3/5 Sanders Making Campaign Shifts in Stops; Warren Calls It Quits; and OT
First a welcoming tweet from our Dem candidate:
“As Latinos, I really feel like it’s our election. I’m sick and tired of feeling like a second-class citizen. This is why this is our moment in history right now. We have a second chance to use our voices… to support Bernie Sanders’ message.” –@itselivazquez pic.twitter.com/Q2NuVC6c1D
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) March 6, 2020
As noted in the earlier thread, Elizabeth Warren suspended her campaign. Has not endorsed anyone. Will be on TRMS tonight if anyone cares to view.
Bernie has decided to do more outreach in MI and is canceling an event in Jackson. It’s causing some stirs in the media and at TOP. What’s not mentioned is that Bernie visited Mississippi 2 years ago, matching with workers for the right to collectively bargain with a multinational company. But this could be another factor:
In case you're wondering why Bernie cancelled Mississippi, a state that awards 41 delegates, 36 of which are pledged:
The entire Democratic Caucus of the Mississippi State Senate have endorsed Joe Biden! #Biden2020 pic.twitter.com/QjJpDsaeS4
— 🍂Selena Adera🍂 (@Selena_Adera) March 5, 2020
More jibber-jabber, tweets, videos, and rants in the comments! Carry on!
Tip jar for this blogger at TOP. I tweeted out the diary title to my twitter account so that you guys can decide if you want to read it or not. I thought the rant was well-conceived.
Read and proudly T and R’d it. Righteous, brilliant rant. 🙂
Mike Bloomberg plans new group to support Democratic nominee
T and R, Benny!!
And the DNC wants us to choose between the 2 corporatist lapdogs.
The real exchange between Bernie and Joe
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/03/super-tuesday-liberalism-political-revolution-sanders?fbclid=IwAR3C9dHqup3yIGnio-rBuF8PhE534czqH6edABkmpsyq7cOLm7Ygs-HQywA
Good read. I love the point about the anti-democratic tendencies of “liberal” voters (who are really conservatives).
I disagree with the conclusion that Bernie must change people’s fundamental approach to politics though. While it would be a phenomenally good change, it’s not necessary to beat Biden. Instead, he needs to fight the fight on terms people are familiar with. People are going with Biden based on electability? That’s his biggest weakness. Hammer home how his failures directly caused the election of Trump, and tie his policies to Hillary’s failure. Joe’s baggage is no less than hers was.
I hate that it comes to this (Democrats should represent hope, and Bernie should not lose sight of this either), but people need to legitimately fear that Biden can’t win against Trump. Because if it comes down to it, I don’t think Biden has a chance.
i hope that she is finished if she doesn’t come through and soon. she’s had her day to think. this is, as they say, hardball and time is running out.
Looking for Senator Warren to save the day is desperate and Senator Sanders should neither depend nor count on anything from her. He can be strong enough with just the rest of us, his core policies and his electability against President Trump.
My sentiments exactly. I’m very put off by all this fretting about what suburban whites think. The race has not fundamentally changed for the Berners – if we engage people of color, if we speak to the concerns of young people, and run the campaign for tomorrow, not yesterday, we win.
Keep doing the work, adjust your tactics based on the facts on the ground, and push ahead.
Actually not a bad poll for Missouri
Wow
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Oy, I saw this on TYT tonight.
Looks like a good night in Phoenix
There is a Biden supporter who is one of the guests on the CNN Global Town Hall on Coronavirus.