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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)Washington Post: Sanders Is Playing With Fire [View all]
Summary: Time to rally round Hillary if we want to avoid a Trump White House.
Sanders Is Playing With Fire
WASHINGTON -- Bernie Sanders is playing a dangerous game. If he and his campaign continue their scorched-earth attacks against the Democratic Party, they will succeed only in one thing: electing Donald Trump as president.
I say this as someone who shares much of Sanders' political philosophy; I too, for example, see health care as a basic right. He has run a remarkable and historically significant campaign, pulling the party to the left and pumping it full of new progressive vigor. His crowds are almost as big as Trump's and perhaps even more enthusiastic. Most important, he has brought legions of young people into the political process.
But he hasn't won the nomination.
Hillary Clinton has an insurmountable lead in pledged delegates, earned by her performance in primaries and caucuses. In the aggregate, she leads Sanders by about 3 million votes. The will of the party is clear: More Democrats prefer Clinton over Sanders as their nominee.
Instead of accepting this obvious fact, the Sanders campaign is behaving like a 2-year-old who can't have ice cream for breakfast. All along, Sanders and his aides have claimed that the party establishment was unfairly tipping the scales in favor of Clinton. Now the Sanders people have gone further and are deliberately stoking anger and a sense of grievance -- less against Clinton than the party itself. This is reckless in the extreme, and it could put Trump in the White House.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/05/20/sanders_is_playing_with_fire_130618.html
WASHINGTON -- Bernie Sanders is playing a dangerous game. If he and his campaign continue their scorched-earth attacks against the Democratic Party, they will succeed only in one thing: electing Donald Trump as president.
I say this as someone who shares much of Sanders' political philosophy; I too, for example, see health care as a basic right. He has run a remarkable and historically significant campaign, pulling the party to the left and pumping it full of new progressive vigor. His crowds are almost as big as Trump's and perhaps even more enthusiastic. Most important, he has brought legions of young people into the political process.
But he hasn't won the nomination.
Hillary Clinton has an insurmountable lead in pledged delegates, earned by her performance in primaries and caucuses. In the aggregate, she leads Sanders by about 3 million votes. The will of the party is clear: More Democrats prefer Clinton over Sanders as their nominee.
Instead of accepting this obvious fact, the Sanders campaign is behaving like a 2-year-old who can't have ice cream for breakfast. All along, Sanders and his aides have claimed that the party establishment was unfairly tipping the scales in favor of Clinton. Now the Sanders people have gone further and are deliberately stoking anger and a sense of grievance -- less against Clinton than the party itself. This is reckless in the extreme, and it could put Trump in the White House.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/05/20/sanders_is_playing_with_fire_130618.html
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So, it's been noted. Fawke Em (coo name) is not at fault. I'll add you to my list. nt
anotherproletariat
May 2016
#30
Any rational person who has listened to both Hillary and Trump can make that distinction.
LonePirate
May 2016
#46
Neither Hillary nor Bernie will have enough pledged delegates going to the convention
Art_from_Ark
May 2016
#7
Just like in 2008, the race will be over after DC votes and long before the convention.
LonePirate
May 2016
#37
The more you cling to that false hope, the more disappointed you will become.
LonePirate
May 2016
#45
Again, look at 2008 to see what will happen next month. Let history be your guide.
LonePirate
May 2016
#58
Trying to stop democracy and stop people from voting is what this op-ed is advocating.
jillan
May 2016
#6
The Washington Post is now part of the Establishment and runs many OPs critical of Sanders
Samantha
May 2016
#12
SNL is way past its prime and still runs rings about these terrifying, sad people.
Number23
May 2016
#38
I'm glad that so many voices on the left are realizing how scorched earth Bernie is getting.
barrow-wight
May 2016
#31
I remain unmoved, and I'm still looking forward to voting for Sanders.
DisgustipatedinCA
May 2016
#36
DNC and DWS scheduled the first Dem debate months after the Repubs and after the NY deadline
slipslidingaway
May 2016
#42
Oh. Wow. Another dump Bernie and unite behind the Third Way war-lovin' Wall Street
djean111
May 2016
#56