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2016 Postmortem

cali

(114,904 posts) Tue Feb 2, 2016, 03:53 PM Feb 2016

Like it or not, Bernie is now the most influential Senator [View all]

in the Democratic Caucus. He has millions of supporters and hundreds of thousands of activists. There is no other Senator in the Caucus who can come close- including Warren.

And that won't vanish if he doesn't win.

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Like it or not, Bernie is now the most influential Senator [View all] cali Feb 2016 OP

That's got to be chapping some asses Autumn Feb 2016 #1

Undoubtedly. cali Feb 2016 #6

OH yeah. He damn sure is. closeupready Feb 2016 #2

People and politicians in DC can no longer say his bills and ideas are not popular with the public. LonePirate Feb 2016 #3

I don't think he will. The democrats really don't want to go there. Autumn Feb 2016 #5

Love it! bettyellen Feb 2016 #4

Oh? What committe does he head? Hortensis Feb 2016 #7

Are you truly that uninformed? cali Feb 2016 #8

Why did no one know of him until now Hortensis Feb 2016 #10

Lol. He's been effective for a long time. cali Feb 2016 #11

don't give air to the kind of spew she's making. It is just spiteful stuff, Cali. Hugs roguevalley Feb 2016 #14

Thank you and cali Feb 2016 #15

Your next question could very well be, "Why does he wear cotton socks?" pangaia Feb 2016 #31

So vote for somebody else. pangaia Feb 2016 #32

^^^THIS^^^ and regarding Bernie's effectiveness--> valerief Feb 2016 #18

+1. n/t Jefferson23 Feb 2016 #21

Thank you, Valerie cali Feb 2016 #24

"But what has he done for me lately?" you can almost here. arcane1 Feb 2016 #27

Jesus that's a resume that prepares him to be president! lostnfound Feb 2016 #41

Could be true, and this is good news for progressives. We just need to win the GE now, DanTex Feb 2016 #9

He reminds me of Ted Kennedy DemocraticWing Feb 2016 #12

On first reading your comment, I went huh? cali Feb 2016 #13

More in terms of ideological influence than personality. DemocraticWing Feb 2016 #16

Most of those people are useless ideologues who aren't willing to fight the long battle. KittyWampus Feb 2016 #17

Boy are you spectacularly wrong. cali Feb 2016 #28

One feature of Iowa Caususes is to identify party volunteers and office holders cyberswede Feb 2016 #30

Are you serious? angrychair Feb 2016 #33

"And that won't vanish if he doesn't win." jomin41 Feb 2016 #19

Makes sense that he founded the Progressive Caucus. He is an inspiration who is only now JonLeibowitz Feb 2016 #20

Just the facts Ma'am. ErikJ Feb 2016 #22

I agree with your statement, overall. I question the understanding of Clinton Jefferson23 Feb 2016 #23

I doubt it. NurseJackie Feb 2016 #25

Ooh, typical nothing burger from you. cali Feb 2016 #26

That means nothing to the other Senators hack89 Feb 2016 #29

Oh yes it does. Witness Elizabeth Warren cali Feb 2016 #35

I have no idea what you are trying to say hack89 Feb 2016 #37

Is that a threat or a challenge? malokvale77 Feb 2016 #39

Statement of fact hack89 Feb 2016 #40

If only he'd joined the Dems sooner.... Blue_Tires Feb 2016 #34

Why? cali Feb 2016 #36

He would have been better placed Blue_Tires Feb 2016 #38