I am watching Bernie Sanders on CNN

President, but that won't happen

or head of some agency.... if he loses, he should not be wasted.

by his state, and helped keep the Senate honest

others who are good progressives and let Bernie and Elizabeth work on the Senate. Both of them as Senators can still advise the President. The Congress is broken and if we take these two out it will be even more broken.

starting with our rep Peter Welch. I have no doubt that Vermonters will elect good replacements for Bernie and Pat.

I want them affecting law and having national platforms with independent thoughts and opinions. Of course they'd both be excellent heads of departments, but their talents are of much better use in the senate.

He's too smart and honest which somehow seems to disqualify politicians from
being selected for key jobs.

Sad isn't it?

Mozart's boss did everything possible to keep Mozart for being appreciated for the genius he was.
In Mozart's case, he overcame the obstacles.

I think the Sen. Sanders is the best qualified politician in America. And, he's not too old for the job of President.

And I agree, Bernie Sanders is eminently qualified to be president. He is just what this country needs. I can think of no finer person to hold the office. Not one.

But he'd be a great president, which is exactly why the PTB will never permit it.

I glad to see that the unions are going withhold their support for any candidate until they take a firm stand to protect workers. The only time most of the candidates show up is to get a handout and then disappear when their support is needed. I see that Obama has finally come out about supporting labor; in my estimation it is too damn little, too damn late. Where was he when labor was under attack in Wisconsin?

But it's an easy distinction to miss, since he caucuses with the D's.

I wish we had a lot more Democrats with the honesty, ethics, intelligence, and bravery that Bernie possesses.

If our shining star isn't even a member of the party. We have to go to a left independent to find what we think is a real Democrat anymore.

win many primaries or elections.

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Thanks, I realize that he is technically an Independent, but votes with the Democrats on nearly every measure. I could only hope that more Democrats were Sanders Independents.

some of Smrkonish (sp) during the day. I saw almost all of it. I wish he had a chance .... if enthusiasm for the job is a factor in winning, he's in.

Liberals is thought to be unelectable.

a small amount. I haven't contributed to anyone since Obama got in.

I believe our candidate can talk about the hollowed out middle class in a way that looks main stream, because it is.

Talk is cheap....and if the candidate is a Third-Way Dem like Clinton that is exactly what it will be...just "Talk".

I want the Clintons to explain why in the world Bill Clinton reappointed an Ayn Rand disciple like GREENSPAN to the Fed.

There is no excuse for a Democrat appointing a person who literally sat in Ayn Rand's salon to the Fed. No excuse.

I do not trust either of the Clintons.

" Democratic president Bill Clinton reappointed Greenspan, and consulted him on economic matters. Greenspan lent support to Clinton's 1993 deficit reduction program.[28] Greenspan, while still fundamentally monetarist in orientation, had eclectic views on the economy, and his monetary policy decisions largely followed standard Taylor rule prescriptions (see Taylor 1993 and 1999).

In 2000, Greenspan raised interest rates several times; these actions were believed by many to have caused the bursting of the dot-com bubble. According to Nobel laureate Paul Krugman, however, "he didn't raise interest rates to curb the market's enthusiasm; he didn't even seek to impose margin requirements on stock market investors. Instead, he waited until the bubble burst, as it did in 2000, then tried to clean up the mess afterward".[29] E. Ray Canterbery agrees with Krugman's criticism.[30]"

. . . .

In the early 1950s, Greenspan began an association with novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand.[45] Greenspan was introduced to Rand by his first wife, Joan Mitchell. Rand nicknamed Greenspan "the undertaker" because of his penchant for dark clothing and reserved demeanor. Although Greenspan was initially a logical positivist,[53] he was converted to Rand's philosophy of Objectivism by her associate Nathaniel Branden. He became one of the members of Rand's inner circle, the Ayn Rand Collective, who read Atlas Shrugged while it was being written. During the 1950s and 1960s Greenspan was a proponent of Objectivism, writing articles for Objectivist newsletters and contributing several essays for Rand's 1966 book Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal including an essay supporting the gold standard.[54][55] Rand stood beside him at his 1974 swearing-in as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers. Greenspan and Rand remained friends until her death in 1982.[45]

He has come under criticism from Harry Binswanger,[56] who believes his actions while at work for the Federal Reserve and his publicly expressed opinions on other issues show abandonment of Objectivist and free market principles. When questioned in relation to this, however, he has said that in a democratic society individuals have to make compromises with each other over conflicting ideas of how money should be handled. He said he himself had to make such compromises, because he believes that "we did extremely well" without a central bank and with a gold standard.[57] In a congressional hearing on October 23, 2008, Greenspan admitted that his free-market ideology shunning certain regulations was flawed.[58] When asked about free markets and Rand's ideas, however, Greenspan clarified his stance on laissez faire capitalism and asserted that in a democratic society there could be no better alternative. He stated that the errors that were made stemmed not from the principle, but from the application of competitive markets in "assuming what the nature of risks would be".[59]


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Greenspan

Was Clinton unaware of Greenspan's economic philosophy and history? Or did he agree with Greenspan's dislike of regulation of the markets? Because we cannot afford another Greenspan or another attempt at laissez faire markets. We need fair rules for everyone in our economy. It is still dog-eat-dog out there. And Greenspan supported the privatization of Social Security, Medicare and other similar government programs.

