2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders did NOT ... NOT say ditch identity politics !!! [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)trys to boss me around in any fashion about what I should think/do.
He and Jane said they'd release their taxes. They still haven't.
I think there's a possibility that he's all (or much) talk and maybe not so good on the walk and that's why he kept stalling--that was just egregious, but I guess the "new normal" on that score--thanks to two white men who ran for POTUS--is "We don't have to be transparent."
I don't go for "Do as I say" politicians. We KNOW Trump is one. Sanders needs to release those documents simply to satisfy his own constituents, assure them that he's not a bullshitter.
As for Sanders' "leadership" position, it sounds more like a vanity title than anything else. "Outreach" is not an established leadership hat--it''s a made-up one to keep him occupied and satisfy those people in his base who want to co-opt a party they can't bother to join. Schumer doesn't take shit, either--he can be pretty acerbic when he wants to be.
It is very possible that Sanders will be primaried in 2018. He had better be prepared to be more forthcoming than he has been to this point if he wants to hold on to his seat, because if this happens, he will be challenged on all these issues and more. Or maybe, just maybe, he'll retire and let some new blood come to the fore in VT.