Anyone supporting his brand of climate nonsense is completely unfamiliar with the science or scale of the problem.

I note that the policies he endorsed in his state caused Vermont to go from being the only state in the Union that did not dump dangerous fossil fuel waste into the atmosphere to generate electricity into one that is now dependent on dangerous natural gas generated electricity.

The major reason that I can't stomach Sanders is, in fact, his climate policy, which is, frankly, delusional.

....and Bill Clinton signed that into law. Both were wrong. Nick picking isn't something I do to choose a president.


Hillary's approach to governing isn't what this country needs right now.

Policies that extend the reliance on dangerous fossil fuels beyond the disastrous level at which they already are, are policies that appall me.

I care far less about single payer health care, blah, blah, blah, than I care about the planetary atmosphere.

Nobody's health care bills will matter if there is nothing to eat, or cities are under water.

In Vermont, they are now more dependent on natural gas than ever for electricity. Sanders applauded this, called for it in fact, and is still calling for it, looking to extend the same bad, if popular, ideas to the entire country, in fact, the entire planet.. He has obviously, while protesting this and protesting that, never stopped to open a science book or paper.

Here's a paper he obviously hasn't read, one about the saving 1.8 million lives:

Environ. Sci. Technol., 2013, 47 (9), pp 4889–4895

Ms. Clinton was in the room when Nobel Laureate former Secretary of Energy Steven Chu was speaking. Obviously the Obama administration got it, even if Sanders remains clueless. The fact that Ms. Clinton was there means a hell a lot more to me than endless repetition of crank dogma.

I couldn't care less about the trivial stuff; climate change is the most important issue before humanity right now, and Sanders proposals are rote. They didn't work, they aren't working, and they won't work.

Sanders approach to the environment isn't what the planet needs right now.

My wife and I will walk over to the church next Tuesday morning and vote for Hillary.

My registration is Democratic.

What do we think the split will be?

It said, " I Do Not Believe in Hillary 2016".

They just show up to vote.

Went to both Bill and later Hillary rally because they were within 5 miles from me. No one was there except local government officials. Meanwhile Obama was packing High Schools and had the massive outdoor rally at the Liberty Bell in Philly.

Hillary supporters were using Democratic HQ space and phones to make calls and conduct other business...big no no.

Hillary supporters, some who I had known for years and worked with in prior elections, didn't even want to SPEAK to me, and glared with such great hostility it was alarming.

So she's had a strong ground presence of supporters for a long time. And I think she won PA in 2008?

So sad.

On Edit: yes, Barack lost PA by 10 points in 2008

Obama won Philly, Pittsburgh, and Erie. She won the rest but it wasn't enough. Now things are flipped, Bernie beats her outside of cities. So he can win it if he keeps close in Philly.

In the end, Hillary Clinton won the primary by 9.28 percentage points, a wider margin than expected than recent polls suggested, but smaller than most January and February polls. Despite her victory, she gained only nine delegates on Obama

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Democratic_primary,_2008

We did manage to vote for Obama for the general election. But we had tons of help; people from Maryland poured into our city and we went arm in arm, door to door, young people with old, black with white, literally arm-in-arm, and literally walked people from their homes to the polling place, as most had never voted before. One of the most wonderful experiences of my life. Right up there with having children, meeting and introducing Ted Kennedy, and meeting Obama and Howard Dean.

...and the voted DEMOCRATIC!!

Cool allegation. Yet it's necessary to note, we often see only that which validates our biases.

Bernie won. So much for the polls.

Bernie doesnt do well with actual Democrats in an actual primary.

(small farmers for whom he has stood up over the years for example) that we need to field him and not Hillary who is so vulnerable to the right-wing hate radio punditry in November.

I am an actual, life-long, 72-year-old Democrat born while FDR was still in the White House.

I back Bernie. It depends a lot on the generation.

The Reagan generation is very frightened of the right-wingers. They were not raised by parents like mine who admired FDR and spoke of him with admiration to the ends of their lives.

We need to rekindle the spirit of FDR. Bernie is doing that.

Hillary -- as dry and boring as her voice. (I am a musician and was a singer, so I hear a lot more in voices than most do. Hillary's voice gives her away, especially her dry, cackle laugh. Not someone I want in the White House. Not much timbre, not much love, not much caring. Now Obama -- his voice tells you who he is and he is one wonderful human being. I can guarantee you that although he has done things and appointed people I do not like. When it comes to his human caring and human soul, he is the best. Jimmy Carter is not as confident in his voice as Obama, but also a wonderful human being, and you can tell it from his voice, if you have the ear for that. The voice is the product of a lot of factors, some physical and some spiritual. That's why it tells you so much about a person. Bernie is a hard worker. His voice tells you that. He does not have a lazy bone in his body. He wears his voice out because he is a person who puts so much energy into communicating. He will be a loved and great president.)

