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Her Sister

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20. not good!
Mon Mar 21, 2016, 01:34 PM
Mar 2016

"It’s too bad for Idaho, especially for those who will be participating in Tuesday’s Democratic caucus. It’s not about the campaign canceling a meeting with the Statesman, but the fact that they appear unwilling to schedule any time with the press while he’s here.

Candidates, and officeholders generally, sometimes avoid meetings with the press because they want to “speak directly” to the electorate, but a dialogue with a challenging questioner is much more informative – that is, maybe if you don’t count most of the recent Republican presidential debates.

People learn a lot about a candidate in those settings, more than they might from the campaign speeches that get repeated at every new stop."

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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