WaPo Morning Plum- Democrats badly underestimated Bernie Sanders. That was a very serious mistake.
Democrats badly underestimated Bernie Sanders. That was a very serious mistake.
The inside track on Washington politics.
By Greg Sargent January 29 at 9:08 AM
Learn from this man, Democrats. (Joshua Lott, The Washington Post)
THE MORNING PLUM:
As we come down to the wire in Iowa, most of the reporting suggests Hillary Clinton may have a slight lead over Bernie Sanders. If she does win, it will probably offset any Sanders victory in New Hampshire, and Clinton may then pile up a string of decisive wins in more diverse states. Of course, Iowa could surprise us and Sanders could win, and we could be in for a very long battle ahead.
But whatever happens in Iowa, we can already reach this conclusion: Democrats, and Hillary Clinton, will have to engage in a serious, genuine effort to learn from the Sanders phenomenon and what it really represents.
NBC’s Kasie Hunt has a terrific segment this morning on the surprise success of Sanders’s campaign that should be a must-watch for all Democrats. It shows a range of pundits last spring mocking Sanders’s socialism, his “thick Brooklyn accent,” his age (“he looks 91?
, and his manner (“he’s a loon”). But then Hunt’s segment smartly shows footage of the roaring crowds at Sanders rallies, and the deep passion and commitment of the young volunteers putting in long hours in a Sanders Iowa campaign office, concluding: “If Bernie Sanders is going to beat Hillary Clinton in Iowa, it’s because of volunteers like these, who basically live here.”
And then Hunt interviews Sanders himself, who says this: “Way back when, I don’t know if you heard it, I said: ‘Don’t underestimate me. Don’t underestimate me.'”
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Just so that you know, the Tampa Bay Times, has also just endorsed Jeb Bush for the 'republicans'. You do remember Goldman Sachs did say, they'd be happy with either a Bush or a Clinton. I'm sure they would, and the puppets that they own.
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..., total complete Fed-up-ness of the populace which is sick and tired of having Phony-ass-lying democrats that vote more of the same screw-the-middle class bullshit....and that includes the Clintons (all 3 of them) I personally am sick and tired of their mealy-mouth promises and distortions.
I'd rather vote for Bernie and go crashing like a 747 jetliner into the ocean then have the same republicans and republican/lites do the same crap of ramming a 2x4 up our asses. Fuck that shit. 
