2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumSanders says he ran as a Democrat for 'media coverage'
Bernie Sanders on Monday told NBCs Chuck Todd that he ran as a Democrat to get more media coverage.
During a town hall-style event in Columbus, Ohio, the independent Vermont senator said, In terms of media coverage, you have to run within the Democratic Party. He then took a dig at MNSBC, telling Todd, the network would not have me on his program if he ran as an independent.
Money also played a role in his decision to run as a Democrat, Sanders added.
To run as an independent, you need you could be a billionaire," he said. "If you're a billionaire, you can do that. I'm not a billionaire. So the structure of American politics today is such that I thought the right ethic was to run within the Democratic Party.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-dem-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/03/bernie-sanders-independent-media-coverage-220747
'as a Democrat'
wendylaroux
(2,925 posts)morningfog
(18,115 posts)MaeScott
(878 posts)cosmicone
(11,014 posts)OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)They don't recognize that word.
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)Who are you?
longship
(40,416 posts)Drops mic.
thesquanderer
(11,991 posts)The bottom line is that we have two candidates legitimately running for the Democratic party nomination, with that party's blessing, having met what the party considers to be appropriate qualifications. If it's okay with the party, I don't know why it should be a problem for anyone else.
You can just vote for the one that better represents what you believe the Democratic party's positions should be.
SheenaR
(2,052 posts)Only candidate to the left of center.