Posted on 02/26/2020 3:23:52 PM PST by conservative98
Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., aren't actually trying to win the presidency in November, Democratic strategist James Carville argued on Wednesday.
Carville told "Morning Joe" that Tuesday's debate indicated Warren appeared to be more interested in bashing former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg than grabbing the party's nomination. She was also worried that by attacking Sanders -- a fellow progressive who's been leading in polls -- she might get primaried in 2024, Carville speculated.
"The takeaway is that Elizabeth Warren hates Michael Bloomberg more than she wants to win," he said.
He added that Warren's attacks on Bloomberg help her raise money and may have been intended to help her "stay alive" longer in the primary season.
Both Sanders and Warren have proposed banning fracking which, while a controversial practice, has provided substantial revenue to the U.S. economy. That proposal, Carville asserted, showed that Sanders couldn't win key swing states in the general election.
"Bernie Sanders says he's going to ban all fracking, so he's banning any chance of doing anything particularly in western and central Pennsylvania. Last time I checked, Florida is a key state, then you say something nice about Castro," he said, referring to Sanders' defense of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
"You're not trying to win the election. If you're not trying to win Pennsylvania, [and] you're not trying to win Florida, then maybe Arizona is the answer," he added. "But why would you do that? I mean, it doesn't make any sense -- you're not going to ban fracking. Castro is dead -- why are you even defending him? He's not trying to win, he's trying to make a point and that's what scares me."
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She wants a position in bernie’s administration.
They maybe talked ahead of time.
Proving Bernie is more looney than Castro.
Carville may be ready to stick a trash can on his head again. He sure has made lots of noise of how he doesn’t like what he sees of the Democratic class of 2020.
Carville is not stupid.
We may see some strange bedfellows this year if/when Burny gets the nomination. Some of these old Rats may come out and back Trump.
Warren is not stupid either—she wants the VP slot with Bernie.
Bernie, on the other hand, is just a die hard commie and a miserable tactician.
They’re looking for their next lakefront vacation homes.
I hate Michael Bloomberg more than I want Elizabeth Warren to win too.
I never thought that I would agree with Lieawatha on anything.
Maybe Sanders received another drop-out-of-the-race house offer.
I think he and his wife have "running for Pres" down to a science!$$$
That's better.
Suspect Carville is on the Bloomberg payroll. The Bernie Bros will soon be saying hello.
Where in Never Never Land?
Snakehead may be the dumbest man in America. Bernie is spilling the beans.
Just a wild (probably wrong) prediction, but if she has the delegates to put Bernie over the top (with a little room to spare for defectors), she will be his VP running mate.
When candidates drop out, the handling of delegates is not specifically guided. The rule only says that "Delegates elected to the national convention pledged to a presidential candidate shall in all good conscience reflect the sentiments of those who elected them". If Warren has enough delegates to get Bernie to 1991, and she is his VP, then she will ask that her delegates cast their vote for her and Bernie. They are not "bound", but most will probably comply. She probably needs about 400 delegates to make her a lock, and that's not going to be easy for her.
The problem is that while she might be able to get him the party nomination, she is unlikely to help him win a single state.
ROFL!!!
The same place i’m a multimillionaire :)
Carville doesn’t want to have to campaign for a communist, but he will.
The Odd Couple redux
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