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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You mean ‘Politburo’
And he didn't help himself in FL with his Fidel Castro worship. Effectively, there are fewer than a dozen states really in play, and Bernie has undermined his chances in at least two of them over the past week or so. I hope he keeps it up...
That’s true. A lot
She could be fighting to stay in the race to end up someone’s VP or in a cabinet position.
Wrong before and wrong again.
Lots of older, ex New Yorker jews in Florida.
Amy?
True. And the Cuban Refugee vote carries less influence every election. It might be even further eroded by the influx of Puerto Ricans, who do NOT vote the same as those who fled communism.
Carville never had much to say...and still doesn’t!
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