Hillary Clinton’s week-long sprint to save Nevada

[flamingdem]

Going to be a real nail biter.

https://www.yahoo.com/politics/hillary-clintons-week-long-sprint-to-save-nevada-133528743.html

A week before Nevada’s Democratic caucus, Hillary Clinton abruptly cancelled a rally in Palm Beach, sending her husband in her place. Instead, the former secretary of state appeared at three small campaign events in Reno, and then, on Sunday, showed up for service at Victory Missionary Baptist Church in Las Vegas, with her friend and civil rights hero Rep. John Lewis of Georgia in tow.

“Crashing” would be a strong word to describe Clinton’s presence at the African American church, but Bernie Sanders had planned a campaign stop there before the secretary of state had. Now, the senator was upstaged at his own event.

Lewis introduced her as his “beloved sister” and a “warrior.” Then, Clinton obliquely criticized Sanders, as he listened from a nearby pew. “I am not a single issue candidate and this is not a single issue country,” Clinton said.

The former secretary of state has been in an all-out sprint in this final week before Saturday’s caucus, attempting to defend a state that she has long called her firewall. Sanders built surprising momentum in Nevada, a diverse state that, should he win it, would go a long way to silence critics who say the democratic socialist can only win with white voters and lacks the broad appeal to be the nominee. Clinton, whose campaign manager Robby Mook earned his stripes in 2008 working Nevada for her, has had a strong operation here since April, and until recently had a commanding double digit lead in the state’s notoriously unreliable polls.

But Sanders came from behind: outspending Clinton two to one on television ads and quickly building up a campaign operation to rival hers in size. His win in New Hampshire and near-win in Iowa catapulted him from unrealistic longshot to serious contender. The latest Nevada poll showed the rivals in a statistical tie. In his final rally before the caucus, Sanders told the thousands of supporters who showed up that he had a “feeling” they would “make history” on Saturday.

[enid602]

1. history

"Sanders told the thousands of supporters who showed up that he had a “feeling” they would “make history” on Saturday." History he may well make, as leaked memos from the NV Republican Committee urge Republicans to register as Dems (possible, this year due to an overlap in registration days, apparently) so they can 'vote against the Socialist' in November.

[kstewart33]

2. Bernie supporters, the Republicans are in your camp. Why? nt

[flamingdem]

4. Have you seen links, anywhere on the web this is being discussed?

Curious to know if this is hearsay or something quasi organized. If they vote as Dems they can't vote as Republicans on Tuesday.

[enid602]

6. link

http://nvdems.com/press/nv-dems-statement-on-reports-of-republican-voter-registration-fraud/

Docs are posted in one of the responses to the OP as well.

[kstewart33]

13. Yes they can and will because of a loophole in caucus procedures and timing.

The Dem caucuses allow anyone to caucus if they declare at the caucus that they are a Democrat.

The Repub caucuses are 3 days later. They require prior party registration to participate. Officially the Repubs who vote in the Dem caucus will be on the Repub caucus rolls as bonafide Repubs. There won't be enough time for the Repub party to check the accuracy of their rolls. So the Repub 'Dems for Bernie' will get away with it.

[magical thyme]

5. if his tenure in Vermont is any indication, because he brings people together

instead of dividing them in every way he can. Lots of Republicans in Vermont vote for him to win.

And lots of old-style (read normal) Republicans appreciate his honesty and agree with him on many issues.

The way forward is to find common ground and work from there, not set people at each others' throats so you can rob them blind while they fight over crumbs.

[kstewart33]

12. MT, if he's so good at bringing people together

Then why in 25 years in Congress, has he led people to the passage of 3 bills - 2 of them naming Vermont post offices?

And why would college Republican clubs openly admit that they will caucus for Bernie today and then vote Republican in the Repub caucuses next week?

Because they are convinced that Bernie is the man?

[magical thyme]

20. In Congress he's known as the Amendment King

He used his position to pass a lot of progressive amendments to bills over the years. For example, a decade or so ago he got massive funding for Community Health Centers that provide free health services to the poor. And then another big chunk of money as part of ACA to increase the number of Community Health Centers around the country. That's just one example.

"Sanders did something particularly original, which was that he passed amendments that were exclusively progressive, advancing goals such as reducing poverty and helping the environment, and he was able to get bipartisan coalitions of Republicans who wanted to shrink government or hold it accountable and progressives who wanted to use it to empower Americans."
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/bernie-gets-it-done-sanders-record-pushing-through-major-reforms-will-surprise-you

They list a couple dozen major amendments he authored and got passed at the link above. I've read he passed lots of amendments.