So that is what I think.

Serious question.

Cruz sounds like an old-time evangelist. He has the tone down, but there is no integration between him and his voice. The voice is a voice he has learned. That is why I think there is a good chance he will be the actual nominee. He has the voice of a very successful fundamentalist preacher. He is, of course, a scoundrel. His voice drips in honey but he is not even a nice person much less a really good one.

That says everything we need to know--about you.

use them for pressing the argument that Independents will vote for Bernie and not for Hillary in the GE?

Polls are only accurate of course, when they read well for Sanders. All the others are, by definition, conveniently flawed.

It's too difficult for pollsters to predict which voters are going to jump through all the hoops.

So in many of those caucus states you just mentioned, they didn't even bother to conduct polls.

probably would have had an even bigger margin if so many votes in Brooklyn hadn't gotten purged. But she got 60% anyway, along with similar or higher numbers in ALL the NYC boroughs..

so far, besides MI, they have been predicting accurately. and even in MI, their prediction based on demographics, had him winning.

On the Democratic side, Clinton fares only slightly better with a net negative of -21, registering a 31% favorable rating and a 52% unfavorable rating, according to the poll.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/22/politics/2016-election-poll-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/

and most importantly stops bashing her.

At least not before PA. If he gets crushed in next Tuesday's primaries it might be a different story.

I think he should follow the Hillary 08 model and keep fighting until all the votes are counted, then bow out with grace if she comes out ahead.

I thought she was campaigning on her experience, after all.

Honk---------------------for a political revolution Bernie 2016

She isn't a newcomer. People have their opinions of her. They don't like her. They still might vote for her, but those numbers will move by a few if any at all.

Hell, 4 in 10 said a Trump Presidency would be scary last night.. Then they voted for him.

These kind of poll don't really mean that much except for bragging rights.

Hillary is going to have high unfavorables in any poll that includes republicans. They've waged war on her for 25 years. Bernie looks better now solely because every right wing outlet and radio host has not set their sights on him. It's not going to be to be that hard to train them on the guy.

does nothing but attack her, quibble about non-existing conspiracies, and allows BS off the hook when he goes after her. I would expect her negatives to be sky high. But as people see how Sanders is engaging in negative attacks, it actually hurts him.

His negatives went up in NY and that's probably one reason why he lost so badly.

I pretend people who don't vote as I do are sell-outs as well. Granted, it's an allegation lacking any substance (or even creativity), but it certainly allows us to feel more mature about our petulance and third-grade actions, regardless of where you place your boots.

in order for me to sell out, wouldn't someone have to pay me something?

Mr. Peace Sign...

it'll be interesting how her payoffs to the corporate campaign financiers are rationalized here on DU. Can't WAIT until her new owners are told to go "pack it" when they call in their chips. Yeah - that's gonna be a real tap dance routine.

It started with WJC and will continue if she makes it into the White House, which I seriously hope she doesn't.

Even better will be this exchange

Donald Trump: I gave you a lot of money. Why dont you tell people what I got for my donations...

HRC: ........

A vote for HRC is a vote for oligarchy.

win here!

There is a gender gap in party membership, too, but not this big. And in 2008, Mitt Romney managed to get the majority of white men AND white women voters.

With Cruz or Trump as the nominee, I think Hillary will draw millions of voters from indies and even RINO's in the center.

but I just can't. I'm so thankful that Alaska has no influence in national elections and that however I finally choose to vote won't make a damn bit of difference.

she's going to sweep the north east. putting an end to the 'she only wins the south' shit

Similar to New York, where Clinton notched a dominant victory on Tuesday, the former secretary of state has an important advantage in Pennsylvania: It's a closed primary, which means only registered Democrats can participate. It's a rule that bars Sanders from bringing a crush of independents to the polls on his behalf, as he has in many of the states he's won.

for BS.

I also think that she'll do quite well in MD and NJ. She's up in CT too. I haven't seen any recent polls in RI and DE.

BTW, I love your last image. BatHillary?

It will become more difficult to keep morale high in the Sanders camp. I've been in the camp of a losing candidate, it really sucks.

Our local party shifted our efforts to down tickets. It was not too hard to convince the workers to shift gears. They saw the reality, and responded with maturity. We helped several down ticket candidates win their contests.

After the election the state party, and national organizations poached our team. It was wonderful. They liked how we took a totally dysfunction county party, rebuilt the database, secured 20,000 names and potential volunteers. We did all that for less than $5,000 dollars.

One of the team wrote down how we did it, and after the election ther counties and states adopted some of our techniques.

My role was to organize street level activities like Canvassing, leafleting, and trolling for volunteers. My experience as a mail carrier really helped. Little things like putting band aids on the knuckle you use for knocking, and rattling a gate before opening it helped keep them comfortable and safe.