In 2016, Senator Bernie Sanders told the House Democratic caucus: "The goal isn't to win elections."

[octoberlib]

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Hey Democrats, it’s the winning, stupid! By James Carvill

Political parties do not exist for factions to gain power over them and lose elections so long as the faction maintains its grip. They exist to win elections. Without power, they are nothing.

In 2016, Senator Bernie Sanders told the House Democratic caucus: “The goal isn’t to win elections.” Maybe the stakes involved with Donald Trump weren’t crystal clear then, but by God they should be now. Winning this election is all that matters — and the way to do it is not running some rat race to the furthest reaches of leftwing zombie land.

Never in my life have I seen the Democratic party suffer a case of political amnesia this bad. A little over a year ago, the party stormed the House of Representatives in the midterm elections with the largest winning margin ever.

And how did we do it? By running a diverse coalition of candidates — young, black, brown, women, gay, straight — with one basic message: while the president gets things done only for himself, we are going to get real things done for you. While the president targets your protections for pre-existing medical conditions, we are going to lower the cost of prescription drugs. While he marches to the orders of the National Rifle Association, we are going to protect your child’s life. We care about climate, infrastructure and broadband — it goes on.


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[OneMoreCupOfCoffee]

1. Count me in as wanting to win the damn election.

[DanTex]

2. Calling supporters of a leading candidate a "cult" is not helpful to winning anything.

[Gothmog]

3. If sanders is the nominee, trump will win 45+ states and we may have Speaker Kevin McCarthy

[octoberlib]

4. Bloomberg has higher support among Black voters in NC than Sanders.

And without Black voters , he can't win.

[Gothmog]

7. Bloomberg is looking to be an acceptable nominee to me if Biden is not the nominee

[HarlanPepper]

6. I get that vibe from a lot of his supporters as well.

Winning is second to ideology.

[Cha]

8. YES IT IS.