Bernheads have oft complained that the media don’t cover their guy enough. But this morning I was listening to NPR’s Morning Edition, which has 13 million listeners–surpassed only by Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh for listenership, and certainly represents the most Democratic primary voters among the audience of any radio show. After finishing an interview with Hillary Clinton, the host noted “we reached out to Senator Bernie Sanders to ask him to appear, but he declined”. WTF is that? How am I supposed to take the complaints about media coverage seriously, when he blows off that kind of opportunity?
Incidentally, his campaign has also, it turns out, blown off my teenaged son’s offer to volunteer and get Sanders supporters to the polls tonight. Not only do they apparently not need any help, it would seem they don’t want to help stoke the flames of his young idealism and help solidify his commitment to the cause. :dubious:
Seems to me like a strange set of campaign tactics, and a less than impressive way to kick off a “political revolution”. But what do I know, I’m just an old-school member of the Establishment…
Considering the massive lead Clinton has in super delegates is there any real chance he can win? Ok maybe if some new Clinton scandal emerges, but apart from that I’m not seeing it. Is it a real option for Bernie to hang on as long as possible then throw in support for Clinton for a promise of a cabinet position and some of his agenda being addressed?
Indeed, that Sanders cannot win a state that has a supermajority of white voters does not bode well.
Sanders has complete domination of the younger voters, not so much in many other demographics. If Sanders loses, I hope he at least creates a generation of devoted primary and general election voters, the toxic “Bernie or nothing” crowd aside.
What took him so long? I would have guessed Moore would have endorsed him long before he actually decided to run.
Well, obviously it’s an option, and it’s what losing candidates typically do. I’m seeing his chances as slim but not none at this point, somewhere around 5%. The superdelegate thing is definitely a real problem for him, but in the (unlikely) event that he becomes the clear choice of the Democratic primary voters, I imagine at least some of them would switch. It would be very interesting to see what would happen at this point if, God forbid, some personal or political catastrophe befell Hillary. Would the Democratic establishment accept Sanders, or draft someone else (Biden?) to mount a campaign? Can’t really see the former, but it’s getting awfully late for the latter.
Yeah, I’m considering last night a slightly bad outcome for Bernie; if he can’t decisively win Iowa, he’s got a long way to go to compete on the national level. OTOH, at least he didn’t lose, and it could be seen as a “momentum-building moral victory” by voters who aren’t geeky enough to engage in demographic analysis. At one point (admittedly early on) last night, I saw that Bernie was getting over 90% of the under-27 vote, giving me great hope for the long-term future of the country.
And on the other side: Goodbye, Mr. Trump. Please shut your mouth behind you on the way out.
The risk is simply too great, chance of discovery/leak too high for Microsoft to make such a catastrophic mistake.
Volkswagen tilted the table in order to provide a better product to consumers. A little different. Do you buy Bernie’s conspiracy theory? It appears you are of the conspiracy theory left.
Interesting definition of “better” you’ve got there, too, since cars affected by Volkswagon’s little act of charity were worse than what was advertised, not better.
Here’s an interesting thing: In 1960, many Americans were saying no Catholic should be president. In 2008 . . . nobody in any way respectable was saying no black should be president, but it was obvious many were thinking it. But in 2016, nobody seems to have any problem with Sanders being Jewish.
John Kerry’s Catholicism in 2004, or Martin O’Malley’s this year, is also a non-issue. Hillary’s and Carly Fiorina’s being women is also not a big deal, judging by press coverage and polling. For all our problems, America has grown up in many ways since 1960.
Would you have said the same about JFK in 1960 or Obama in 2008? It’s almost certain, in Obama’s case, that his skin colour cost him hundreds of thousands if not millions of votes so by your reasoning we should have objected to his race as well.
Except from his personal statements, Sanders isn’t an atheist much less portray himself as one. He’s going to run as a Jew which virtually no voter has a problem with these days.
I would have guessed Moore would have endorsed him long before he actually decided to run.