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Democrats No Longer Dismiss Bernie Sanders’s Odds
Posted on: January 13, 2020 at 08:23:20 CT
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Sanders recent surge represents a nightmare scenario for the democrats. Sanders identifies himself as an 'independent socialist', but he caucuses with the Dems in the Senate. The party is beginning to panic over his rise to the top in Iowa. Dems know neither Sanders or Warren can compete nationally with Trump. Should the national party jigger the primary results for Biden, like they did for Hillary in 2016, Sanders just might launch an independent run and make it a three man race.
"Sanders supporters insist that the only way to beat someone like Trump is with someone who shares with him his authenticity, his disdain for protocol, and, like him, offers a radical break from past policies. Only that will energize a disillusioned, nonvoting army of left-wingers that mirrors the blue-collar voters in the Midwest who turned out for Trump and delivered him the presidency.
Nonsense, says the Democratic-party establishment. Jim Messina, President Obama’s 2012 campaign manager, says that if he were working for Trump, he would “very much” want Sanders as an opponent. “He can say, ‘I’m a business guy, the economy’s good, and this guy’s a socialist,’” Messina explained to Politico.
“The wrong person at the top of the ticket — and I’m not saying who that is — there would be down-ballot carnage all across the country, and I think that people are starting to recognize it,” adds Representative Cedric Richmond, a former head of the Congressional Black Caucus and a national co-chair of the Biden campaign."
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/01/democrats-no-longer-dismiss-bernie-sanderss-odds/
"Sanders supporters insist that the only way to beat someone like Trump is with someone who shares with him his authenticity, his disdain for protocol, and, like him, offers a radical break from past policies. Only that will energize a disillusioned, nonvoting army of left-wingers that mirrors the blue-collar voters in the Midwest who turned out for Trump and delivered him the presidency.
Nonsense, says the Democratic-party establishment. Jim Messina, President Obama’s 2012 campaign manager, says that if he were working for Trump, he would “very much” want Sanders as an opponent. “He can say, ‘I’m a business guy, the economy’s good, and this guy’s a socialist,’” Messina explained to Politico.
“The wrong person at the top of the ticket — and I’m not saying who that is — there would be down-ballot carnage all across the country, and I think that people are starting to recognize it,” adds Representative Cedric Richmond, a former head of the Congressional Black Caucus and a national co-chair of the Biden campaign."
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/01/democrats-no-longer-dismiss-bernie-sanderss-odds/
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Democrats No Longer Dismiss Bernie Sanders’s Odds - BH O'bonga MU - 1/13 08:23:20