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Iamaartist

(3,300 posts)
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 09:34 AM Apr 2016

Jane Sanders predicts epic Bernie comeback

Last edited Thu Apr 28, 2016, 10:09 AM - Edit history (1)

http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/04/jane-sanders-bernie-comeback-222568


Bernie Sanders may be down, but he is certainly not out of the race, Jane Sanders said Thursday, predicting that her husband would win a slew of victories going forward into May and beyond that will keep him competitive leading up to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

"You remember in mid-March after a string of losses, the media wrote his political obituary and we came back to win eight in a row," she said in an interview with MSNBC's "Morning Joe" from Burlington, Vermont, adding, "So we're expecting to do the same here."

The comments come a day after the Sanders campaign began laying off hundreds of campaign workers in states that voted Tuesday rather than having them stay on for future contests. Sanders' campaign dismissed the notion that the layoffs represent a posture of weakness, with campaign spokesman Michael Briggs telling POLITICO on Wednesday that it comes "from a posture of reality."

"It was a difficult time," Jane Sanders said of the recent electoral defeats. "We knew that New York had 3 million independents that couldn't vote in the closed primary and they would have had to change their party registration back in October last year."

"Four out of the five contests that were just done last Tuesday were closed primaries again," she continued. "The open primary, Rhode Island, we won. Connecticut, we came very, very close, and if it had been an open primary, we have no doubt we would have won. Pennsylvania, we would have come close or won."

The campaign, she said, is "feeling good."

"And most of the primaries going forward are open, which I think is much more democratic," she said. "It's also a smarter move for the Democratic Party, because if you close the primary and you only have people that have been in the Democratic Party for years, what you are doing is effectively shutting the door on the millions of people that Bernie has brought into the political process during this election. So we're going to go forward."

Sanders said it was "disappointing" that her husband hadn't been able to attract more minority voters, but said the campaign was going to aggressively make the case on issues "that affect them."

"His general bold vision for the future actually affects them disproportionately," she argued, "because, as you say, a lot of them have lower incomes, they are concerned about the cost of higher education, and a number of the issues that Bernie puts out there.
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Money....


Its never going to end ,I guess she doesn't understand MATH either......
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Jane Sanders predicts epic Bernie comeback (Original Post) Iamaartist Apr 2016 OP
Keep an eye on the money. Buzz Clik Apr 2016 #1
A lot of "them" have lower incomes, she says... LisaM Apr 2016 #2
Keep sending you money beachbum bob Apr 2016 #3
I wonder to.... Iamaartist Apr 2016 #4
She sometimes sounds like she wants it even more than Bernie. CrowCityDem Apr 2016 #5
my reaction, too. n/t MBS Apr 2016 #19
I always thought she was the driving force in the family. I'll leave it at that. George II Apr 2016 #21
Oh, I firmly believe that she's a major driver behind the Bern. Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #22
Don't forget to send in your 27 dollars.... workinclasszero Apr 2016 #6
Money Money Money liberal N proud Apr 2016 #7
Money thank-you LOl Iamaartist Apr 2016 #11
It's just a few votes, 3 million is small, huh. If the primaries was closed guess Sanders would not Thinkingabout Apr 2016 #8
How true that is yet he still thinks he can win,I guess he belives in magic..... Iamaartist Apr 2016 #15
She believes magic ... NurseJackie Apr 2016 #9
Thank-you Jackie like that song..... Iamaartist Apr 2016 #13
She simply invents her own facts to justify her narrative. eom UtahLib Apr 2016 #10
They both do! pandr32 Apr 2016 #16
He could win every state and still lose because its proportional... Historic NY Apr 2016 #12
The Black Knight always triumphs! NuclearDem Apr 2016 #14
Anyone else starting to see the Sanders Camp doesn't do details? uponit7771 Apr 2016 #17
I admit that Jane Sanders rubs me the wrong way. MBS Apr 2016 #18
Is she really this unaware? Stand and Fight Apr 2016 #20
Thank-you for that very much... Iamaartist Apr 2016 #23

LisaM

(27,811 posts)
2. A lot of "them" have lower incomes, she says...
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 09:39 AM
Apr 2016

Then she wonders that the campaign isn't attracting minority voters.

 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
22. Oh, I firmly believe that she's a major driver behind the Bern.
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 01:55 PM
Apr 2016

Just like him, she's begun to believe in her own myth--Jane Sanders, future FLOTUS.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
6. Don't forget to send in your 27 dollars....
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 09:54 AM
Apr 2016

...suckers.

Looks like the grifters are going to start milking the left now that its worked so well on the right.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
8. It's just a few votes, 3 million is small, huh. If the primaries was closed guess Sanders would not
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 10:03 AM
Apr 2016

have gotten any votes, after all, seems like the problems with not getting the votes are the closed primaries. No, there is not 3 million independents in the closed primary.

Iamaartist

(3,300 posts)
15. How true that is yet he still thinks he can win,I guess he belives in magic.....
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 10:39 AM
Apr 2016

Unless he believes in fairly Land...

MBS

(9,688 posts)
18. I admit that Jane Sanders rubs me the wrong way.
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 10:48 AM
Apr 2016

And the more I hear her, the less I like her.

In fact, her position as Bernie's closest policy adviser, along with Devine and Weaver as campaign managers (both of whom I detest) are among the factors that ultimately sent me in Hillary's direction.

Stand and Fight

(7,480 posts)
20. Is she really this unaware?
Thu Apr 28, 2016, 10:57 AM
Apr 2016

Jane Sanders said, "And most of the primaries going forward are open...".

However, that is simply NOT the case.

DATE__________STATE/TERRITORY > TYPE

05/03__________Indiana > Open

05/07__________Guam > Closed Caucus

05/10__________West Virginia > Semi-Closed

05/17__________Kentucky > Closed
05/17__________Oregon > Closed

06/04__________Virgin Islands > Closed Caucus

06/05__________Puerto Rico > Open

06/07__________California > Semi-Closed
06/07__________Montana > Open
06/07__________New Jersey > Closed
06/07__________New Mexico > Closed
06/07__________North Dakota > Open
06/07__________South Dakota > Semi-Open

06/14__________Washington, D.C. > Closed


Open/Semi-Open - 5
Closed/Semi-Closed - 7
Closed Caucus - 2

TOTAL - 14

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