Democratic Primaries

Mike 03

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68. You ask "but what about everybody else?"

Fri Feb 14, 2020, 10:11 AM

Feb 2020

I can't speak for everybody else, but purple states want to win senate seats.

Mark Kelly wants to be Martha McSally.

We want good turnout. We need good turnout. We need enthusiasm.

Also, once in the Oval Office, we need someone who can work with others and win people over to legislate things that can pass in both houses.

Lastly, I don't view what I said as "attacking" Bernie; IMO it's thinking strategically and using my common sense.

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

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It's Easy to See Why Bernie is So Widely Attacked. [View all] Ron Green Feb 2020 OP

I see Bernie as the solid candidate who can beat trump. If everyone stopped attacking him . . . Love-All Feb 2020 #1

The attacks are just making him stronger. Especially coming from the right people. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2020 #3

Its bad when his own party is trying to defeat him jr1118x Feb 2020 #7

His own party? NanceGreggs Feb 2020 #9

+1000 UniteFightBack Feb 2020 #10

I think you're talking about Bloomberg. DanTex Feb 2020 #17

No. sheshe2 Feb 2020 #36

BOOM! ehrnst Feb 2020 #85

No, Senator Sanders is not a Democrat - he's Independent. He only runs on the ticket. ehrnst Feb 2020 #84

His own words jr1118x Feb 2020 #20

In his own words ... NanceGreggs Feb 2020 #35

Money and Media...Money and Media. sheshe2 Feb 2020 #37

+1. And it goes way back dalton99a Feb 2020 #39

And there's plenty more ... NanceGreggs Feb 2020 #40

I think his ambivalence and frustration show through these quotes. Ron Green Feb 2020 #43

Yep. sheshe2 Feb 2020 #44

"because it goes way way back" awesomerwb1 Feb 2020 #81

+1 billion treestar Feb 2020 #51

He always caucuses with Dems in Congress. OliverQ Feb 2020 #66

The panic among moderates is telling. BlueWI Feb 2020 #32

"They know Bernie is not for sale and PatSeg Feb 2020 #33

Political Pundits (all the news all day long) talking about people who came in third or fourth! NoDakLinda Feb 2020 #38

Is Joe Biden, for example, supposed to HELP Bernie win the nomination? Laelth Feb 2020 #75

It's only his party when he runs for president. xmas74 Feb 2020 #78

ALL Horizens Feb 2020 #27

Republicans won't stop attacking him if he's the nominee. Qutzupalotl Feb 2020 #45

The fact that Bloomberg is being treated as a legitimate candidate Cal Carpenter Feb 2020 #2

It really is the most disgusting and saddest thing I've seen in my DU history. Garrett78 Feb 2020 #4

I share in your disgust Devil Child Feb 2020 #30

"Appalling" is the word that comes to mind for me (n/t) wackadoo wabbit Feb 2020 #8

Lapsing into ... NanceGreggs Feb 2020 #42

?? Cal Carpenter Feb 2020 #61

What I mean ... NanceGreggs Feb 2020 #87

I'm more disgusted than horrified....and how so many are so easily fooled. nt UniteFightBack Feb 2020 #90

It horrifies me. I am thinking of some dystopian movie. How easily we give our ideals up when fear emmaverybo Feb 2020 #46

Sanders has no hope of winning the electoral college Still In Wisconsin Feb 2020 #5

Sanders has a completely different approach than Clinton did. JudyM Feb 2020 #18

Let's say Sanders does win MI. Still In Wisconsin Feb 2020 #62

+1 LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #63

He's polling above Trump in both WI and PA. OliverQ Feb 2020 #71

Sanders is polling ahead of Trump in the rust belt. OliverQ Feb 2020 #67

Sanders is the one candidate who could insure Trump makes history Zolorp Feb 2020 #70

Not based on polls. JudyM Feb 2020 #76

Nope, based upon his baggage that the vast majority of the electorate are currently clueless about. Zolorp Feb 2020 #82

Ah yes, the mysterious phantom baggage. Right. JudyM Feb 2020 #86

Bernsplainin' frazzled Feb 2020 #6

+ 1000 n/t MFGsunny Feb 2020 #14

I think Bernie's brusque "authoritarian" manner has nothing to do with Ron Green Feb 2020 #19

That's odd. frazzled Feb 2020 #24

But his campaign does give a hint dansolo Feb 2020 #49

+1000000 betsuni Feb 2020 #23

Good response Dem2 Feb 2020 #28

Yes! gollygee Feb 2020 #57

"Who can turn us away from authoritarianism?" TwilightZone Feb 2020 #11

maybe people just KNOW Bernie is NOT THE BEST CANDIDATE Skittles Feb 2020 #12

And what are they basing that on? OliverQ Feb 2020 #69

Fear of a loss to Trump and the knowledge that none of his semi plans have a chance of being passed. krissey Feb 2020 #13

Commitment to a plan for a better world that will fail is commitment to a worse world. gulliver Feb 2020 #15

Yet Warren gets attacked even as her decades of work are the foundation blm Feb 2020 #16

She is great in that regard jr1118x Feb 2020 #21

Back then it wasn't unusual for a Republican to be progressive. blm Feb 2020 #26

After voters realize that the money they have in their retirement funds are at risk, TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #22

What do you think would happen that isn't going to happen in those KPN Feb 2020 #60

Bernie is a populist Dem2 Feb 2020 #25

Sanders is attacked because he scares the filthy rich and those easily manipulated Farmer-Rick Feb 2020 #29

You said it. BlueWI Feb 2020 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author Anon-C Feb 2020 #31

Post removed Post removed Feb 2020 #41

Change IS difficult... but change, like a freight train, when it's speeding down the tracks InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #47

It's called Wisdom of the Crowd Awsi Dooger Feb 2020 #48

BS is about Dem, progressive primary bait, - not about November empedocles Feb 2020 #53

You mean other than his whistler162 Feb 2020 #50

It is because he is running for President treestar Feb 2020 #52

Um... no. That's not it. Squinch Feb 2020 #54

Wall Street, media, misunderstanding DU, bankers, CEOs, golden rice bowls, billionaire betsuni Feb 2020 #55

Wrong. Amimnoch Feb 2020 #56

+1 betsuni Feb 2020 #58

Some people think this: madaboutharry Feb 2020 #59

The idea of a populist "revolution" is something that should scare anyone in a democracy LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #64

No Centrist has won the General Election in the 21st Century. OliverQ Feb 2020 #72

There's no centrist running for the Democratic nomination, so your point is moot LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #73

Biden, Buttigieg, Klobuchar, Bloomberg, Steyer OliverQ Feb 2020 #88

No, those are all progressive liberals; not being a socialist doesn't LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #89

It's pretty funny. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #74

"Perhaps the idea of a "revolution" is something that scares comfortable people." brooklynite Feb 2020 #65

You ask "but what about everybody else?" Mike 03 Feb 2020 #68

If complaining about how much the news media attacks him is indicative of what Politicub Feb 2020 #77

OK, I understand Bernie's strong supporters. So convince me the MAJORITY of older voters, napi21 Feb 2020 #79

You can bet that if Bernie is our candidate the fossil fuel, insurance, and pharma corps walkingman Feb 2020 #80

The martyrdom routine gets old fast LanternWaste Feb 2020 #83