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161. went to a Ready for Warren party last night

Fri Aug 29, 2014, 11:18 AM

Aug 2014

Considering it was in a small town in the backwaters of CT, there was a good turnout. I love Bernie but would love Eliz. to be the first woman pres. even more. She has fire in her belly and is ticked off about the 1%, income inequality, environmental violations, student debt, etc.

Our hostess of the eve. said her 3 grown kids had incurred about $500,000 in debt altogether getting through college, law school, etc.
Now they have to start their adult lives with this debt burden.

The hostess is a lawyer herself and her husband is an eye doctor and they can't shoulder this financial burden easily, either. Think about the teacher, plumber, etc. trying to help out college grads with this kind of debt. Terrible.

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Sanders weighs Clinton challenge [View all] DonViejo Aug 2014 OP

Run! Bernie, Run! n/t earthside Aug 2014 #1

+ 1,000 run Bernie RUN Vincardog Aug 2014 #27

++++++ 840high Aug 2014 #51

+ another Scuba Aug 2014 #58

Go for it Bernie, I will support you 110% Autumn Aug 2014 #2

If Sanders goes against Hillary in the primary I'll vote for him. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #3

+1 daleanime Aug 2014 #22

I usually vote for what's left of what's left. yurbud Aug 2014 #61

we don't get much of a choice either by the time the primaries come to CA frylock Aug 2014 #65

yep. That's why I said "what's left." I mailed in my primary ballot for Edwards... yurbud Aug 2014 #114

i did the same exact thing. mailed my ballot the day before edwards dropped out.. frylock Aug 2014 #137

I would, too. Cal33 Aug 2014 #127

Far better person, and far better Democrat (despite not technically being one)... True Blue Door Aug 2014 #4

I wish we could elect SamKnause Aug 2014 #5

My feeling. JDPriestly Aug 2014 #9

I agree. n/t. ms liberty Aug 2014 #41

Yes. Implicit in your statement are troubling questions: RufusTFirefly Aug 2014 #11

The simple answers; SamKnause Aug 2014 #13

Exactly! SoapBox Aug 2014 #19

Well said!! wendylaroux Aug 2014 #25

They have to sell their soul and our office for the almighty campaign dollar. This is how the Dustlawyer Aug 2014 #56

It's due to voters racism and fear. I pin more blame on the voters than harun Aug 2014 #88

If only. Go Bernie! InAbLuEsTaTe Aug 2014 #79

Dear Bernie Sanders Plucketeer Aug 2014 #6

That headline sucks Bjorn Against Aug 2014 #7

Hillary is, for better or worse, the presumptive Dem nominee in 2016, as polls show her beating VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #91

They said the same thing in 2008 Bjorn Against Aug 2014 #95

That is most certainly true! But such is HRC's 'pull' currently that Warren has VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #96

Actually, Warren promised her constituents that she wouldn't pull a Palin Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #151

to your point... 2banon Aug 2014 #99

Unless Bernie officially becomes a democrat cosmicone Aug 2014 #8

wrong. my congressman runs as an independent/democrat hopemountain Aug 2014 #14

It's a different thing to run nationally. If he runs 3rd party he will toss the election pnwmom Aug 2014 #17

how is this so, pnwmom? please explain hopemountain Aug 2014 #20

Ralph Nader, 2000. Took more than 97,000 votes in Florida, the state that decided the election. pnwmom Aug 2014 #24

i was sincerely asking, pnwmom and NOT hopemountain Aug 2014 #28

If Bernie runs as a Democrat, I will have no problem with that. But if he loses the primary pnwmom Aug 2014 #30

This. So fuggin' this. Adrahil Aug 2014 #77

Bernie can't 'leave' the party, since he's not a member of it currently. Don't know enough VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #93

Only declared Democrats can run in the primary. If he left it afterwards, he'd be a turncoat, pnwmom Aug 2014 #103

Maybe I'm not being clear enough: can Sanders even run against HRC in VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #115

He would have to declare himself a Democrat in order to run in the Democratic primaries. pnwmom Aug 2014 #116

Yeah, I take your point. And my understanding seems to match yours, i.e., that he VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #119

Here's MY sincere answer: ReRe Aug 2014 #31

The affect of holding HRC's feet to the fire is a very GOOD one, BlueCaliDem Aug 2014 #106

Same here. ReRe Aug 2014 #108

I thought that everyone knew by now, Gore won Florida and the election. A Simple Game Aug 2014 #35

Speaking of "Nice try." RufusTFirefly Aug 2014 #38

SCOTUS would never have heard the case if Nader hadn't drawn 97000 votes in Florida. pnwmom Aug 2014 #44

So it was SCOTUS that did it? Now I am confused. Someone needs to make up their mind. n/t A Simple Game Aug 2014 #57

