11
Where we have another serious problem is for liberal/progressive legislators especially since
Todays_Illusion
Jan 2016
#35
When We Stand Together - No Citizen Need Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go
cantbeserious
Jan 2016
#17