BOOM! Barbara Boxer: Hillary is a progressive EVERY day. Bernie is a Democrat "some days."

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239. I don't get the Boom

I know we're all passionate and partisan voters. Many of us here have been part of local Democratic Clubs and are active as part of the party structure of the Democratic Party. But we are a minuscule portion of the electorate, including the many who just so happen to be registered Democrats.

Over the years, Independents and/or DTS's have become the largest voting block. I think it would have been a disaster for the Democratic nominee had Bernie Sanders chosen to run for President as an Independent, and I'm thankful he didn't choose that path rather than pissed at him for choosing to run as a Democrat, a label I have had my entire life as a registered voter.

But I'm a Democrat because of the values Democrats supposedly have, not because of the Party. In point of fact, I think DC Dems are often as much a part of the problem as the solution, so Bernie and I are in agreement on that front.

I think attacking Bernie for not being a member of the party only hurts him with a minuscule portion of the electorate, while giving him street cred with the rest.