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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders in Phoenix: Senator encourages supporters to fight for change, riles opponents [View all]marble falls
(71,124 posts)I bet you're wrong about that. Do you think that his many appearances may have something to do with getting 37 Democrats into various state legislatures in the last year? How many rallies has Hillary Clinton held for Democratic candidates for state office or federal office in Arizona?
Hillary Clinton admits that Bernie Sander's involvement in the last election helped her to evolve and better nuance a variety of her positions, why can't other Democrats admit that also? The big problem with the Democratic Platform was it did not skew far enough to the left. There was no way to bring Trumps supporters into the light, I think Hillary Clinton should have used Bernie Sanders to better effect to have gotten a better turnout of everyone who loathed Trump. She could have put him to work the day after the Convention at establishing a goal for an education policy, for example.
What we get as we move into an election to turn Congress around almost completely in one night is Democrats rehashing some version or another of the the '16 primary and letting someone or another how little or how much of whatever sort of a Democrat they are.
Lets get focused on November and just drop the Bernie/Hillary crap and figure out how to utilize the both of them to get out the turnout we are capable of at the polls.
Bernie is supporting Democrats for pete's sakes.