Democratic Primaries

Sherman A1

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35. You may be absolutely correct

Fri Feb 22, 2019, 07:27 AM

Feb 2019

Or maybe far less so.

Sanders is my second choice after Yang (who I have already been told here is irrelevant) and I very much appreciate Sanders having stood up for and brought forward progressive ideas for decades.

At this point I am interested in ideas from the candidates with which I tend to agree and far less in the opinions of The Horse Race as to who will or will not be standing at the convention. I will leave that to the Breathless 24/7 Cable Infotainment Channels filling airtime between ads for drugs we never knew we needed.

If you find the math and the horse race interesting, by all means enjoy yourself, currently I do not.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Is Bernie 2.0 Eugene McCarthy redux? [View all] GoneOffShore Feb 2019 OP

I hope not tirebiter Feb 2019 #1

Exactly. GoneOffShore Feb 2019 #2

Wow! thanks for the article, Cha Feb 2019 #3

Yeah, Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #4

Opinion, backed with experience and a sense of history. GoneOffShore Feb 2019 #6

Still opinion Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #7

Except that it is more than just opinion. Garrett78 Feb 2019 #10

And that is your opinion Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #12

No, it's math. And not Bernie Math. Real math. Garrett78 Feb 2019 #27

And 24 hours in politics is an eternity Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #31

The key question with regard to Sanders is this: Garrett78 Feb 2019 #33

You may be absolutely correct Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #35

The reasons Sanders does so poorly among POC and non-millennial women is all about "ideas." Garrett78 Feb 2019 #36

We have so many great Democrats running True Blue American Feb 2019 #5

You should forward this to Bernie himself, ASAP! chwaliszewski Feb 2019 #8

Let the voters decide? workinclasszero Feb 2019 #19

One major difference now. The middle class is dying Quixote1818 Feb 2019 #9

Which 1970s are you looking at? George II Feb 2019 #11

Incomes still went much, much further then Quixote1818 Feb 2019 #14

The middle class has been dying for about 4 decades Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #13

Bingo workinclasszero Feb 2019 #20

The late sixties and early seventies was a pretty hate-filled time in America pecosbob Feb 2019 #15

Anyone who runs twice is Gene McCarthy 2.0. ? Autumn Feb 2019 #16

I voted for Bernie in the primary in PA. GoneOffShore Feb 2019 #17

That's the first I've read of him but when I read his article it was clear where he was coming from Autumn Feb 2019 #18

I've been reading Polman a lot as I've spent the last 37 years in Philadelphia. GoneOffShore Feb 2019 #21

Bernie Sanders is probably just another one-hit wonder Gothmog Feb 2019 #22

Great article. Many interesting points and observations. NurseJackie Feb 2019 #24

+1,000,000 George II Feb 2019 #25

Excellent article Docreed2003 Feb 2019 #26

"...the fact is Sanders lost because he got wiped out among African American voters." Garrett78 Feb 2019 #28

"only six of those 13 people won the nomination in his next race..." Awsi Dooger Feb 2019 #30

Bernie lost last time by 4 million votes, and there is little reason to think pnwmom Feb 2019 #32

The "only 6 of 13" argument is silly, I'd agree, but... Garrett78 Feb 2019 #34

He has 100% name recognition and he's polling at 12% among African Americans in SC DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #38

Interesting analysis. brer cat Feb 2019 #37

"... (McCarthy) groused that the American electorate had become A-Schwarzenegger Feb 2019 #23

No Generic Brad Feb 2019 #29

He may well be a legitimate contender for the nomination, but does he have a chance in the general? GoneOffShore Feb 2019 #39