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If Sanders Loses, Bernie Believers Will Take the DNC Down
The Observer ^ | February 25, 2016 | Michael Sainato

Posted on 03/06/2016 8:33:47 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

The Democratic Party may want to reconsider how they're gambling

Since 2009, the Democratic Party has lost 69 House seats, 13 Senate seats, over 900 state legislative seats and 12 governorships. Although most presidents' political parties suffer losses in Congress, Republican gains under Barack Obama's administration have been unprecedented. After the 2014 midterm elections, Democrats suffered so dramatically that the Democratic National Committee organized a task force to review how the party connects their core values with voters. While the rise of anti-establishment candidate Bernie Sanders should serve as a wake-up call, the Democratic establishment has not embraced his candidacy as a means to re-energize their voter base. Instead, leaders of the Party have fallen in line behind Hillary Clinton, who only further alienates the types of voters they should be courting.

Such anti-establishment sentiments are epitomized by Donald Trump's successful emergence as frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, and Mr. Sanders' emergence as a viable contender for the Democratic nomination. As former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich recently wrote, these candidates are a symptom of rebellion, not the cause of it....

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TOPICS: Vermont; Campaign News; Issues; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2016election; berniesanders; democrats; election2016; hillary; sanders; vermont
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While all of those losses were occurring for democrats, nobody dared say a word, for the country was undergoing the joys of the first Black President, and negative commentary would be racist.

You're right... if it had been pointed out it would have 'appeared' racist. That 'head in the sand' routine allowed up to run the table... Big WIN for our side.

Oh, and Hillary will not be elected.

21 posted on 03/07/2016 8:10:16 AM PST by GOPJ (Republican elites have turned into " race-baiting bigots" - feeding on mob evils.)
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