2020 Democratic Primary Thread: Focus on House & Senate races
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oh shyt. Bernie's going for a BROKERED convention 
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Yes, it is very surprisng. I like Faiz as campaign manager but working for Harry Reid and then ACLU to Presidential campaign has to be a learning curve... at the same time, there is a lack of top notch professional campaign experience with the leadership. It is a very young staff. It is definitely showing.
The wild card of course is they have a massive volunteer network, raised a lot of money, and Bernie himself got more energy than people 50 years younger than him. But their strategy needs fine tuning and they better get it done this summer because by the Fall it may be too late.
Warren just crushed the DAILY KOS poll 
Daily Kos Democratic Straw Poll: It's hot and it's really summer edition
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Daily Kos Democratic Straw Poll: It's hot and it's really summer edition
@dj-method-x @wire28 @Return to Forever @ezrathegreat @Jello Biafra @humble forever @Darth Nubian @Dameon Farrow @Piff Perkins @BigMoneyGrip @Lucky_Lefty @johnedwarduado @Armchair Militant @panopticon @88m3
storyteller
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You really think Bernie could dissociate with "Socialist" or even distance himself from that title? I don't see that working out.
JoogJoint
In my own league.
Warren is siphoning Bernie's supporters. Warren and Sanders are fighting over the same supporters and Warren got the JUICE right now.
If anything, Sanders supporters should be supporting both Sanders AND Warren against Biden. Either one should be a win for progressives.
storyteller
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The struggle really has more to do with Warren taking away college educated people away from him with her plans. She is laying them out early and with a scholarly tilt despite the fact that they won’t go that way in practice. It makes her the more “serious” candidate. What Sanders did today was embrace his label because it would be slapped on him anyway. Whether that works remains to be seen. He has to fight over a demographic he had naturally last election and she is a woman so they get their woman candidate. If anything he needs to change his slogan to something emphasis his consistency on these issues. He and Warren will say the same thing and then she’ll say this is how I’ll do it. His mantra has been to point out how he was ridiculed in 2016 instead of saying he represents the “silenced majority” to play off an old Reagan and Republican phrase. His other problem is that as an outsider, he will get less access to the best policy wonks.
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storyteller
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“The FBI Director is wrong”
storyteller
Veteran
He’s already made a dem socialism speech before
The campaign seems stuck in 2016.
So he should pivot to calling himself a new dealer? Those tweets seem like they're saying he has to back off of Socialism to succeed. I don't think that's a realistic option for him at all. He has to lean into it, it's the elephant in the room.
King Kreole
natural blondie like goku
Bernie's team falling apart as the heat turns up. Hate to see it. 