I recommend reading the Wikipedia page on Greenspan, remembering that Clinton reappointed him to the Fed, a top spot in our economy, and the rest is history.

No more Greenspans. No more Clintons.

Greenspan vocally supported privatizing Social Security and other such programs, and Greenspan was know to have been very close to Ayn Rand. Greenspan was just about the worst appointment for the economy that anyone could have made. Ben Bernanke had studied the crash of 1929. At least he had recognized the vulnerability of capitalism to reckless management of money. Greenspan believed in laissez-faire economics. It doesn't work. It never has. And Clinton reappointed him to manage our economy.

Huge mistake.

Instead of dismissing Sanders we should be supporting him and his positions . 2016 is along way off, plenty of time to inform the masses about someone who can actually help them.

I will vote for the dem candidate but it boggles my mind that we fail to support the guy who wants to do everything we want.

he was appointed to the Supreme Court? Imagine what a person with his values could do there....

Imagine what a person with Sanders' values could do there?

Who doesn't want Sanders in the White House? The 1%. That's who.

Sanders, regardless of his labels, is a man of integrity. He is balanced in his views. Listen to him, and you recognize that.

Sanders does not mess with dirt-throwing and name-calling. He has good ideas. He is a solid man. The world would trust him. So would Americans. I believe he would listen to the American people.

And Sanders would not, as Bill Clinton did, reappoint Greenspan to the Fed. That was a colossal mistake. Repealing Glass-Steagall was also a colossal mistake. Millions and millions of ordinary Americans paid for those mistakes. And then, at the end of the Clinton presidency, we discovered that Clinton, instead of being a bridge to the 21st century as promised, was a bridge backward to the 19th century and a George W. Bush neanderthal-era presidency. Really!

Had Clinton put excellency, courage and focus on helping the American people first during his presidency, we would have had a strong Democratic president in 2000-2001. I know it was the fault of chicanery in Florida, but the margin would have been so great in Florida that we would have had a Democrat.

We need a Democratic candidate with the kind of moral courage that stands up to any scrutiny and the focus on helping the American people that inspires trust. We don't need any more corporate figureheads.,

Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders will be the best candidates. At least so far they are the best to have appeared on the political scene.

whatever they can. I don't think he'll be our candidate, but i want his voice to be loud and strong to whoever is and I'm more than willing to chip in a few bucks for that effort.

Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Tammy Duckworth.

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He is a walking advertisement for the power of persistence.

Watch your back DSB!

Alert stalking does exist because there is absolutely no reason to do this.

My advice is continue as before but don't let anyone get you into a name calling match. They will bait you.

Bernie in in the laughing stage now. Time to move to the fighting stage where the opposition is afraid.

If you think Sec of Labor would be better, please explain why. I would like to know why people think that so if you do, please explain.

I don't have a lot of confidence in a sanders presidency. There is still time to impress me of course, but I don't see him winning the primaries or general election

…short-term gains and long-term losses.

We need every Democrat and Independent as possible in the Senate. It's stupid to poach Senators and risk our numbers in that chamber for cabinet appointments.

The upcoming Clinton Administration? A little presumptuous, don't you think?

Secretary of Labor? No way. He needs to be running the show. He or Elizabeth Warren. We need someone who will not appoint a Rahm Emmanuel or a Larry Summers or a Greenspan or a Holder in the White House.

We need someone who will make honest, trustworthy appointments.

Clinton re-appointed Alan Greenspan. Remember him? He believed in "free" markets, meaning allowing those with the most money or the most ability to borrow money to go wild in our economy with no input or restraint of any importance from the rest of us. He was supposed to be watching our economy as the bonfires that led to the 2008 house-a-fire were set.

And he is the guy that BILL CLINTON appointed to the Fed.

Neither Bernie Sanders nor Elizabeth Warren would have made such a colossal mistake.

No to Hillary Clinton. No more Greenspans. No thank you.

I agree 100%. Spot-on reply. And we need more Congresspersons like him.

if he is the candidate? I would hope so, but not to sure. It's hard to believe 100,000 dems voted for Bush in Florida in 2000, but obviously they did.

Sorry to throw that monkey wrench in your plans for our future. Maybe he can find a spot for Hillary tho.