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riversedge

(70,242 posts)
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 01:33 PM Feb 2016

NYTimes: Bernie Sanders Hits a Roadblock




Bernie Sanders Hits a Roadblock


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/22/opinion/bernie-sanders-hits-a-roadblock.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&smtyp=cur&_r=0


Charles M. Blow FEB. 21, 2016


Bernie Sanders’s loss in the Nevada caucuses, 47 percent to 53 percent, reveals a very real weakness of his insurgent challenge to Hillary Clinton.

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It is very hard to see how Sanders wins the nomination without winning the black and Hispanic vote in the Southern and Western states, not to mention New York and Michigan.

Lastly, the political revolution on which Sanders has hinged his ability to accomplish his ambitious plan keeps failing to materialize. This year’s Democratic caucus participation was down nearly a third from 2008, and in Iowa and New Hampshire there were more voters — or caucusgoers — making choices in the Republican contest than in the Democratic one.

As Sanders told “Meet the Press” about the Nevada loss: “We did not do as good a job as I had wanted to bring out a large turnout.”

That doesn’t sound like a political revolution to me...............
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ladjf

(17,320 posts)
1. I disagree with your characterizations about the "political revolution" is "failing to materialize."
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 01:42 PM
Feb 2016

Just because he has been unable to turn the Poc voters to his side is a month or two doesn't mean that his revolution isn't going well.

DCBob

(24,689 posts)
5. He simply cannot win with just young white liberals.
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 01:49 PM
Feb 2016

Its hopeless unless he can connect with POC especially African Americans.

ladjf

(17,320 posts)
9. I hope that eventually, POC will begin to see the depth of Bernie's platform.
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 01:51 PM
Feb 2016

He most definitely and wisely addresses their most vital needs. I don't think many POC have studied his platform enough.

DCBob

(24,689 posts)
12. If he can figure out a way to pull that off.. and soon.. then he's got a chance to win this.
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 01:53 PM
Feb 2016

I just dont see it happening.

ladjf

(17,320 posts)
15. As much as I love what he is advocating, I'm fearful that he might fall short of getting
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 01:56 PM
Feb 2016

the nomination. And if so, he might be to old to run in 2020.

ananda

(28,866 posts)
11. Yes, I tend to agree.
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 01:53 PM
Feb 2016

I don't think the majority of the Black electorate in the South
understand the real difference between Sanders and Clinton.

If they did, I would have to say that they have drunk the
incessant media/propaganda koolaid and just don't get how
much better their interests will be represented by Sanders
than by Clinton.

That goes for all of us, by the way... except for the rich and
corporate whose interests will not be represented by Sanders.

sadoldgirl

(3,431 posts)
19. I have stopped reading MSM for a while,
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 02:00 PM
Feb 2016

at least about the elections. They are either depending
on or owned by the same corporations, which want
Sanders to quit.

The only one I still read is the guardian, a bit more
open to perceiving changes in the public's mood.

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