Was listening to Morning Joe while changing the sheets this morning.

[TNNurse]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by NancyBlueINOklahoma (a host of the General Discussion forum).

They came very close to saying Sanders is blowing off the Black vote by skipping Mississippi today and heading to Michigan to appeal to white people. WOW. A pretend Democrat ignoring the south is a very bad idea.

[we can do it]

1. Sounds about right.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

2. Doesn't Sanders realize what kind of message that sends?

[Wounded Bear]

8. Same message he sent by skipping Bloody Sunday...

[demmiblue]

3. Wrong forum. n/t

[TNNurse]

14. Oh, I believe this is relevant in General.

[demmiblue]

15. You can believe whatever you want, but it is still posted in the wrong forum. n/t

[Sherman A1]

4. I'm sorry that folks waste their time with

Cable Noise, but campaigns have to make choices. We don’t see anyone coming to Missouri before we vote next week, should I be offended?

[Happy Hoosier]

9. Bernie made his choices a long time ago.

Now they are coming back to bite him.

[OhNo-Really]

16. Michigan is a bigger delegate # swing state. Why is this parsed as a snub

[Botany]

5. Bernie wants to keep "his thing" going as long as he can.

If Bernie gets blown out in Florida & Michigan it is over.

BTW notice how many former democratic Presidential candidates that have
endorsed Bernie? Ah, zero.

[Happy Hoosier]

6. I won't get close. I'll go there.

1) He dissed African Americans by not even pursuing the Clyburn endorsement because "his politics are not my politics."

2) He skipped the Selma commemoration.

3) He got his ass kicked among blacks on SuperT, and now he's decided to write them off and pursue that precious WWC vote.


He IS blowing off the vote. And frankly, he has to, because black voters have his number.

[malaise]

7. Do you call him a pretend Dem when he votes with real Dems...

which is always.

[TNNurse]

13. Yes, he is a Democrat when it is helpful to him.

I know he votes with us, but does he work for other candidates in elections? Is he working for down ballot candidates? I keep asking and never get an answer.

I agree he has some great ideas but he is not bringing the party together ( and that really helps in elections) and he insults the "establishment". Who does he think he would be working with in Congress if elected.

[Paladin]

21. +1000. (nt)

[Siwsan]

10. He is heading to Detroit and Grand Rapids (Betsy DeVos territory)

So, it's a mixed bag of demographics.

Joe will be in Detroit for a rally, on Monday, after attending a fund raiser in Grosse Pointe Farms with former governor Jim Blanchard, Detroit's mayor, Mike Duggan and former mayor Dennis Archer.

I know it's too much to hope for a surprise visit to Flint. Maybe after the convention.....

[llmart]

12. Yes, and why isn't Flint on their radar?

I think Joe's going to take Michigan but that's just my gut instinct.

[Siwsan]

19. I'm sure there will be some sort of rallies, with a surrogate or candidate, after the convention.

However, I remember both Clinton and Obama making stops, here, during the 2008 primary campaign, and that was before the water crisis. Joe's headquarters are in downtown Flint. Bernie's headquarters opened up a few weeks ago, right down the road from me, in Flint Township. I'm kind of surprised I haven't had any Sanders' canvasing visits, yet. If they do stop by, before Tuesday, they will be made welcome. I may be supporting Joe, but I'm not going to do any Bernie bashing since that is so counter productive.

My gut also tells me that Joe will take Michigan.

[randr]

11. Isn't this obvious?

Bernie will withdraw in Michigan. He is cutting his loses.

[spooky3]

17. Kornacki gave a great explanation of why March 10

looks very bleak for Sanders.

For example, he said Biden will pick up most or all of MS. Biden has more appeal to the MI male white blue collar workers than Clinton did (and now the governor has endorsed him). Washington now has a primary rather than a caucus. Etc.

[stonecutter357]

18. lol !

[Greybnk48]

20. Because there are no people of color in MI? Detroit?

Ann Arbor? Other big metro areas? Seriously?

EDIT: Joe Scarborough is a Republican asshole with an IQ of about 95 on a good day.

[Tom Rinaldo]

23. THIS n/t

[brooklynite]

22. ANY thread that references ANY Presidential candidate MUST be posted in the Primaries folder

I've been called on this several times.

This will be locked as soon as the mods see it.

[OKNancy]

24. Locking - wrong forum

All discussion of primary candidates are to go in the primary forum