Republicans root for Sanders nomination in battle for House

[RandySF]

Republicans are looking to raise money and energize their base, believing they will have a path to reclaim a majority in the House if Democrats nominate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a self-described democratic socialist.

The GOP has an uphill climb to taking back the House, which would require flipping 18 Democratic-held seats. Republican House candidates have struggled to raise money this cycle and Trump’s deep unpopularity in suburban districts is an urgent concern for candidates up and down the ballot.

But GOP lawmakers and operatives charged with electing Republicans to the House view Sanders’s success so far in the Democratic primary as a gift in swing districts, where Democrats won the House in 2018 by running moderate candidates in places where Trump’s style has been a huge turnoff to independents and women.

Republicans say they’ll tie the socialist moniker around those moderates, forcing Democratic incumbents to choose between backing Sanders and his left-wing agenda, or risk alienating the liberal base by moving away from him.



https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/484621-republicans-root-for-sanders-nomination-in-battle-for-house

[still_one]

1. and open primaries will be the demise of the Democratic party

[Cha]

2. "IF".. lets make that Not Happen.

[Sloumeau]

3. This is how a Sanders nomination would tie the hands of Dems in Congress:

"Republicans say they’ll tie the socialist moniker around those moderates, forcing Democratic incumbents to choose between backing Sanders and his left-wing agenda, or risk alienating the liberal base by moving away from him."

This would totally be a lose-lose situation for Democratic Moderates in the swing districts that we just earned in 2018. Dems choose between alienating their base or alienating the moderates they need to hold their seats. Lose the House, and a Democratic President achives nothing.

[jimfields33]

5. I wonder how many republicans in South Carolina will vote in the primary

Supposedly there are more republicans in the state then democrats. If they all vote, it’d be interesting to see who they voted for. And no they all would not vote Bernie.