2016 Postmortem

pampango

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55. Great to hear Bernie praise Krugman and Stiglitz so highly. They would be great cabinet members. n/t

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A Sanders administration wouldn't be full of corporate cronies. He's a REAL progressive. [View all] think Apr 2016 OP

This changes EVERYTHING! nt onehandle Apr 2016 #1

Well at you least you are admitting Hillary isn't a true progressive. That's a big step.... think Apr 2016 #2

progressive vs movement progressive BlueStateLib Apr 2016 #4

Progressive vs neocon NorthCarolina Apr 2016 #13

Yep. It's insane but that pretty much sums it up.../nt think Apr 2016 #21

I think they prefer it that way. n/t Dawgs Apr 2016 #16

It does seem to be that way. Why people would though is beyond me. /nt think Apr 2016 #22

Wise-ass! KPN Apr 2016 #51

He's also running as a Democrat. Orsino Apr 2016 #3

What corporate types would establishment Democrats expect to see in a Sanders administration? think Apr 2016 #7

Troubling, yes, and inescapable. Orsino Apr 2016 #9

I believe Bernie would use the bully pulpit better than anyone we've seen in decades. think Apr 2016 #11

Yeah. He's no great orator... Orsino Apr 2016 #17

It would be very refreshing to have Bernie speaking about real change to a corrupt system think Apr 2016 #20

You can't get anything done if you can't get others to cooperate with you. randome Apr 2016 #5

Hillary will get lots of Wall Street types appointed. She'll have no problem giving the GOP what think Apr 2016 #10

We already know what the GOP is about. It's not exactly news. randome Apr 2016 #12

In case you don't read the news Wall Street banks have admitted to shit loads of crimes & think Apr 2016 #18

A Sanders administration would be a field day for Republicans. baldguy Apr 2016 #6

I'd like to see the GOP try and make a case for not having William K Black is AG. They'd be showing think Apr 2016 #8

They show the American people exactly where they stand every day & TheDormouse Apr 2016 #45

This is false, a real progressive doesn't vote for corporate immunity and against the Brady Bill 5 uponit7771 Apr 2016 #14

Keep trying. Hillary already admitted she is open to Wall Street getting the Sec. Treasury position think Apr 2016 #25

Like math, those are facts uponit7771 Apr 2016 #26

Maybe you'd like to comment on who Hillary would appoint to her cabinet. Can you spare a thought on think Apr 2016 #28

if bernie is a REAL progressive. stonecutter357 Apr 2016 #15

What is a real progressive to you? Seriously? I'm curious now... think Apr 2016 #19

Don't feed the trolls. n/t brentspeak Apr 2016 #23

Are you a Berniebro ? stonecutter357 Apr 2016 #24

. stonecutter357 Apr 2016 #31

+1, Sanders and Nader have soured my perspective of socialism and progressiveness uponit7771 Apr 2016 #27

Single payer, breaking up Wall Street banks, ending the death penalty, ending the war on drugs think Apr 2016 #29

Funny you leave off gun views and the CFMA, what sours me is they're not the standard of progressive uponit7771 Apr 2016 #40

The CFMA was written by Hillary's chief economic adviser and snuck into an omnibus spending bill think Apr 2016 #42

Excuses, Sanders gives no grace to Hillary he gets none either. The CFMA took the beat cops off uponit7771 Apr 2016 #43

Bill Clinton and the Republicans snuck the CFMA in at the last minute. Only 4 people voted against think Apr 2016 #44

Again, he voted wrong... he gives no grace he gets none... no nuance for him and none for Clinton uponit7771 Apr 2016 #56

You just posted another thread about the cost of shutting the government down. Bernie voted to think Apr 2016 #57

How does this happen in today's Congress? procon Apr 2016 #30

I'm promoting the idea Bernie will promote people that will do something. Screw the purity crap. think Apr 2016 #32

Neither Sanders or Clinton has a chance procon Apr 2016 #36

People who don't fight and explain what they are trying to do will never get anything accomplished. think Apr 2016 #37

Its the math. procon Apr 2016 #48

Hillary uses the Victory Fund like it's her own personal campaign fund. Maybe some day those states think Apr 2016 #49

if Bernie was so "popular with the people" he'd be winning right now, but he's not. procon Apr 2016 #52

You're the one who made the claim that Hillary was supporting down ticket Dems and Bernie wasn't think Apr 2016 #53

He knows we need to know this felix_numinous Apr 2016 #33

Exactly. Bernie might not get every person he wanted appointed but he'd make the GOP look like dirt think Apr 2016 #34

I don't think Killer Mike and Susan Sarandon are going to get approved KingFlorez Apr 2016 #35

William K Black, Joseph Stiglitz, Robert Reich & others of that caliber are who Sanders has think Apr 2016 #38

Clinton would choose qualified people KingFlorez Apr 2016 #39

Well at least you named one of the most progressive Senators we have. But that's one and it's think Apr 2016 #41

The scary thing is that Bernie will have slim pickin's in choosing TheDormouse Apr 2016 #46

Let's hope not. Corporate dominance of even the Democratic presidencies has been a a huge problem think Apr 2016 #47

K&R EndElectoral Apr 2016 #50

K&R CharlotteVale Apr 2016 #54

Great to hear Bernie praise Krugman and Stiglitz so highly. They would be great cabinet members. n/t pampango Apr 2016 #55

He changed Burlington by hiring non-political, smart people. That & intelligence set him apart. snowy owl Apr 2016 #58