2016 Postmortem

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11. I believe Bernie would use the bully pulpit better than anyone we've seen in decades.

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 10:40 AM

Apr 2016

He might not get everyone he wants but he'll make damn sure the people know he's fighting for their interests and trying to appoint people who will protect them.

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A Sanders administration wouldn't be full of corporate cronies. He's a REAL progressive. [View all] think Apr 2016 OP

This changes EVERYTHING! nt onehandle Apr 2016 #1

Well at you least you are admitting Hillary isn't a true progressive. That's a big step.... think Apr 2016 #2

progressive vs movement progressive BlueStateLib Apr 2016 #4

Progressive vs neocon NorthCarolina Apr 2016 #13

Yep. It's insane but that pretty much sums it up.../nt think Apr 2016 #21

I think they prefer it that way. n/t Dawgs Apr 2016 #16

It does seem to be that way. Why people would though is beyond me. /nt think Apr 2016 #22

Wise-ass! KPN Apr 2016 #51

He's also running as a Democrat. Orsino Apr 2016 #3

What corporate types would establishment Democrats expect to see in a Sanders administration? think Apr 2016 #7

Troubling, yes, and inescapable. Orsino Apr 2016 #9

I believe Bernie would use the bully pulpit better than anyone we've seen in decades. think Apr 2016 #11

Yeah. He's no great orator... Orsino Apr 2016 #17

It would be very refreshing to have Bernie speaking about real change to a corrupt system think Apr 2016 #20

You can't get anything done if you can't get others to cooperate with you. randome Apr 2016 #5

Hillary will get lots of Wall Street types appointed. She'll have no problem giving the GOP what think Apr 2016 #10

We already know what the GOP is about. It's not exactly news. randome Apr 2016 #12

In case you don't read the news Wall Street banks have admitted to shit loads of crimes & think Apr 2016 #18

A Sanders administration would be a field day for Republicans. baldguy Apr 2016 #6

I'd like to see the GOP try and make a case for not having William K Black is AG. They'd be showing think Apr 2016 #8

They show the American people exactly where they stand every day & TheDormouse Apr 2016 #45

This is false, a real progressive doesn't vote for corporate immunity and against the Brady Bill 5 uponit7771 Apr 2016 #14

Keep trying. Hillary already admitted she is open to Wall Street getting the Sec. Treasury position think Apr 2016 #25

Like math, those are facts uponit7771 Apr 2016 #26

Maybe you'd like to comment on who Hillary would appoint to her cabinet. Can you spare a thought on think Apr 2016 #28

if bernie is a REAL progressive. stonecutter357 Apr 2016 #15

What is a real progressive to you? Seriously? I'm curious now... think Apr 2016 #19

Don't feed the trolls. n/t brentspeak Apr 2016 #23

Are you a Berniebro ? stonecutter357 Apr 2016 #24

. stonecutter357 Apr 2016 #31

+1, Sanders and Nader have soured my perspective of socialism and progressiveness uponit7771 Apr 2016 #27

Single payer, breaking up Wall Street banks, ending the death penalty, ending the war on drugs think Apr 2016 #29

Funny you leave off gun views and the CFMA, what sours me is they're not the standard of progressive uponit7771 Apr 2016 #40

The CFMA was written by Hillary's chief economic adviser and snuck into an omnibus spending bill think Apr 2016 #42

Excuses, Sanders gives no grace to Hillary he gets none either. The CFMA took the beat cops off uponit7771 Apr 2016 #43

Bill Clinton and the Republicans snuck the CFMA in at the last minute. Only 4 people voted against think Apr 2016 #44

Again, he voted wrong... he gives no grace he gets none... no nuance for him and none for Clinton uponit7771 Apr 2016 #56

You just posted another thread about the cost of shutting the government down. Bernie voted to think Apr 2016 #57

How does this happen in today's Congress? procon Apr 2016 #30

I'm promoting the idea Bernie will promote people that will do something. Screw the purity crap. think Apr 2016 #32

Neither Sanders or Clinton has a chance procon Apr 2016 #36

People who don't fight and explain what they are trying to do will never get anything accomplished. think Apr 2016 #37

Its the math. procon Apr 2016 #48

Hillary uses the Victory Fund like it's her own personal campaign fund. Maybe some day those states think Apr 2016 #49

if Bernie was so "popular with the people" he'd be winning right now, but he's not. procon Apr 2016 #52

You're the one who made the claim that Hillary was supporting down ticket Dems and Bernie wasn't think Apr 2016 #53

He knows we need to know this felix_numinous Apr 2016 #33

Exactly. Bernie might not get every person he wanted appointed but he'd make the GOP look like dirt think Apr 2016 #34

I don't think Killer Mike and Susan Sarandon are going to get approved KingFlorez Apr 2016 #35

William K Black, Joseph Stiglitz, Robert Reich & others of that caliber are who Sanders has think Apr 2016 #38

Clinton would choose qualified people KingFlorez Apr 2016 #39

Well at least you named one of the most progressive Senators we have. But that's one and it's think Apr 2016 #41

The scary thing is that Bernie will have slim pickin's in choosing TheDormouse Apr 2016 #46

Let's hope not. Corporate dominance of even the Democratic presidencies has been a a huge problem think Apr 2016 #47

K&R EndElectoral Apr 2016 #50

K&R CharlotteVale Apr 2016 #54

Great to hear Bernie praise Krugman and Stiglitz so highly. They would be great cabinet members. n/t pampango Apr 2016 #55

He changed Burlington by hiring non-political, smart people. That & intelligence set him apart. snowy owl Apr 2016 #58