LOL !!! - Oh... They Are Now REALLY Worried... Check Out HuffPo Front Page/Top Story

[WillyT]

Can any body do a screen capture ???

Kerry and Warren now ???

Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

[peacebird]

1. LOL! Pass the popcorn!

[SoapBox]

2. ...

"Poll Shows Virtual Tie... NYT: KERRY/BIDEN/WARREN/GORE Chatter..."

Sheesh...are you sure this isn't The Enquirer...guess it's now become Anybody but Bernie.

Aliens too?

[WillyT]

3. Curious That...

Sanders threatens them all... no more gravy train.

[daleanime]

19. ........

[99th_Monkey]

4. Dear 1%: "Enough is enough! You can't have it all!!" nt

[merrily]

5. Is this the story to which you are referring?

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/us/politics/big-name-plan-bs-for-democrats-concerned-about-hillary-clinton.html

If so, I believe the subtitle is Third Wayers pray in unison, "Sweet Jesus please, anybody but Bernie Sanders!"

[WillyT]

6. It's Dropped Down By now...

[merrily]

7. I know it went somewhere. But, did the link in my post go to the story to which your OP refers?

[WillyT]

9. Yep... Part Of It Did...

[senz]

11. The HuffPo story is still on the front page, but it links directly to the NYTimes.

You need the Times link in your OP so that people will know what you're talking about...

[daleanime]

20. ABsquaredS?

[YabaDabaNoDinoNo]

8. The 1% has made their choice and it is not the Donald

Donald is unstable and unpredictable which is something the 1% really dislikes more than anything. None of the other republicans will win the GE and they the 1% know it so there is only 1 viable candidate for the 1% left and it is not Bernie

[senz]

10. WillyT, you could edit your OP w/the NYTimes link.

Merrily gave the link, but I'll repeat it just to make sure: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/us/politics/big-name-plan-bs-for-democrats-concerned-about-hillary-clinton.html

The headline reads, "Big-Name Plan B’s for Democrats Concerned About Hillary Clinton" -- but it looks like it's Bernie they're worried about. Excerpts:

It is not just Mrs. Clinton’s weakness in the polls that has generated talk of other alternatives, but also the strength of Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who is routinely drawing huge crowds at campaign events. That has been disconcerting to Democratic officials who believe that Mr. Sanders, a socialist, is so liberal that his presence at the top of the party’s ticket in 2016 would be disastrous.

“If party leaders see a scenario next winter where Bernie Sanders has a real chance at the Democratic nomination, I think there’s no question that leaders will reach out to Vice President Biden or Secretary of State Kerry or even Gore about entering the primaries,” said Garnet F. Coleman, a Texas state lawmaker and Democratic national committeeman.

It cheers me to see DUers chuckling over this, because when I read it, I felt frightened and angry that Bernie is being opposed by the very party he's running under, the ones who should be supporting him.

So much opposition! What a huge, uphill struggle this is going to be. I hope Bernie is keeping a bright outlook. I know this: if he manages to start a genuine political revolution in this country, he will have won.

[sabrina 1]

13. Thank you for the links. I read this earlier and reacted the way you did. First, the blatant

corruption of our system where these people think they have the RIGHT to decide to thwart the will of the people, just as Bernie has said.

We should USE this article, over and over until it sinks in just HOW corrupted the system is and how they have manipulated it for so long.

It reminded me of other elections where the people were showing support for a candidate and THEY chose someone else. Then when people were left with a choice between THAT candidate who they may not have been thrilled with, or a Republican, all the usual 'warnings' were issued, 'well, s/he's better than the Republican' etc.

I have now made up my mind and I want them to know this BEFORE they try to stop Bernie, if they play their usual dirty tricks to install THEIR choice of candidate, I will not support that candidate, I will work to get a Congress who will not work with their choice either, at least to begin that process.

This shows clearly what they have been up to for a long time, and why we were so puzzled by the whole mess.

[louis-t]

27. You know, I was just wondering how long it will be before

some manufactured scandal appears. Repugs may wait until right before the election, but it's coming.

[Enthusiast]

14. What I would like to know is, who are these so called 'Democratic officials'?

You know, that have decided Bernie is too liberal.

I think it is Bernie's liberalness that is driving his rapid rise in popularity. The people have had about enough of Third Way/DLC.

[senz]

16. It's the DNC and other big-shots

and what they're worried about, as suggested by the article, is to be Bernie's electability as a socialist. That's essentially what they're saying.

[Enthusiast]

17. So they are complicit in the timing of the debates?

They don't have the right to go against the good of the party. The socialism thing won't mean much. The gravy train will stop, however, and that is a big deal for status quo cheerleaders.

[senz]

18. I thought that was a known fact.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz heads up the DNC and it is she (and whomever she works with) who have set the calendar for the Democratic debates. What they have in mind is their concept of "the good of the party." If the Dems lose the GE, it will not be good for them. They see Bernie as an outsider who doesn't have the money and connections -- and "presidential bearing" -- to win the GE. There may be some other factors at work as well.

They seem to have missed the significance of Bernie's surging popularity, and they doubt its staying power when the lowest of the low, Republicans, start their attacks on him.

[SoapBox]

22. DWS and the DNC...

And so many, are in the Entrenched, Establishment, Beltway Bubble, Billionaire Bankster Crowd.

I've been somewhat amazed (and disappointed) to see those that are running to endorse Ms. Inevitable...likes of DWS, Carville, Dean, Franken, Ellen, Stephanie Miller and that whole bunch of Pols that have tried to pull a Claire on Bernie.

It's so weird hearing them try to defend her and with a wave of the hand, brush off Bernie.

Well they are in for a surprise...a big surprise from the voters. And if DWS and the DNC try some more crap, they are going to be in for another surprise...people are not going to take their crap any longer.

[Enthusiast]

25. +100%!

[senz]

26. You forget that she's been building up for this for years.

She has a ton of money and has been "signing people on" for a long, long time. She's thoroughly entrenched.

That's one reason it's so sweet to see that she is not inevitable.

[arcane1]

28. They may claim it, but it's not the 2016 election that they're afraid of losing n/t

[daleanime]

21. It's not his electable....

that's frightening them.

[senz]

24. Well that would be good.

But your not saying what you mean leaves a lot up to my imagination, and I don't know if my imagination matches your thoughts on the subject. So I'm saying "good" if what you mean is that they sense that Bernie could indeed change everything. I like that, because that's what I'm hoping he will do.

[daleanime]

29. We are in agreement.

[LWolf]

12. I find it transparently corrupt

that "party officials" would be so fearful of not having chosen the nominee that they can't allow an honest primary; if their first choice falls, they have to bring in big guns to try to defeat the candidate so many are excited about.

Why not stay neutral?

[Enthusiast]

15. Bernie would put an end to the gravy train. 'Party officials' (who?) would not benefit.

Neutral is out of the question.

[SoapBox]

23. Exactly.

[Eleanors38]

30. "Democrats... never worried about Clinton's electability." Holy High Speed Jesus!

They act as if 2008 never happened! If this doesn't illustrate how out of touch the Party's "leadership" is, I don't know what does! They dump any notion of progressive politics -- even the nomenclature of it -- and fill it with a denatured bureau-speak, then oddly enough place some sort of secular faith in all that jargon jive. Now, they cast about looking for Somebody, ANYBODY, to stop Sanders. Note: This is the DNC's goal, not running a viable (certainly not a progressive) candidate for president.