Here's what some of his colleagues have said about working with him:

Senator Roger Wicker — Republican, Mississippi
“I learned early on not to be automatically dismissive of a Bernie Sanders initiative or amendment… He’s tenacious and dogged and he has determination, and he’s not to be underestimated.”

Senator Sherrod Brown — Democrat, Ohio
“ would call them ‘tripartite amendments’ because we’d have him and he’d get a Republican, he’d get a Democrat and he’d pass things. He’s good at building coalitions.”

Senator John Mccain — Republican, Arizona
“, I found him to be honorable and good as his word.”

Senator Chuck Schumer — Democrat, New York
“He knew when to hold and knew when to fold and, I think, maximized what we could get for veterans.”

Senator Jack Reed — Democratic, Rhode Island (again)
“Frankly, without him, I don’t think we would have gotten done… It was a great testament to his skill as a legislator.”

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/10/1482833/-8-Quotes-From-Congress-About-Bernie-Sanders

As mayor of Burlington, VT
Sanders spoke out against poverty in the third world and made good-will visits to the Soviet Union and Cuba, among other places that U.S. mayors generally didn’t travel to during that time. But a funny thing happened on the way to what many had dismissed as a short-running circus. Sanders undertook ambitious downtown revitalization projects and courted evil capitalist entities known as “businesses.” He balanced budgets. His administration sued the local cable franchise and won reduced rates for customers. He drew a minor-league baseball team to town, the Vermont Reds (named for the Cincinnatis, not the Commies).

Sanders’s appeal in Vermont’s biggest city blended the “think globally” sensibility of a liberal college town with the “act locally” practicality of a hands-on mayor. He offered sister-city relations with the Sandinistas and efficient snowplowing for the People’s Republic of Burlington. Before Sanders’s mayoral victory, Leahy says, it was easy not to take him seriously. “Then he got over that barrier, and got elected. He fixed the streets, filled the potholes, worked with the business community. He did what serious leaders do.” He was re-elected three times.

on the Patriot Act
He was adept at working with people with whom he otherwise disagreed sharply — forging alliances with conservatives like Representative Ron Paul, Republican of Texas and a well-known libertarian, with whom he shared a common hostility to the U.S.A. Patriot Act. In what might have been Sanders’s signature triumph of recent years, he was instrumental in striking a provision from the Patriot Act that would have required librarians to release data on what their patrons were reading.

He was also gifted at drawing attention to his issues and (just as important) to himself. He was the first congressman to lead a bus trip to Canada to help seniors buy cheaper prescription drugs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/21/magazine/21Sanders.t.html?_r=0


Because some republicans say they'll caucus for him today and vote against him in the general doesn't mean that all will. There are plenty of examples here on DU of republican family members supporting Bernie period. Also over at the sister site. At the very least, they consistently respect him even if they don't agree with him. Unlike the Clintons, whom they absolutely loathe.

[frylock]

9. It takes a village.

[Vincardog]

10. Cause they hate Hillary. IS this news to you?

[kstewart33]

14. So the Repubs are supporting a man who is even more liberal than Hillary?

How is this logical?

[Vincardog]

15. It is not my claim. I was answering ther question of "WHY?". I have never called GOP voters ratonal

[kstewart33]

16. They're more rational than you think.

They know exactly what they are doing.

Never underestimate your opponent.

[Vincardog]

17. My opponents are not GOP voters they are Corporate stooges in elected offices

[kstewart33]

18. And who put them there?

Republicans must have played a considerable role in that, given that the party's fundraising is overwhelmingly from corporate America. Much more so than the Dems.

Don't forget who your real opponents are.

[Vincardog]

19. Thanks for that sage advice, what makes you think forgot what I am fighting against?

[flamingdem]

3. Are there any links or forums where Republicans are saying they'll do this?

I can fully believe they'd rather run against Bernie.

[frylock]

8. Greasing the skids for another loss?

[frylock]

7. Stay classy, Hillary.

“Crashing” would be a strong word to describe Clinton’s presence at the African American church, but Bernie Sanders had planned a campaign stop there before the secretary of state had. Now, the senator was upstaged at his own event.

Lewis introduced her as his “beloved sister” and a “warrior.” Then, Clinton obliquely criticized Sanders, as he listened from a nearby pew. “I am not a single issue candidate and this is not a single issue country,” Clinton said.

[DemocraticWing]

11. There's one candidate in this race who would show up to a church uninvited and insult somebody.

Bernie Sanders is not that candidate.