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cascadiance

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30. There are many Republicans that hate the TPA/TPP as much as us "liberals"...

Thu Jun 25, 2015, 02:44 PM

Jun 2015

It is a populist issue that Bernie supports that Clinton hasn't been actively supporting, and many other Republicans haven't either. There are quite a few other populist issues that Bernie supports that one can't allow the corporatist media to continue to label as 'far left' when they appeal to a majority of Americans and therefore can't be just conveniently pigeonholed as "far left". I personally talked to a Republican the other night who tried to rationalize his rejection of these bills by reaching back to his studying of the John Birch Society and their rejection of other efforts to get rid of our national sovereignty as well. I pushed aside the John Birch Society as something I wasn't going to look at, but I did have a good discussion with him where we shared a lot of views on rejecting what many as Democrats and Republicans reject when it has that weakness and moves away from what our constitutional founders wanted in this country. I wouldn't be surprised if he might vote for Bernie at some point too.

I think people will be surprised how many thinking Republicans and independents will be building up Bernie's base in addition to "left wing" Democrats.

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Iowa: Hillary: 50% Bernie: 24% O'Malley: 2% in new poll [View all] WI_DEM Jun 2015 OP

I expect to see O'Malley go way up in the polls soon. leftofcool Jun 2015 #1

Don't know, but there is still plenty of time to make himself known before August still_one Jun 2015 #4

What happens in August? BlueCheese Jun 2015 #8

Debate? Agschmid Jun 2015 #10

I gotta move to one of these states. BlueCheese Jun 2015 #12

I live in Mass, but if I wanted to get involved with any candidate... Agschmid Jun 2015 #13

It may be in the fall, so I may not have been accurate, but yes, that is what my point was still_one Jun 2015 #17

God, I hope so DavidDvorkin Jun 2015 #35

50% is a great number ChairmanAgnostic Jun 2015 #2

LOL, yes, just terrible that she is at 50%, more than double her closest competitor stevenleser Jun 2015 #7

When running at a track meet aspirant Jun 2015 #25

It's not even November yet, and Obama was further behind in 2007 then... cascadiance Jun 2015 #27

You're comparing apples and oranges. He was closer in the national poll than the graph you show. nt stevenleser Jun 2015 #28

IF you look at the IA polls at this time in the 08 cycle she was actually losing or tied in IA. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2015 #36

That's good. Bradical79 Jun 2015 #21

true, all. ChairmanAgnostic Jun 2015 #31

Wow, Sanders has gained a lot of ground. /nt Marr Jun 2015 #3

Awesome news. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Vattel Jun 2015 #5

While he IS a good man, and would make a good candidate........ clarice Jun 2015 #11

I too worry about his electability. Vattel Jun 2015 #15

THAT'S the real question. nt clarice Jun 2015 #24

There are many Republicans that hate the TPA/TPP as much as us "liberals"... cascadiance Jun 2015 #30

This came to mind after seeing the unfavorable numbers hootinholler Jun 2015 #6

Are you referring to these unfavorable numbers ? DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2015 #9

Actually no hootinholler Jun 2015 #18

And she gets a higher mark on foreign policy by 84-3! and 72-12% on beating the Rethuglicans, DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2015 #20

Good thing for Hilary Americans are pretty clueless about foreign policy. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2015 #22

She repaired relationships with our allies that was fractured during the Bush years... DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2015 #23

Unfavorables down and favorables up is the real story in this poll. winter is coming Jun 2015 #33

Last poll I saw had Bernie low teens LittleBlue Jun 2015 #14

"The socialist" -- so this is way it'll be played, eh, Bloomberg? nt Buns_of_Fire Jun 2015 #16

I view that as continued good news. Bernie 2016 Jun 2015 #19

Bernie cut in half the space between him and Hillary. Great work. morningfog Jun 2015 #26

He is actually thirty two points behind in New Hampshire in the latest poll. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2015 #29

Bummer! morningfog Jun 2015 #41

Today is a good day for all of us thanx to SCOTUS. Don't let a poll get you down ! DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2015 #44

Cheers to that. morningfog Jun 2015 #47

I hadn't seen the latest numbers. Really encouraging. Thanks for posting that. n/t Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #46

But when the primaries leave the homogenous enclaves of New England and come to America.... Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #34

I'm not counting on anything. We have a long way to go, and Bernie morningfog Jun 2015 #42

Her support is a mile wide and an inch deep. neverforget Jun 2015 #32

You are making two statements that are mutually exclusive. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2015 #38

They know her. They don't know Bernie. neverforget Jun 2015 #39

Yes, and the people in IA and NH largely, largely... largely hold favorable opinions of her DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2015 #43

People can't change their minds when they learn more about someone? neverforget Jun 2015 #49

That doesn't speak well for Bernie. He's been in DC for decades, and "they don't know him"? Tarheel_Dem Jun 2015 #45

Being First Lady for 8 years, Senator for 9 and Secretary of State for 4 years. neverforget Jun 2015 #48

Terrific news for Hillary. She's going to win in a blow-out in Iowa. NYC Liberal Jun 2015 #37

And everyone else, with the exception of Vermont LordGlenconner Jun 2015 #40

O'malley had a prob taking down racist flags... realFedUp Jun 2015 #50

seriously - 50% to 24% - that's a landslide for Hillary samsingh Jun 2015 #51