Quote (Skinned @ 3 Sep 2015 08:37)
Clinton is going to be such damaged good when the primary rolls around, and the base is going to want somebody who is for rising the min wage, ending constant warfare, stand up to corporations, champion universal health care, champion civil rights for all Americans (including gays), work towards a transparent government, while Clinton can say none of these things....she failed achieving universal health care, she is in bed with corporations, she is milquetoast on the minimum wage issue with her big donors, she is a foreign policy hawk who has voted with every war she has had the opportunity too, she is weak on civil rights.
Also, she might be indicted by the time the primary rolls around. When polled, people identify the word "dishonest" associated with Clinton. "Socialist" might not be the best, but at least it is honest.
If Joe Biden enters the race and picks Elizabeth Warren as his VP, then Sanders is knocked out. I know that wealthy white democrats (especially women I've met) don't want a president from the base and would rather have a corporate stooge.
Bernie Sanders is stronger in this election than anybody thought, including Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. Never underestimate the kneejerk reaction the Clinton name inspires. Most of you are frankly too young to remember the vitriol that was occurring when he was president and how hated Bill Clinton actually was by many people. I know many Democrats that will mutiny if she becomes the nomination.
When Bernie Addressed the DNC party Chiefs in Minn. he knocked them out! nobody expected him to be where he is when he started this campaign, he is polling higher than Hil's in New Hampshire and in Iowa,. He has received over 400K individual donations his average donation being around $35.00 which is what he likes. Steve Wozniak has come out in support of Bernie and is urging all Apple users and fans to do the same.
here is a bit of Bernie's speech to the DNC in Minn. :
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“My friends, the Republican Party did not win the midterm election in November: We lost that election,” Sanders declared. “We lost because voter turnout was abysmally, embarrassingly low, and millions of working people, young people and people of color gave up on politics as usual and they stayed home. That’s a fact.”
“In my view, Democrats will not retain the White House, will not regain the Senate or the US House, will not be successful in dozens of governor races across the country, unless we generate excitement and momentum and produce a huge voter turnout,” said Sanders, who added, “With all due respect—and I do not mean to insult anyone here—that turnout, that enthusiasm, will not happen with politics as usual. The people of our country understand that given the collapse of the American middle class, and given the grotesque level of income and wealth inequality we are experiencing, we do not need more establishment politics or establishment economics.”