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Bernie Sanders

lapfog_1

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11. hey, if you don't want anyone here that doesn't support Bernie - that's cool

Reply to libdem4life (Reply #10)

Wed Jan 13, 2016, 05:02 PM

Jan 2016

but how do you grow your base?

I don't support Hillary either.

All I was pointing out is that if Bernie wants to continue to make inroads against Clinton, he should ACT like the underdog even if he is ahead of her in the polls.

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I'm going out on a limb [View all] Proserpina Jan 2016 OP

Which is why..... retrowire Jan 2016 #1

I love that gif retrowire! nt dorkzilla Jan 2016 #5

Best not to get complacent nxylas Jan 2016 #2

That's exactly how we're behaving in Iowa CoffeeCat Jan 2016 #12

So true. senz Jan 2016 #25

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This is my take, too. Oligarchy is no insignificant concept. On the continuum, libdem4life Jan 2016 #7

Everyone loves the underdog lapfog_1 Jan 2016 #4

You don't support Bernie. Why are you posting in a group for his supporters? smokey nj Jan 2016 #8

That was a pretty, um, inelegant post. And indeed, what is s/he doing here? libdem4life Jan 2016 #10

hey, if you don't want anyone here that doesn't support Bernie - that's cool lapfog_1 Jan 2016 #11

It's just that that's how DU Groups work. cui bono Jan 2016 #18

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Face it,Iowa is a Wellstone ruled Jan 2016 #6

Yes, but with all of this publicity now, the story is how close Sanders has come, or if he wins... libdem4life Jan 2016 #9

And it will be a stake through the heart of the inevitability meme nxylas Jan 2016 #14

That will give us a real idea. Wellstone ruled Jan 2016 #19

Couldn't have put it better myself. I just keep thinking about Gomer Pyle from way back libdem4life Jan 2016 #24

Like to see Sanders do a Dean Wellstone ruled Jan 2016 #20

And yet, the candidates always fight like hell for Iowa. Scootaloo Jan 2016 #26

I really appreciate your analyses and the way you express them. senz Jan 2016 #28

I've been mulling that over in my mind for a week. in_cog_ni_to Jan 2016 #13

Yep. senz Jan 2016 #27

There's one group that I call the royalists nxylas Jan 2016 #29

Yes, yes, I've noticed that too. senz Jan 2016 #30

They identify with her. nt LiberalElite Jan 2016 #35

Maybe some of them do nxylas Jan 2016 #36

Which primary? New Hampshire? SheilaT Jan 2016 #15

The whole ball of wax--the Democratic Nomination and the Presidency Proserpina Jan 2016 #34

I do think he may well win the nomination, SheilaT Jan 2016 #37

Hillary skillfull crafted herself into the perfect Presidential candidate mhatrw Jan 2016 #17

Your post was alerted on. Jury results posted here Betty Karlson Jan 2016 #21

Thank you for your support, and the courtesy of posting the results, Betty Proserpina Jan 2016 #22

Thank You For Sharing cantbeserious Jan 2016 #23

Don't agree. That is up to how much voter contact we get done. n/t eridani Jan 2016 #31

That's part of the calculation Proserpina Jan 2016 #32

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