Bernie Sanders' campaign said it raised a whopping $5.9 million in first 24 hours
Powerful special interests may have the money, but we have the people
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"Sanders demonstrated a level of grassroots support of unprecedented size and excitement, signalling the strength of the movement set on winning the Democratic nomination, defeating Donald Trump and creating a government that works for all Americans," his campaign said in a statement Wednesday announcing his first-day fundraising numbers.
Bernie Sanders represents a real and imminent threat to the old guard leadership of the Democratic Party. Expect a lot of Democrats throwing shade on Bernie. And there is little doubt the unbiased media will throw its own shade, too.
The insurgency within the Democratic Party is real. The Democratic primaries will be a much harder fight than will be the general election.
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Bernie Sanders was a much better choice than Hillary Clinton by many orders of magnitude.
Agreed
He was a better choice than Hillary in 2016. He's a better choice than Hillary in 2020.....but that's not saying much.
Dear God I hope Hillary doesn't run, too
According to today's poll on Daily Kos , Sanders has 44% of the 57,000+ votes cast. Harris is a distant second with 15% of the vote. It seems that Harris will be the favorite of the Clinton supporters if their anointed one fails to attempt to demand her turn to be POTUS for the 3rd time. Most likely, the Clinton supporters will not vote for anyone who will in any way undermine their Wall Street portfolio regardless of whom is harmed domestically and/or internationally by unbridled greed.
The Bernie and Clinton supporters are both pissing me off
Same here. Their time is done and they need to go away before we end up with another 4 years of the psychopath.
The Democrats are going to go toe to toe over Worker vs. Wall Street regardless of the names involved. People are going to vote to support their own economic interests. The workers, who don't have enough income to gamble on Wall Street, will vote for the candidate who promises to represent their income. The Wall Streeters, who can pay their bills, travel/vacation, and gamble on Wall Street, will vote for the candidate who promises to represent their income.
Decades ago, the Democratic party represented the worker and the Republican party represented Wall Street.
If both parties are going to fight to represent the interests of Wall Street, the working class is either going to have to form a viable third party or gain control of one of the two major ones.
So .....as a reasonable and apparently quite intelligent adult.... who do you like and why?
Who do you like and what do you like about them?
I'm still searching
Fair enough. I think that describes me, as well.
To be honest, I haven't paid all that much attention yet. I remember one guy announcing he had dropped out - I hadn't even known he was in. I could live with any of the ones you mentioned. I'll start researching more when the election gets closer, but this all goes on for way too long and I don't want to inflict it on myself. I'll give it time for the candidate pool to settle down a bit first before I dive in.
And then, as an independent, I will have to decide which primary to vote in.
I'm not following too closely yet, which is why I was asking.
Textbook definition of "failed campaign".
Are any of them actually official yet?
Well that's just wise on several levels.
That's the heart of the matter. Democrats have been making a lot of promises but haven't done anything that they promised. The promises have turned out to be nothing more than lies to get votes.
The Democratic primaries are going to be a harder fight than will be the general election. But the fight within the Democratic Party will be about doing something rather than about promising something. The political test is going to be dedication to an ideal rather than focus group tested promises and plans.
Not if you're trying to actually win a general election.
Bernie has a popularity ceiling. No matter how rabid his supporters are, too many Americans understand he's a nutter and aren't going to vote for him.
Hillary supporters don't like to hear that there are tens of millions of people who were never going to vote for her under any circumstances.
Bernie is the same way, but the "never Bernie" group is bigger.
The GOP managed to find that circumstance, for me. But I will be really pissed if she runs again.
What's the point of winning the election? Both parties act as though the election never happened after the votes are counted.