Nope. Nader grabbed the Rethug ball and kicked it to SCOTUS. pnwmom Aug 2014 #62

Nader appealed to SCOTUS? I thought it was Bush and Cheney that appealed to the Supremes. A Simple Game Aug 2014 #63

They would have had nothing to appeal if Nader hadn't gotten 97,000 votes in Florida. pnwmom Aug 2014 #64

So how do you feel about Ohio in 2004? Nader steal that one too? n/t A Simple Game Aug 2014 #75

Bush wouldn't have been running as an incumbent -- Gore would have. n/t pnwmom Aug 2014 #111

This message was self-deleted by its author irisblue Aug 2014 #134

It's a horrible thing when we have more than two candidates to choose from and vote for... LanternWaste Aug 2014 #109

It is when it splits the progressive vote and tosses the election far to the right of both. pnwmom Aug 2014 #112

Why don't you stop acting like a schmuck. HERVEPA Aug 2014 #102

And why don't you refute what I said? n/t A Simple Game Aug 2014 #122

Nader doesn't run, Gore is president. HERVEPA Aug 2014 #126

Supreme court didn't stop the recount, Gore is President. A Simple Game Aug 2014 #135

First off, let me say I am not a fan of Nader. jaded_old_cynic Aug 2014 #143

I know -- it's just sooooo confusing when someone says an event has more than one cause. Jim Lane Aug 2014 #123

Yes, he had the right to run. But if he had cared more for his progressive causes pnwmom Aug 2014 #144

Austrialia has 15 parties running, and no shit and shittier forever on ballots TheNutcracker Aug 2014 #66

yes...by 500 and some votes. ms liberty Aug 2014 #46

You seem to be missing the problem, Gore lost because they stopped the recounts. A Simple Game Aug 2014 #82

I'm not "missing" the problem... ms liberty Aug 2014 #105

You can deal in "If's" all day if you want, but in the end it was the Supreme Court that cost Gore A Simple Game Aug 2014 #128

You mistake me, again... ms liberty Aug 2014 #131

Nader ran and yet Gore still won, you can't deny that fact. A Simple Game Aug 2014 #136

Does blaming the Supreme Court let Katherine Harris off the hook? Jim Lane Aug 2014 #124

Ah, yes you're right Ms. Harris has lots to be ashamed of as do many others. A Simple Game Aug 2014 #129

I understand not wanting to write a novel, especially with Nader now less relevant than Sarah Palin. Jim Lane Aug 2014 #139

You are probably right, if Nader hadn't run Gore would have most likely won. A Simple Game Aug 2014 #140

Nader should have run -- in the primaries. Jim Lane Aug 2014 #145

Nader had a right to run, period. No law says you have to join a party. A Simple Game Aug 2014 #150

What the hell IS it with the Naderites and this �right to run� straw man???? Jim Lane Aug 2014 #160

Oh come on.... Adrahil Aug 2014 #78

Yes Oh come on... Let's keep blaming Nader instead of who really stole the election. A Simple Game Aug 2014 #85

+1 beerandjesus Aug 2014 #87

<sigh> It isn't about just one thing, but the Nader apologists just can't accept that he had some Adrahil Aug 2014 #90

We do not have a two party system, show me where it say we do. A Simple Game Aug 2014 #98

Unless Warren is the candidate, the election will be decided more by the stay at homes, truedelphi Aug 2014 #50

If he runs 3rd party, ZombieHorde Aug 2014 #68

He doesn't have the national support and campaign organization to win. The Democratic candidate will pnwmom Aug 2014 #70

Not yet. nt ZombieHorde Aug 2014 #71

Not in time for the election. How would he get himself on the ballots of 50 states? pnwmom Aug 2014 #72

Stranger things have happened. nt ZombieHorde Aug 2014 #73

Exactly. People seem to forget that Ralph Nader gave us Dubya. NT Adrahil Aug 2014 #76

Rep. Defazio is a member of the Democratic Party. Sen. Sanders is NOT. BlueCaliDem Aug 2014 #104

Bullcrap. nt NorthCarolina Aug 2014 #53

He caucuses with Senate Dems. Isn't that enough to allow support for him? VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #92

He still identifies himself as an independent. cosmicone Aug 2014 #141

Yeah, I take your point. I'm a firm believer in 'party discipline' (else VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #142

But since officially nobody is in the race yet there's no problem caraher Aug 2014 #157

DU Rec! RufusTFirefly Aug 2014 #10

How soon before January does someone have to become a registered Democrat.... George II Aug 2014 #12

I think there are a lot of usually republican voters who are Voice for Peace Aug 2014 #29

