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Rose Siding

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16. He also canceled a scheduled press avail. in Idaho
Mon Mar 21, 2016, 11:34 AM
Mar 2016

I think his priority is less about an actual campaign and more about fronting his fantasy revolution.

Bernie Sanders brings his presidential campaign to Boise Monday after a Friday stop in Idaho Falls. The Sanders campaign called Thursday to offer the Statesman 30 minutes one-on-one with the Vermont senator ahead of his noon rally at Boise State University’s Taco Bell arena.

Of course, we said yes. What better way to get past the usual campaign talking points and quiz the candidate on topics of special interest to Idahoans? (Rocky Barker covers a few of those here.)

“What do you want to talk to him about?” they asked. I thought it was kind of an odd question. We don’t typically lay things out like that ahead of time, but in deference, I said we’d want to hear more about his views on topics like federal lands and land use policy, energy and the Idaho National Laboratory, statewide political and policy issues like this year’s debates on healthcare and minimum wage, not to mention drilling down for local angles on Sanders’s campaign themes.

“Great, we’ll see you Monday,” they told us.

When I called Friday to confirm our appointment, the message back was, “Sorry, schedule change. No can do.”

Read more here: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article67253832.html#storylink=cpy

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So Sanders gets to call in like Trump does riversedge Mar 2016 #1
Not sure if the special treatment he gets will be by phone or video Rose Siding Mar 2016 #3
CNN just reported that AIPAC nixed Brenie's video. Walk away Mar 2016 #13
Bernie is actively campaigning in my state - cilla4progress Mar 2016 #2
I don't know... yallerdawg Mar 2016 #4
LOL! Loki Mar 2016 #24
Oh, please. They are ALL actively campaigning. Rose Siding Mar 2016 #5
What's it going to take for BS to show President Obama and Hillary some respect? Cha Mar 2016 #6
You talk of respect? johnp3907 Mar 2016 #7
+1 Rose Siding Mar 2016 #8
No one cares about his huge rallies. He's losing. The focus livetohike Mar 2016 #9
Please take your post and put it in Bernie group FloridaBlues Mar 2016 #10
The media and others have been tiptoeing around Sanders for months in order to avoid... George II Mar 2016 #12
Maybe he should have gone to APAIC instead of giving his same stump speech... Walk away Mar 2016 #14
No fear--lots of threads on GD-P riversedge Mar 2016 #15
Why don't you post this in the Bernie group AKA: GD-P? 33taw Mar 2016 #23
Not having his supporters troll the entire Internet would be a start jmowreader Mar 2016 #25
I think he's quietly giving up. He couldn't be bothered to address AIPAC this morning, and... George II Mar 2016 #11
He also canceled a scheduled press avail. in Idaho Rose Siding Mar 2016 #16
weird! Her Sister Mar 2016 #17
Could speculate it's related to the AZ interview but Rose Siding Mar 2016 #18
not good! Her Sister Mar 2016 #20
Sanders would have to give specifics on Idaho problems per the article-too much work riversedge Mar 2016 #19
lol! Her Sister Mar 2016 #21
That explains why Sanders SharonClark Mar 2016 #22
This is old new, and has already taken place still_one Mar 2016 #26
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