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2016 Postmortem

floriduck

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7. It's because the Vermont Governor,

Reply to hill2016 (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 02:02 PM

Dec 2015

one of Hill's endorsers, vetoed the states single payer healthcare plan. A governor is the highest ranking position within a state. A US Senator has no decision making authority for state-only matters.

It's taught in high school civics class in case you feel the need to enroll.

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Sanders finally finds his bully pulpit...in New York State [View all] hill2016 Dec 2015 OP

The Senate is not a Bully Pulpit. A Bully Pulpit is where one is speaking to the masses...not peers libdem4life Dec 2015 #1

+1 Hepburn Dec 2015 #2

what they pay faculty is a state business hill2016 Dec 2015 #9

Unrec. Hepburn Dec 2015 #3

did you have a substantive point to make? hill2016 Dec 2015 #10

You didn't...why should I? Hepburn Dec 2015 #12

Sanders knows his base and has a spent his career.... NCTraveler Dec 2015 #4

Perhaps we should be kinder...OP is a newcomer. libdem4life Dec 2015 #5

He did support single payer in Vermont.... thesquanderer Dec 2015 #6

It's because the Vermont Governor, floriduck Dec 2015 #7

couldn't Bernie hill2016 Dec 2015 #8

Bernie did push for it. floriduck Dec 2015 #11