2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Poll: Bernie's lack of Congressional endosements... [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)If they had courage, the banks would not have been bailed out without a requirement that they in turn bail out homeowners.
Congress is terrified of change.
Where is the clawback that Nancy Pelosi talked about way back in 2008?
Never happened.
Congress is full of people who are at the same time attracted and frightened by corporate money.
They want to have access to the money themselves, and they are terrified that the money will be used to fund a candidate to run against them in their next election.
Bernie does not play that game.
They don't endorse Bernie for the same reason that they never manage to get enough votes to pass a bill or seriously work to get an amendment passed that would nullify CItizens United.
That's why they don't endorse Bernie. They think it is too risky.