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2/29 2020 SC Primary Results Live Blog; Steyer Suspends Campaign & OT

The Progressive Wing Posted on February 29, 2020 by BennyFebruary 29, 2020

Here we are birdies, another Saturday night in the political season. And it’s primary night in South Carolina.

Four Years Ago South Carolina Snubbed Bernie Sanders. A Lot Has Changed.

This state was such a lost cause for Bernie Sanders the last time he ran for president that the candidate stopped coming here in the crucial stumping days before the 2016 primary election. He got crushed, losing by 47 percentage points.

So the Rev. Al Sharpton on Wednesday morning found himself doing a double take to be here, of all places, introducing the Vermont senator at his candidate breakfast as the nationwide Democratic front-runner.

“Many never thought ‘Bernie Sanders’ and ‘front-runner’ would be in the same sentence,” said Sharpton, the civil rights activist whose blessing is eagerly sought as Democratic candidates seek inroads with black voters.

At a time when Sanders’ rivals are in a full state of panic over his momentum and have shifted from ignoring the democratic socialist to putting all their energy into trying to stop him, they are particularly alarmed by the traction he has been getting in this state, where some 60% of Democratic primary voters are African American.

It reflects the depth and durability of the Sanders coalition, which has exploded in size with his success.

“The question black folks in the South were asking before was: ‘Who is Bernie Sanders?’” said Justin Bamberg, a South Carolina lawmaker and civil rights attorney supporting Sanders. “Now, it is not ‘Who is Bernie Sanders?’ It is ‘Why not Bernie Sanders?’”

Sanders may not win here in South Carolina; the latest polls continue to show Joe Biden winning and holding the largest share of African American voters. But there’s little question that Sanders has drawn substantially more support from black voters this time around than four years ago. His message hasn’t shifted at all. His appeal to nonwhite voters has.

“We have come a long, long way” in South Carolina, Sanders told a raucous crowd at a rally here Wednesday.

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders debate in January 2016 in Charleston, S.C. Sanders lost the state by 47 percentage points that year.(Timothy A. Clary / AFP-Getty Images)
Only 53% of black voters nationwide had a favorable view of Sanders at this point in the last presidential race, according to Gallup, nearly 30 percentage points lower than for opponent Hillary Clinton. But a recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found black voters this cycle just as inclined to vote for Sanders as for any other candidate — a turnabout from months ago, when the same poll had Sanders far behind.

In South Carolina, the Sanders campaign absorbed the lessons of the senator’s flop here in 2016. In the intervening years, Sanders and surrogates have returned to the state again and again, visiting its small towns and urban centers, knocking on doors, networking with local officials, just listening. In this state, politics is as much about who you know as what you know. And the Sanders operation got to know a lot of communities.

“He has learned from his mistakes,” said Antjuan Seawright, a South Carolina political consultant not aligned with any candidate in the primary. “He’s learned how to engage, how to prioritize certain communities, where to make investments. His team on the ground has figured out where votes are and who they can activate.”

The success Sanders has had in the few states that have voted already also plays big, but that momentum only goes so far. Sanders learned that in 2016, after his shellacking of Clinton in New Hampshire did nothing for him here and in other Southern states. And Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Ind., is learning that lesson anew as he struggles to translate strong showings in Iowa and New Hampshire into votes in the South.

The Sanders campaign and Our Revolution, the progressive organization launched by his backers, never stopped building infrastructure here after 2016. They doubled down on efforts to reach potential voters who weren’t politically engaged. The Sanders staff here is twice the size it was in 2016. At this point in that election cycle, Sanders had just five endorsements from state lawmakers here. Now he has racked up at least 36.

At his rally Wednesday, Sanders boasted that his campaign has knocked on 200,000 doors in South Carolina this cycle.

As rival campaigns pursue consultant-driven strategies centered on ads, news releases and press conferences designed to cast doubt on Sanders’ ability to go the distance, the senator’s grass-roots approach has been drawing in voters like Rebecca Bentley.

Bentley didn’t vote for Sanders in 2016; she didn’t vote for anyone. “I didn’t have any political views,” she said. “I was completely uninvolved.”

