The decision maker.

My biggest question is why anyone who believes in government by the people would consider for a moment a candidate who's proven himself to be as ready as the right to overset the votes of many millions of Democrats in order to win.

Imo, we all have a duty to remember that before deciding if he's the right stuff.

proud of him for being such a "micromanger".

that were far less complimentary. No one likes their abilities to be undervalued, and some finally took the chance to vent. No sympathy from me, though, knowing at least some of what they supported and enabled.

Speaking of, they're NOT leaking what they know about their former coworker, Tad Devine, and his activities in the campaign.

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He claimed fairness and opportunity for women were two of his core campaign principles. I have never worked in a successful company where core principles were not driven into everyone's skull and people told that violations of those principles must be brought before the top leader in the company.

A handful? Damn. He's got a lot of splaining to do.

He's an elderly senator with little to nothing to lose personally. This is his last chance and he has a following.

I've been there and done that with 3 different presidential candidates now in my adult life. The only one I gave a second chance to was Edwards... we all know how that turned out. I still suffer acid reflux when I think of it.

I know a lot about two of our potential candidates this cycle. To the extent I've spoken to them one on one. I'm learning more daily about our other potential and declared candidates. I'm taking it slow and fleshing out and vetting my candidates for 2020. I'm going to be an extremely hard sell.

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But Ralph Nader got over it, and he had a long career still ahead of him.

are going to go for Beto O'Rourke this time around. Yes, O'Rourke is more moderate than Bernie, but he has the "cool" factor to him - punk rocker, skateboarder, etc.

That ensures a young, enegetic, higher income, loud crowd with a flexible schedule for an audience.

Lots of young people, as many as any other group.

It won't blind them...

They seriously sound like they need deprogramming.

if we keep in mind that they are a cult. Like all cultists, they literally think their hero is the savior of the world, and nobody else can do it.

Not the case last time around.

Being held to the same standards as other candidates is a new test.

Sanders is no longer "new," though. So others who are new will get the pop media glossing and pumping up, and Sanders will get more of the negative "been there, covered that" treatment.

My concern is that much may still be ignored to keep him useful for defeating Democrats. That was his role for both our own right-wing powers and for Putin before, and they're still using him that way.

The kid gloves are off! I think that he's in for quite a surprise at how different things will be this time, and how much more difficult it will be when the real and extreme vetting begins. All I'm saying is that I believe that ALL candidates for national office should be carefully scrutinized from all angles... for many obvious reasons that I don't have time to go into now.

Bernie apologized for sexual assault committed by of one of his most important staffers, the man who led Bernie's field campaigns in key states. Bernie also claimed that he only just learned of a monetary settlement his campaign made to two staffers who were apparently abused by this same campaign leader.

to copy his tax returns and hand them to the media.

I mean ... give the guy a break!

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Welcome. Once you feel at home look into getting a star.

1. Sexual harassment and abuse.
2. Blatant income inequality.

Either of them alone would be enough to destroy a Democrat's candidacy. But two?

Beto works for me, or Kamala.


Not that the other person was a leader in this, but some saw him that way so we will need a new leader.

I think many will do. Universal healthcare does not mean Medicare for all.

is how our nominee was maligned in so many ways and with no proof while all this was going on.

As he should have been last time. I just hope the Democratic Party doesn't let him pull the same stunt as in 2016: become a temporary pretend Democrat to get media attention and of course Party resources. It's not fair to real Democrats, and it looks like we have a nice, deep bench for 2020 if they choose to run.

on the FallBackFriday segment. She completely nails Bernie. She was scathing about the unequal pay and campaign abuse. He will be seriously vetted!

didn’t want to link.....

But she was excellent. People won’t tolerate the lack of accountability anymore.

Good to see you, Cha!

the youtube in a PM from seeing this exchange.

I just saw it! omg.. Fantastic! She hit it out of the park!

Good to see you, too.

was priceless.

she started.

Or write his name in? 2016 all over again. It never ends with zealots.

Remember around 40% of voters did not vote, even if it was only 20% and the other 20% wrote in Bernie, if we get 20% of that 20%, our candidate wins, my guess is our candidate gets 100% of the ones that vote, lots of them are getting their ass burned by Trump.

All because the Bernie Bros felt cheated? And Bernie tried to rally his base to support HRC, but they weren't having it. Just the simple fact of him throwing his hat into the ring is dangerous as hell. Suppose this time around he gets rejected right off the bat. His base will be furious. Suppose he isn't rejected right away but gets primaried. His base will be furious. The only way I can see keeping his base somewhat mollified is for him not to run at all. I'm sorry, but if he wanted to truly support the Democratic party, he would not run again.

Bernie’s gonna run. Get over it. Will he win? I doubt it especially with the organized torpedoing going on daily.

But he’s going to run.

That was evident to me since the general election in 2016 so I don't have anything to "get over." It's an article from the AP, so if I hadn't posted the thread then someone else would. I don't believe in censorship.

If anything, Bernie now has a set of obstacles that he will need to "get over." I still haven't seen anything from Bernie that will attract new voters while his base has diminished based upon responses at DU and on other social media.