Posted on 02/25/2020 4:13:18 PM PST by Libloather
WASHINGTON - While congressional Democrats share in their party's overriding goal of defeating President Donald Trump in November, there is growing concern that their efforts to retain a somewhat fragile House majority and hopes of winning control of the Senate could be hampered with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., at the top of the ticket.
Democrats worry that Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, and his policies are too liberal for the broader electorate they need to win in states and districts that Trump won in 2016.
In particular, they are concerned that having Sanders at the top of the ticket could drive away suburban voters who favored Democrats in the 2018 midterm elections in the nation's small number of closely divided districts and put potential Senate seats out of reach in GOP-leaning states.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is fiercely protective of these members who chose her for the position a second time and sent a signal this week that an alternative presidential candidate, like former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, would be better for winning down-ballot races.
“I think that his involvement in this campaign will be a positive one,” Pelosi said in a soft embrace of the one-time Republican mayor earlier this week.
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Did they vote to impeach? Ew, that could be a problem...
Come on Bernie!
Put on that black beret and Che t-shirt!
Go Bernie!!! Don’t let a few little whimpy fellow communist comrades dampen the effort. Show em how a real, big cheese communist does it. Let em feel the “Bern”! Go, Bernie Go!!!!
The last debate was “Get Shorty”. Tonight it will be Bernies turn
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