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StevieM

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11. I don't know what her position is on issues like single-payer health care, or $15 per hour

Reply to GBizzle (Reply #10)

Wed May 24, 2017, 11:23 AM

May 2017

minimum wage, as opposed to 12 dollars an hour.

But, yes, I think with Trump's approval numbers where they are we could have won with a candidate who is not advocating those positions.

The issue is that Trump is hated right now and that is opening the door for a lot of Democrats, all over the country, and of many different ideological stripes, to win their elections.

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Sanders delegate wins NY state election in district that voted big for Trump [View all] DonViejo May 2017 OP

But....but....BERNIE supporters and SOCIALISTS can't win!!!!! GBizzle May 2017 #1

Didn't she run as a Democrat? brush May 2017 #2

Yes. What about it? GBizzle May 2017 #3

The key thing really is being on the Democratic ticket brush May 2017 #4

Exactly. nt JTFrog May 2017 #5

Bernie ran on the Democratic ticket. He was definitely on my ballot. GBizzle May 2017 #6

You answered your own question. He ran as a Dem for the national recognition... brush May 2017 #8

Again, you failed to make any kind of coherent point. GBizzle May 2017 #10

I don't know what her position is on issues like single-payer health care, or $15 per hour StevieM May 2017 #11

Get real. The point is running as a Democrat. It's not rocket science. God! brush May 2017 #12

Nobody ever said that anyone who supports Bernie Sanders can't win. StevieM May 2017 #9

Things are looking up! jalan48 May 2017 #7