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mother earth

(6,002 posts)
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 09:55 AM Jun 2014

For those of us envisioning a Sanders/Warren run...



http://vtdigger.org/2014/06/23/video-sanders-tries-stump-speech-vermont-democrats/

If his performance at the Vermont Democratic Party soiree last week is any indication, Sen. Bernie Sanders has honed his presidential stump speech.

Sanders, I-Vt., has had plenty of opportunity: Over the past few months, he has tested the waters in New Hampshire, Iowa and North Carolina with his hallmark message on the growing gap between the rich and poor in America and how big money has tilted the electoral process.

The junior senator from Vermont, who was one of the opening acts of the evening, upstaged Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, with his brief, podium-pounding talk to a crowd of 900 Democratic supporters Friday in Essex Junction.

He laid out the most serious problems America has faced in modern history.

“The reality is the middle class in America is disappearing,” Sanders said. “The reality is that we have more people living in poverty today than any time in the history of the United States. The reality is, in America today there is more income wealth inequality than any major country on Earth.”

Unemployment rates nationwide are 6.2 percent, but if people who have given up or work part time are included in the statistics, the rate jumps to 12 percent, he said.

Thousands of young people can’t afford to go to college, without going $25,000, $50,000 or $100,000 into debt, he said. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that corporations are people, Sanders said, and billionaires are now able to buy elections and buy and sell politicians. That’s why we have to overturn Citizens United, he said.

“What we are engaged in right now is not just an economic struggle and a political struggle, but it is most profoundly a moral struggle,” Sanders said. “My colleagues in the House tell us that while there has been a huge increase in inequality, the most pressing problem in American is to give more tax breaks for the wealthy in this country.”
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For those of us envisioning a Sanders/Warren run... (Original Post) mother earth Jun 2014 OP
Has he changed his affiliation to the Democratic Party yet? JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #1
Who knows...but certainly, it would be a step in the right direction for this country. mother earth Jun 2014 #3
They would need to both start JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #5
Sanders has authored green jobs programs. mother earth Jun 2014 #6
Let's see how it gets implemented JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #8
He will run as a Dem grahamhgreen Jun 2014 #17
A ticket which, if it happened would COLGATE4 Jun 2014 #2
Not necessarily. Times, they are a changing. As the process draws near perhaps any question of mother earth Jun 2014 #4
Sanders is right. democrank Jun 2014 #7
+1 Go Vols Jun 2014 #18
I don't think we'll see a Sanders/Warren ticket. MoonchildCA Jun 2014 #9
Warren was in the crowd ChangeUp106 Jun 2014 #10
I feel like whomever is the nominee, Warren would be amongst likelies to add as a VP. mother earth Jun 2014 #11
Unless it's Bernie ChangeUp106 Jun 2014 #13
Whether he runs or not, politics needs more Bernie Sanders bigwillq Jun 2014 #12
That ticket would be something to watch! polichick Jun 2014 #14
I am willing to consider Sanders if he runs as a Democrat davidpdx Jun 2014 #15
Although I'd like to see Hilliary run and win, SmittynMo Jun 2014 #16

JustAnotherGen

(31,631 posts)
1. Has he changed his affiliation to the Democratic Party yet?
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 10:07 AM
Jun 2014

Last I checked he was still and independent. Or would it be an independent/third party ticket?

mother earth

(6,002 posts)
3. Who knows...but certainly, it would be a step in the right direction for this country.
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 10:12 AM
Jun 2014

Whatever ticket he would choose to run on, he is exactly what we need.

JustAnotherGen

(31,631 posts)
5. They would need to both start
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 10:25 AM
Jun 2014

Talking/hitting hard about GREEN job creation that is focused on infrastructure. The time is now. Of course those jobs would be solid wage paying jobs - but green infrastructure is needed. We need this. We can't wait. I don't want to be 80 years old (I'm 41 now) and up to my hips in water 40 miles from what USED to be the Atlantic Ocean and central NJ.

mother earth

(6,002 posts)
6. Sanders has authored green jobs programs.
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 10:35 AM
Jun 2014
http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/release-green-jobs-for-vermont

Vermont and seven other states will share nearly $4 million in economic stimulus funding announced today under a green jobs program that was authored by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).

JustAnotherGen

(31,631 posts)
8. Let's see how it gets implemented
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 10:44 AM
Jun 2014

In the meantime - I believe we have a shot to flip the NJ 7th to D. #RunWithJanice Sanders is going to need help in 2015 and 2016 from the House. Every single seat counts.

mother earth

(6,002 posts)
4. Not necessarily. Times, they are a changing. As the process draws near perhaps any question of
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 10:13 AM
Jun 2014

party will be answered.

MoonchildCA

(1,301 posts)
9. I don't think we'll see a Sanders/Warren ticket.
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 01:05 PM
Jun 2014

Not that it wouldn't be a dream ticket, but it's not really reality. For there to be those two names on the ticket, one would have to win the nomination.

I love Bernie, in fact he's probably my favorite politician, and I'm crossing my fingers that he will run. I think his point in running though, is to sway the message of the election. He wants to be the progressive voice.

And if he does run, I'll never get a chance to vote for him. I'm in California and by the time we have our primaries, all my favorite candidates have always been filtered out, and we're left with a choice of two party-establishment people to pick from. My most exciting vote was Obama, but even he was not my first choice.

By the way, if in some bizarre turn of events, I end up eating my words, it will be the best meal I ever had...

ChangeUp106

(549 posts)
10. Warren was in the crowd
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 01:07 PM
Jun 2014

Very interesting. I'm glad Bernie is going to challenge Hillary. I don't think Warren will be along for the ride but it's good to see them together in the same room.

mother earth

(6,002 posts)
11. I feel like whomever is the nominee, Warren would be amongst likelies to add as a VP.
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 05:30 PM
Jun 2014

She's simply a brilliant choice. I too think it's interesting she was there.

ChangeUp106

(549 posts)
13. Unless it's Bernie
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 07:42 PM
Jun 2014

I don't want Warren taking the VP. That's how they put people like Warren under control. "Oh you get the VP! (which doesn't do much and your Senate career might be over)."

 

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)
12. Whether he runs or not, politics needs more Bernie Sanders
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 06:25 PM
Jun 2014

He "gets" it.

The middle class is suffering so much in this country.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
15. I am willing to consider Sanders if he runs as a Democrat
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 03:17 AM
Jun 2014

I think until enough states change their laws to effectively make the presidential election a popular vote (versus an electoral college) it will be hard (though not impossible) for an independent to win.

SmittynMo

(3,544 posts)
16. Although I'd like to see Hilliary run and win,
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 09:19 AM
Jun 2014

these two have really have me pumped up about politics and how this country should be run. Just listen to them. I don't get that feeling from Hilliary. Plus it's the same old, same old with Clinton and her baggage. Barack won because he was new, had inspirations like no other. Barack didn't carry a lot of baggage, and was not well known.

Warren is fairly new. Sanders has been around a while longer. I think they'd make a huge difference is how this country should be run.

Put them on a Democratic ticket, and I don't see how they can lose for the following 8 years.

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