Posted on 02/24/2020 11:04:16 PM PST by knighthawk
Bernie Sanders unexpectedly released a fact-sheet Monday night explaining that he'd pay for his sweeping new government programs through new taxes and massive lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry, as well as by slashing spending on the military, among other methods.
The move sought to head off complaints from Republicans and some rival Democrats that his plans were economically unrealistic, especially after a head-turning CBS News interview in which the frustrated Vermont senator said he couldn't "rattle off to you every nickle and every dime" about his proposed expenditures.
He released his plan on his website just minutes after promising to do so during a CNN town hall.
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The Sanders campaign is premised on a theory about how bold progressives can win elections. Heres Bernies campaign manager describing the challenge set before them back in October:
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Faiz Shakir, who runs Mr. Sanderss campaign, told The Wall Street Journal that the lawmakers path to both the nomination and the presidency is the most ambitious and the most difficult path of any candidate because it relies on support from voters who havent been active in the nominating process previously.
It is undeniably true that for Bernie Sanders to win, he needs a mass mobilization of people who have not voted before, Mr. Shakir said
Its ambitious to expand the electorate, but thats what Bernie has always done, Jane Sanders, Mr. Sanderss wife, told the Journal.
How is that theory of the election working out? Yesterday the NY Times reported there is no sign the Sanders campaign has expanded the electorate in the first three state contests:
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Or, Whine Caves?
lol, better yet- Yup- they can have their whine caves- ‘safe spaces’ lol
this will upset my SIL who has been bragging about her inherited oil money for decades and yet is a staunch rat....
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