2016 Postmortem

EdwardBernays

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7. People want an outsider

Fri Feb 5, 2016, 11:16 AM

Feb 2016

and like every attack on Trump my the media and political elite has backfired so will the attacks on Sanders... Billionaires and multi-millionaires telling people how to vote - for their own good - is not what 2016 is about.

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After the debate Josh Marshall, big Bernie supporter said [View all] redstateblues Feb 2016 OP

Really. Josh is not a Bernie supporter. Luminous Animal Feb 2016 #1

And he's just plain wrong. Ed Suspicious Feb 2016 #2

He seemed a straight up Hillary supporter to me. n/t Peregrine Took Feb 2016 #32

Desperate Hillary people reduced to outright lies now. and probably going forward Ferd Berfel Feb 2016 #44

Bernie has been shaping & defending these ideas of his for 50 years Jarqui Feb 2016 #3

People want an outsider EdwardBernays Feb 2016 #7

Thom Hartmann said last week that people have been Cleita Feb 2016 #28

The only people who have gone up against him and lost live in Vermont, MoonRiver Feb 2016 #63

So it will be interesting to see what happens. Cleita Feb 2016 #65

GOP strategists are laughing themselves silly at the prospect of facing Sanders. stevenleser Feb 2016 #4

These are the same people EdwardBernays Feb 2016 #5

Yes. And These Are SDJay Feb 2016 #12

They weren't laughing then either. nt stevenleser Feb 2016 #13

Yeah, I know some DNC strategists who laughed at Sanders too zazen Feb 2016 #6

Sure we are. Sanders is a joke, only his true believer supporters don't see it. Everyone else does. stevenleser Feb 2016 #15

What a crock. Kentonio Feb 2016 #19

Sanders is anything BUT a joke. Welcome to Ignore. Hiraeth Feb 2016 #22

You are a DNC strategist? nt TheBlackAdder Feb 2016 #29

"Sanders is a joke." elias49 Feb 2016 #36

Werent you the guy that said Bernies ceiling was 20% tops? nt bunnies Feb 2016 #37

Does the expression "GOP clown car" ring a bell? kristopher Feb 2016 #60

Out of curiosity, how many people were in the group "them" ? ladjf Feb 2016 #26

Who would care what "GOP strategists" think.... Peregrine Took Feb 2016 #33

Like you did in 2008? Flying Phoenix Feb 2016 #40

Refer to my signature line. nt stevenleser Feb 2016 #41

Your endorsement is worthless to me. n/t Flying Phoenix Feb 2016 #43

Of course, which is why you keep bringing up my opinions. stevenleser Feb 2016 #45

Your opinions in 2008 doesn't reflect your opinions of 2016 Flying Phoenix Feb 2016 #48

Of course, which is why you keep bringing up my opinions. nt stevenleser Feb 2016 #50

And these fools have been correct so often that you find them to be credible. frylock Feb 2016 #42

Perfect matchup for them. How else would a Trump or Cruz win? nt LexVegas Feb 2016 #47

And it would be like watching a slow moving train-wreck if it Sanders gets the nom. stevenleser Feb 2016 #49

Agree. nt LexVegas Feb 2016 #51

I'm glad they're underestimating him just like Clinton pengu Feb 2016 #53

So these GOP strategists have their fingers on the public pulse, do they? kristopher Feb 2016 #59

You nailed it. His OWN WORDS are enough to bury R B Garr Feb 2016 #62

It's truly horrifying, and not just because we would lose the WH for 4 to 8 years. MoonRiver Feb 2016 #64

I have talked to them myself and got a completely different response. They like rhett o rick Feb 2016 #69

Oh? What attack would the GOP use that Hillary hasn't? n/t winter is coming Feb 2016 #8

IMHO They'll Just Go Farther SDJay Feb 2016 #14

Josh is a Hillary supporter. eom Fawke Em Feb 2016 #9

Yet the OP still keeps his fabrication of an untruth. Ichingcarpenter Feb 2016 #18

A lot of Democratic pundits just don't get the Sanders phenomenon. earthside Feb 2016 #10

I know 4 Republicans in this area who would vote for him over a GOP candidate. madfloridian Feb 2016 #11

Great. Sanders would get 41% plus four votes in the G.E. stevenleser Feb 2016 #17

What part of "Bernie polls better for the general than Hillary" Schema Thing Feb 2016 #24

Funny, talking to Rutgers-Eagleton folks, this is an event never seen before--hard to predict. TheBlackAdder Feb 2016 #35

bookmarked frylock Feb 2016 #46

"big Bernie supporter" Goblinmonger Feb 2016 #16

I'm a regular reader of TPM and I never saw Josh Marshall say he was voting for Sanders. Eric J in MN Feb 2016 #20

I would be embarrassed if Josh really did support Bernie Oilwellian Feb 2016 #21

Wow. What a disgraceful, blatantly FALSE claim. He is a big Bernie detractors. cali Feb 2016 #23

Sanders would be a bad general election candidate Gothmog Feb 2016 #25

Karl Rove has done so well politically post-2004. n/t Gore1FL Feb 2016 #30

Hill is just as bad or worse. That is so no brainer cali Feb 2016 #55

Hillary has tried to make that argument too. Gore1FL Feb 2016 #27

Oh NO! A political pundit said something about Bernie. Stop the Presses! jillan Feb 2016 #31

Aww. Josh thinks he can't stand up to the big, mean Republicans? Cleita Feb 2016 #34

Are you saying Vermont is a red state? TeddyR Feb 2016 #39

Not anymore. But it seems like the same people who voted for GWB Cleita Feb 2016 #57

He would be wrong. Flying Phoenix Feb 2016 #38

Easy prediction... Mike Nelson Feb 2016 #52

He is NOT a Sanders supporter pengu Feb 2016 #54

Even if you think Sanders is a weak candidate TheFarseer Feb 2016 #56

There is a strong potential ticket for the GOP kristopher Feb 2016 #61

I think Kacisich is a good candidate also. Almost certainly their best TheFarseer Feb 2016 #68

False headline. Please remove it. Shame on you! nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #58

I will give you the benefit of the doubt... ljm2002 Feb 2016 #66

Bernie was elected Mayor of Burlington, VT. in_cog_ni_to Feb 2016 #67