controls congress. And we could get the senate back too. So we should have someone who says they are a democrat, even though they support big banks and Wall Street over people, but it's okay, cuz it won't pass in the republican house.

With her views, I worry what she WILL sign, and what she WILL NOT veto!

Done with Bush/Clinton.

THIS....is how we got into this mess.

No 'lesser' a fool, than to believe your own comment here.

Newt Gingrich admitted Glass-Steagall's repeal was probably a mistake, and David Vitter (R-Louisiana) supports limiting bank size. This isn't as partisan of an issue as you think.

Hillary Clinton is to the right of some Republicans on this issue, haha.

says so!

Steve Leser does not make any sense because he's deeply intertwined in the bubble.

He's actually pretty good at negotiating with Rs.

But interesting nonetheless.

I'm not sure what that's all about, but...just no.

negotiating with Republicans to accomplish anything of substance that the Republicans involved didn't already want to do.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251451772#post1

accomplishments. All Senators get amendments tucked into bills.

you don't acknowledge that he knows how to get things done when Republicans are in the majority.

They will pass NOTHING he proposes. NOTHING. And they will brag about it to their constituents and get rewarded for it.

I hope, in all sincerity, to be able to prove you wrong.

And when it happens, I think you'll be glad that I did.

if we don't the entire administrations of two recent Democratic Presidents to point to in order to judge how Republicans will behave.

I don't know why 100% of Democrats/Liberals/Progressives don't get this:

They DO NOT CARE what any Democratic President has to say or propose. An exception was the TPP because the GOP is all about Free Trade. So of course, they supported that, but even there, it was controversial for some Republicans to vote for it because of the appearance of supporting Obama, i.e. a Democratic President. If you don't get that, if you don't internalize that example, I can't help you.

It frankly doesn't matter much which Democrat is elected this time. The GOP will pass NOTHING. The important things are:

#1 - That a Democratic President is elected at all

#2 - That we fight for control of the senate

#3 - That people vote for the Democratic candidate for state legislature/state senate etc., this election, in 2018 and 2020 so we can control redistricting so that we can have a shot again to take back the house in 2022 or 2024.

This entire Bernie Sanders thing is wasted effort.

You, and the rest of the country, will be better off if I'm right than if you are.

If what you are saying is "right," it won't matter WHO is POTUS, we'll all be screwed anyway.

we have allowed ourselves to be out-maneuvered on the re-districting front, allowing the GOP to take over way too many state legislatures following the 2010 election.

I don't know who was responsible for missing that the Republicans were going for this, but it meant we have no chance of winning both houses of congress from 2012 - 2022 at least because of the House of Representatives. Given Republicans current behavior, that effectively stopped any Democratic legislation for 10+ years. Its probably going to be 12 years because 2022 is a midterm election. Assuming a Democratic president, we tend not to do well in those.

We're screwed for that long.

If you want me to accept that Bernie can accomplish something exceptional, you need to provide exceptional evidence.

Instead, the opposite is out there. He has accomplished absolutely nothing exceptional legislatively.

He is speaking to ordinary citizens.

There is nothing magical about speaking directly to people about the things that they care about.
It is simply a lost art in the Democratic Party.

The old thinking that I am talking about has to do with delivering a poll-tested message
as in the $900,000 that Hillary spent on polling last quarter. Not only will it not win back the House, it makes her an uninspiring candidate.

If it truly doesn't matter to you, isn't there something better that you could do with your time?

Personally, I DO believe it matters. I believe it matters a great deal.

For me as far as I am concerned.

It's not like an amendment has any less force of law.

He Wants. And that's being kind.

are unaware of what this candidacy is about.

But for those who do, Bernie is the only hope for this country to end the corrosive purchasing of our politicians and government in this race. Which is why as soon as people know who he is, what his record is, they are sold. The ONLY hurdle facing him is getting the people to know him. And so far, his army of volunteers is doing a great job of that.

that she needs to trick into voting for her. Therefore she avoids the question.

just feel you should rule that one out

which she thinks will help her win this election. That is the problem, one of the problems, with accepting this kind of money.

Bernie otoh, is completely free to speak his mind and doesn't have to wait to 'unveil' his policies after they have been vetted by special interests.

That's the sad thing, we will never really know where Hillary stands, or any candidate who is beholden to big money.

Which is why this is the most important issue in this campaign, to get this poisonous money out of our government.

just so you know

truer words were never spoken

because too big to fail really means 'heads we win, tails you lose, and then we win anyway, because you go into debt to make us win'

how the f--k can you lose, with that kind of setup? completely rigged game

Much better than being a Zombie for Banksters...which seems to be what another candidate's followers expect everyone to be.

No thanks to being a Zombie.

Bernie's appeals to morality and ethics just make the Democratic Party weaker.