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2016 Postmortem

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NorthCarolina

(11,197 posts)
Fri Dec 11, 2015, 10:11 AM Dec 2015

Bernie Sanders can win: How Politico gets it wrong [View all]


On Tuesday Politico published an op-ed by three Third Way pundits detailing their reasons why they believe Bernie Sanders can’t win in 2016. Their arguments were mostly comprised of already-debunked logic and, quite frankly, fear tactics. Third Way is a centrist think tank that favors candidates that fit the conventional image of a politician: moderate, corporatist, and one that speaks in boring clichés.

William M. Daley, Jonathan Cowan, and Lanae Erickson Hatalsky, though, have got their logic wrong. In the first installment of this three-part series, we looked at voter anger and the minimum wage. The second installment investigated Bernie Sanders’ stance on Social Security, a single payer health care system, and creating jobs to lift the economy up. This third and final installment will focus on gerrymandering and the electorate, which are Bernie’s only true hurdles to a win, along with his resounding support among diverse groups of people.

Bernie Sanders Can Win Despite Gerrymandering

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The way Bernie Sanders can beat this is by energizing voters. And even as early as now, the Vermont senator is creating a fervor not seen in years. Not even Barack Obama generated this much excitement.



Bernie Sanders Can Win Superdelegates


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“Democratic superdelegates know that the Democratic Party has experienced a paradigm shift toward Sanders and away from Clinton.”

Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/2624786/bernie-sanders-can-win-how-politico-gets-it-wrong-part-three/#4cod13YvW5ppr1Ie.99


I think the stage is already set for a Bernie landslide election. DLC New Dems better get working on programming those EVM's (if they haven't already), I highly suspect they're gonna need em.
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