Sanders' Campaign Could Split The Democratic Party Over Moneyed Interests/TRNN

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Sanders' Campaign Could Split The Democratic Party
Published on Feb 18, 2016

Paul Heideman says Sanders campaign could lead to a split in the Democratic Party over the issue of moneyed interests dominating the party leadership

Bio

Jeff Cohen is the director of the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College, and he was the founder of the media watchdog FAIR. He is the co-founder of RootsAction.org. He joins us from Ithaca, New York.

Paul Heideman is a Ph D student in Sociology at New York University. His work has appeared in Jacobin magazine and the International Socialist Review.

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[Trajan]

1. Then again, we might just RETAKE the party from the current leadership instead

How bout them apples ...

[Pharaoh]

3. I'm with you Trajan!

The power of positive thinking!!

[jillan]

11. Thank you!!

[Downwinder]

13. Haven't gotten rid of DWS yet.

Be a shame to have to lose to Trump to do it.

Don't think I'll be around to see it.

[PatrynXX]

14. until DWS is gone Hillary still runs the vote process :( n/t

[Downwinder]

15. BO is the only one who could do it.

[jwirr]

16. That is my goal. I want my party back.

[onecaliberal]

2. No, the DNC and the establishment could split the party. They're supposed to be neutral

Instead they're treating Bernie worse than republicans because he wants to get rid of their corporate bosses and end the rigged game for working Americans.

[HooptieWagon]

4. The Third Way is splitting the party by dragging it ever further to the RW.

Neo liberal economic policy and neo conservative foreign policy aren't the Democratic Party I joined 40 years ago. They are much further RW than the GOP was then.

[jwirr]

17. The DLC and the Clintons split the party in 1992. Our part

of the party is just now beginning to take it back. We were here first. It is ours.

[HooptieWagon]

18. Exactly!

[LiberalElite]

6. That's it, blame it on Bernie

for stating the fcuking truth.

[bjobotts]

7. Agreed. We are retaking the party not splitting it

[bjobotts]

8. A future that requires nothing from us now eh H.

[Wibly]

9. The Divider is not Sanders

If anything is threatening to split the Democratic Party its the Clinton campaign machinery and their obligation to corporate money.
That is what is driving the wedge between Democratic voters and their party establishment, not Sanders.

[DJ13]

10. If our party just wants to be GOP v2.0 maybe it SHOULD split

We're better than that, lets be DEMOCRATS!

[rtracey]

20. I agree

Lets be democrats... not specifically liberals or socialists, or moderates but democrats. The party is already split. There may not be a democratic president this election because of the split. Too many of each candidate has stated they would rather sit out then vote for Hillary/Bernie, which is really disturbing. Interestingly enough, many establishment republicans have said they will vote democrat before voting in Trump, so if this is true, this could counter the factions in the democratic Party that will stay home.

[sorechasm]

12. The Dixiecrats split the party in the 60's, while the DLC split the party in the 90's.

Bernie's putting the party of progressivism back together. Call it whatever you want.

[HooptieWagon]

19. It's a hostage rescue.