Remember, many of them voted for Romney in 2012.... George II Aug 2014 #39

How will AIPAC paint Bernie? The Jewish Defense League? Voice for Peace Aug 2014 #42

I don't know, but you have to expect any campaign against Sanders... George II Aug 2014 #49

Well, we've had a Catholic President, seems like it would be a good time for our first Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #152

Yes, for many....but not "middle America" George II Aug 2014 #158

That'd be lovely, but I don't see any real evidence for that. Adrahil Aug 2014 #80

if they vote.. I don't know. takes a dreamer to make a dream come true, right? Voice for Peace Aug 2014 #110

he will have my vote nt hopemountain Aug 2014 #15

Go, Bernie, Go! KamaAina Aug 2014 #16

Run Robbins Aug 2014 #18

I would vote for Bernie SoapBox Aug 2014 #21

Demographics in national elections keep getting worse for Repubs. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #153

Woo Hoo !!! - K & R !!! WillyT Aug 2014 #23

Oh Boy! 99th_Monkey Aug 2014 #26

K&R ReRe Aug 2014 #32

Just one problem with Bernie Z_California Aug 2014 #33

We weren't supposed to be ready for a Catholic President either. Or an African-American one. RufusTFirefly Aug 2014 #45

they've been calling Obama a socialist for 6 years Enrique Aug 2014 #107

Could be a good thing flamingdem Aug 2014 #34

From his positions of defense of the US, I suspect he will have a big change on his position if he Thinkingabout Aug 2014 #36

Defense from what? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #154

Didn't know anyone was attacking us. Thinkingabout Aug 2014 #156

Of course I will support Berne Sanders OutNow Aug 2014 #37

Bernie - Please Spare Many The Pain Of A HRC Candidacy cantbeserious Aug 2014 #40

Many?? How about America's (remaining) middle class and poor. nt NorthCarolina Aug 2014 #54

Just Allowing Room For All The HRC Supporters To Breath - Some Become Vituperative cantbeserious Aug 2014 #59

Run as a Dem, please! riqster Aug 2014 #43

A self-labeled socialist with no national structure who will be 75 in 2016. pnwmom Aug 2014 #47

He MIGHT succeed in getting poor people to rethink why socialism is "evil" karynnj Aug 2014 #48

Sweden, Norway, Denmark etc. aren't Socialist... brooklynite Aug 2014 #147

Sanders' socialism is the same democratic socialism that is in Scandinavia karynnj Aug 2014 #149

Sounds to me as if PDittie Aug 2014 #52

Bernie said early on MsLeopard Aug 2014 #55

Sen Sanders makes a valid point. Stellar Aug 2014 #84

That alone isn't going to make much difference. Nihil Aug 2014 #86

Sadly, I agree..... nt MsLeopard Aug 2014 #97

When Bernie Sanders endorses Clinton after the Primaries, how will you react? brooklynite Aug 2014 #148

With the same cynical attitude that I have towards the cheerleaders before the event. Nihil Aug 2014 #159

Not a fan of Hillary, but she'll clean his clock unfortunately. BenzoDia Aug 2014 #60

Keep dreamin - Hillary is bought and paid for by Wall Street. End of story. InAbLuEsTaTe Aug 2014 #83

I wish him the best and I hope he goes full bore. Phlem Aug 2014 #67

just do it Bernie! n/t wildbilln864 Aug 2014 #69

Oh I hope so JonLP24 Aug 2014 #74

I love Bernie Sanders, but... Stellar Aug 2014 #81

If Sanders really wanted to fire up the base, he'd pre-announce Kshama Sawant of Socialist VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #94

If he runs as a Democrat I'd consider supporting him davidpdx Aug 2014 #89

A little sugar for the left.... candelista Aug 2014 #100

Yes, Bernie! woo me with science Aug 2014 #101

if he loses in the primaries, he should run as an independent. yurbud Aug 2014 #113

Endorsing a third-party candidate is a violation of the TOS. brooklynite Aug 2014 #118

it's not even primary season yet. And if the Democratic candidate loses, it will have a lot more to yurbud Aug 2014 #120

Perhaps so...still a violation of TOS brooklynite Aug 2014 #121

Don't let them bother you. herding cats Aug 2014 #132

As a Clinton supporter, I'll say "good for him". brooklynite Aug 2014 #117

Sanders on the third-party question Jim Lane Aug 2014 #125

Count me in! nt Zorra Aug 2014 #130

Run Bernie!!! America needs you. Zen Democrat Aug 2014 #133

Just bought tickets to the September dinner. bunnies Aug 2014 #138

i think he would be a great addition to the debate loyalsister Aug 2014 #146

Yes!!! Owl Aug 2014 #155

went to a Ready for Warren party last night wordpix Aug 2014 #161

Got my vote damnedifIknow Aug 2014 #162