Posted on 02/13/2020 5:24:06 AM PST by karpov
Senate Democrats are feeling queasy about their party’s presidential primary after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) seized frontrunner status by winning the New Hampshire primary, while former Vice President Joe Biden stumbled to a fifth-place finish.
Democratic senators have been careful not to criticize Sanders publicly, fearing that it could undermine party unity heading into the November general election, which they view as a must-win contest.
But they have serious questions about the electability of their self-described Democratic Socialist colleague, and the problems he may create down ballot for vulnerable Senate candidates.
Several of Sanders’s signature proposals, such as “Medicare for All,” free college, cancelling student debt and the sweeping Green New Deal, don’t even have support from a majority of Democratic senators.
“I think there’s a substantial element of people worried about where we’re going,” said a Democratic senator, who requested anonymity to comment on discussions with colleagues.
Asked about Sanders’s reputation as a lawmaker on the far-left of the nation’s ideological spectrum, the lawmaker said, “senators worry about that.”
“Politicians worry all the time,” the source added.
Democrats don’t want to speak out because there’s a growing chance that Sanders will be the nominee.
“There is a real sense that whoever gets it, we’ve got to be behind him. This election is too important,” the senator said.
Other Democrats are downplaying Sanders’s recent victories but fretting about whether he will embrace one of his rivals as the party’s eventual nominee if Sanders loses the contest.
“We all hope to God he will follow what he said last night in New Hampshire that we’re all on the same team and it’s all of our responsibility to bring whatever we can to help the nominee,” said another Democratic senator.
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78 year old with recently found cardiac disease. Make sure you get that VP right.
I was watching that old commie giving his speach and when he walked off stage he looked like he was not feeling good. I just have a feeling that he’s going to blow a gasket before the convention. Tee hee.
I noticed that also. When the mic is on and he’s revved up he’s OK, but as soon as the show is over he looks very tired and wrung out.
So the Democratic nominee is...not a Democrat. How does that work again?
Sorry, Democrat Party, scum and vermin, unchecked.....you are following only losing leaders, all of them. After November 3, 2020, all of you low life Democrats will be right where you belong....with a bottle of Windex in your right hand and a roll of “Bounty” wiping towels in your left hand, stationed outside the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels in NYC...cleaning windshields for $1,00 each!!!
Actually...IMHO.....I do not think the party will last as a effective, viable, functioning unit until November!!! You have “ZERO” leadership and no decent candidates...period!!! End of story...Case Closed!!!
Maybe he need some of Adolf’s “vitamin” injections?
Close your eyes and you can hear her name whispering in the wind.
Hillary...
Hillary....
Trump is going to break the Dem party.
Sanders is the perfect useful idiot to help that effort.
And what, Butti-gig makes them want to eat a hotdog with extra mayo?
Just griping from the Mensheviks and Trotsyists.
> . I just have a feeling that he’s going to blow a gasket before the convention. <
As time goes on, the DNC will change more and more rules to favor Bloomberg. That’s really going to get to Sanders.
The first sentence tells you everything you need to know. Bernie Sanders, the INDEPENDENT senator from Vermont, is the Democratic front-runner.
Can you even began to believe that a Republican Senator could request anonymity, and get it??
Democrat or Republican, it's one sorry SOB who would sellout his country to Communism just for his own personal benefit..
translation: More D.C. establishment types ordering Maalox in 55 gallon drums.
In the big picture a good thing for the country. Trump is taking down the establishment from the right. I suppose somebody has to do the same from the left.
A little Viagra might stiffen his resolve.
Vote for Bernie in the primary if you are able to.
Bern it Down
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