Bernie Sanders' lethal threat to Hillary Clinton [View all]

Source: Washington Examiner

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There were the evils of super political action committees. (Sanders proudly doesn't have one.) The "disastrous" Citizens United v. FEC decision. The disappearing middle class. The "incredible ... uncontrollable greed" of the billionaire class. (In a word cloud of Sanders speeches, "billionaire" would loom large.) The real unemployment rate. Black unemployment. Youth unemployment. Workers' pay. ("Too damn low.&quot A $15 an hour minimum wage. Women's rights. "Our gay brothers and sisters." Paid maternity leave. A trillion-dollar jobs program. Opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. The fight against big banks. ("Break 'em up!" someone yelled. "Break 'em up," Bernie responded.) More Citizens United. The Koch Brothers. American oligarchy. Public funding of campaigns. Republican voter suppression. Free college tuition. Student debt relief. Climate change. Single-payer healthcare. Ending institutional racism. Opposing the war in Iraq. Avoiding another war in the Middle East. Veterans' care. And finally, Sanders' goal of a political revolution. "If we create this political revolution," he concluded, "we can transform America in a way that finally, our government will be working for all of us and not just a handful of billionaires."

It would be an understatement to say the crowd was with Sanders. There were lots of cries of "That's right" when Sanders went after Wall Street. There was one loud "You goddamn right!" when he discussed the disappearing middle class. And when he talked about Citizens United, someone yelled out "It's un-American!" It's a sentiment Sanders quickly adopted as his own. In Sanders' gatherings, the Supreme Court campaign finance decision occupies a place roughly equal to that of Roe v. Wade at an Americans United for Life convention. After the speech, more than one audience member said he or she couldn't think of a single Bernie issue for which to disagree. But they supported him for reasons more fundamental than any particular issue. When I asked Sanders supporters why they chose him instead of Hillary Clinton, nearly everyone, with just a few exceptions, said some variation of: He's not in the pocket of the big banks and corporations, and thus can't be bought; and he's genuine, saying the same things for many years, and thus hasn't changed his message for political expediency.

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Each one of those voices represents a challenge to Clinton. Yes, nearly everyone said that as a loyal Democrat, they would vote for Clinton if she becomes the party's nominee. But right now, and through the Iowa caucuses, they're sticking with Bernie. And if the number of Bernie supporters continues to grow as it has in recent months, the result could be disastrous for Clinton. The problem for Hillary is not only that Sanders' base is growing, but that his supporters like him more than Clinton's like her.

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"Bernie is talking about the issues that really affect people," said Tom Carsner, a member of the American Federation of Teachers in Iowa City who has volunteered for the Sanders campaign. "And his solutions go deep enough, wide enough, broad enough to really move toward solving the problem." Not so with Clinton, Carsner added, who "is content to play around the edges and not make commitments to the degree that will really solve the problem."

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Please read this great article.

This is the kind of news that is not fit to print in the NY Times.

Something's happening and you don't know what it is, do you, Mr. Jones?