Bernie Sanders

arcane1

(38,613 posts) Fri Jul 17, 2015, 12:42 AM Jul 2015

"The other thing I want to do is to take these debates into the so-called red areas of the country,"

"I'm going to be going around the country not only to blue states ... but to red states, conservative states,” he said in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation" on Sunday. “We're going to go to Alabama, we're going to go to Mississippi. ... I think the message that we have is resonating. People are going to get involved in the political process, we're going to drive turnout up, and when we do that, we win."

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"The other thing I want to do is to take these debates into the so-called red areas of the country," Sanders told The Nation's John Nichols. "I think it is insane that the Democrats do not have a 50-state strategy [along the lines championed by Howard Dean]. How is it that, if you are the party of working people, supposedly, you abdicate your responsibility in some of the poorest states of America? Where are you in Mississippi? Where are you in South Carolina? Where are you in Alabama? Where are you in other low-income states? If you don’t get started now, you will never advance. So I intend in this campaign to go to states that many Democratic candidates don’t usually visit."

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders_55a7d087e4b0896514d07834

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"The other thing I want to do is to take these debates into the so-called red areas of the country," (Original Post) arcane1 Jul 2015 OP

Call me old fashioned but I think the 50 State Strategy SoapBox Jul 2015 #1

"People are going to get involved in the political process" arcane1 Jul 2015 #2

Why was it abandoned? Who got to make that decision? -nt CrispyQ Jul 2015 #8

He's been in the South. He was received very well. merrily Jul 2015 #3

I look forward to having him here, and LuvNewcastle Jul 2015 #4

+1 Bernie's taking on the job of the DNC. When he's heard speaking the truth on appalachiablue Jul 2015 #9

Remember, remember, everyone whose friends and acquaintances are liking Bernie... Scootaloo Jul 2015 #5

So-called Democrats in Washington abdicate their responsibility to working people Triana Jul 2015 #6

rec & kick MerryBlooms Jul 2015 #7

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)

1. Call me old fashioned but I think the 50 State Strategy

Reply to arcane1 (Original post)

Fri Jul 17, 2015, 01:44 AM

Jul 2015

was one of the smartest things ever.

Especially when I compare it to the Dems, No Strategy, Strategy.

arcane1

(38,613 posts)

2. "People are going to get involved in the political process"

Reply to SoapBox (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 17, 2015, 02:02 AM

Jul 2015

That's it, right there. The Solution

CrispyQ

(36,492 posts)

8. Why was it abandoned? Who got to make that decision? -nt

Reply to SoapBox (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 17, 2015, 11:16 AM

Jul 2015

merrily

(45,251 posts)

3. He's been in the South. He was received very well.

Reply to arcane1 (Original post)

Fri Jul 17, 2015, 02:51 AM

Jul 2015

People are people. He tells the truth and they can tell he's not contrived. What he says resonates in all parts of the country.

How is it that, if you are the party of working people, supposedly, you abdicate your responsibility in some of the poorest states of America?

Damned good question.

arcane, please post that after this thread gets locked.

LuvNewcastle

(16,848 posts)

4. I look forward to having him here, and

Reply to arcane1 (Original post)

Fri Jul 17, 2015, 03:18 AM

Jul 2015

I think he'll be very well received. There are already lots of Bernie supporters here, they just don't all know it yet.

appalachiablue

(41,168 posts)

9. +1 Bernie's taking on the job of the DNC. When he's heard speaking the truth on

Reply to LuvNewcastle (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 17, 2015, 03:29 PM

Jul 2015

the specifics of income inequality, the extreme wealth at the top that dominates the economic and political systems now, and the decline of this country, it will connect with many working people there I believe.