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Bernie Sanders Announces White House Bid

posted by martyb on Tuesday February 19 2019, @05:14PM   Printer-friendly
from the how-many-candidates-are-there-now? dept.

realDonaldTrump writes:

"Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)........is launching a second run for the White House in 2020." breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/19/bernie-sanders-2020-bid

"Reaction to the news was split......with some supporting the 77-year-old and others upset with the move." foxnews.com/politics/trump-campaign-pokes-fun-at-bernie-sanders-2020-announcement-as-reaction-splits-on-candidacy

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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by NotSanguine on Tuesday February 19 2019, @10:17PM (1 child)

    by NotSanguine (285) <{NotSanguine} {at} {SoylentNews.Org}> on Tuesday February 19 2019, @10:17PM (#803705) Homepage Journal

    The reason the Democrats lost last time around wasn't because there was a contested primary, but because Hillary Clinton has a lot of skeletons in her closet and the Democratic apparatus (including but not limited to the DNC, MSNBC, and key PACs) was determined to ignore those problems and call anyone who said they were problems sexist.

    Actually, the reason the Democratic Party lost in 2016 was due to the arrogance and stupidity of those running the campaigns on the 'D' side.

    They ignored credible reports from Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin that victory was imperiled by both a poor ground game and a lack of focus on issues affecting aging middle-class voters.

    Had the DNC and Clinton campaigns heeded those warnings, they could easily have turned those 77,000 voters in three states (out of a total of ~13,000,000 votes), which would have clinched the D's victory.

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @03:15PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @03:15PM (#803991)

    "by both a poor ground game and a lack of focus on issues affecting aging middle-class voters."

    And apparently, picking a candidate that was already the most hated person in politics had nothing to do with it.