The 29-year-old who has been on Medicaid much of her life and has also lived in federally subsidized housing was inspired to register to vote by Sanders’ agenda on healthcare and other social programs.

“It really resonated with me that someone was actually listening,” said Bentley, who described herself as Hispanic and Native American.

It is a familiar story in this state, where the Republican leadership refused to participate in the expansion of Medicaid that was offered to states by the Affordable Care Act.

“The issues Sanders is talking about are resonating here,” said Bruce Ransom, a political science professor at Clemson University. “The Trump administration is talking about how well the economy is doing, and folks here are not doing that well. They are living in a state where the Medicaid expansion did not take place. Many of them would like to make $15 an hour,” as Sanders is proposing for the minimum wage.

As rivals focus intensely on branding Sanders as unelectable in November, many voters aligning with him for the first time are seeing just the opposite.

Among them is Dawn Pemberton, who supported Hillary Clinton in 2016 and is now all in for Sanders.

“That moderate, middle box just doesn’t seem to be working for our country,” said Pemberton, 48, who recently left a job in real estate.

Gerry Elliot also supported Clinton in 2016. “My more pragmatic head took over,” he said. “I thought Hillary could win. I didn’t think Sanders could win.”

Now, the 51-year-old pastry chef is not so sure. He is wavering between Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren. “I’m looking for something different,” he said. “I just want change in the status quo.”

Biden’s poor showing in the states that have voted so far has some voters reconsidering their initial instinct to align with a pragmatist establishment candidate who had seemed best equipped to beat Trump.

“A former vice president, particularly one under Barack Obama, should not be getting crushed in any state,” Bamberg said. “You should not be getting blown out. People here have eyes and ears. They see it. They want someone they feel can win long term.”

So some voters in South Carolina are giving Sanders a fresh look.

The campaign officials and volunteers who in 2016 would encounter a voter already aligned with Hillary Clinton at nearly every door they knocked on tell a very different story now. Sanders is just as much a household name.

Actor Kendrick Sampson, an Angeleno and Texas native who was here campaigning for Sanders in 2016, said he understood the skepticism voters had at the time.

“You don’t come into Texas talking about nothing — I don’t care how much I agree — if we don’t know or trust you,” he said. “Especially if you are not from Texas. People [in South Carolina] just didn’t know who he was.”

Sampson is back again talking to voters at their houses, at barbershops, in restaurants, and the reception is different. “Now they know who he is, and they know his brand,” Sampson said. “And now they trust him.”

Polls are closing. We’ll also keep an eye on Bernie’s whereabouts this evening.

Bernie is having a rally in Norfolk, VA:

The bar is open, drinks on the house, courtesy of US!

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Post your jibber jabber, tweets, news, and videos in the comments.

I’ll start us with some Hootie & the Blowfish (did y’all know they were from South Carolina?)

Posted in 2020 Elections | Tagged Bernie Sanders, Democratic Party, DNC, SC Primary 2020, South Carolina

2/22 Sanders Leads Nevada Caucus; Live Blog & Open Thread

The Progressive Wing Posted on February 22, 2020 by BennyFebruary 22, 2020

The Nevada caucus is scheduled to get underway at noon PT.

BREAKING: 62% of voters in Nevada say they want to abolish private health insurance and have Medicare For All.

Similar super majorities said the same thing in Iowa and New Hampshire. @BernieSanders continues to lead and define the agenda.

— Shaun King (@shaunking) February 22, 2020


(graphic courtesy of NPR)

Wonder how that will translate into delegates for Bernie?

I’ve seen quite a few Culinary-represented casino workers bringing in Bernie Sanders stickers and signs to the Bellagio caucus site. pic.twitter.com/Ho6GP13rJo

— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) February 22, 2020

From the Establishment POV, Politico will be covering this event, along with the NYT and WaPo. I will see if Rising or some other more progressive media outlet is providing coverage.

Democrats are approaching today’s #NevadaCaucus with some trepidation: Will the vote-counting go smoothly after the Iowa debacle several weeks ago?

Follow the results live alongside our live analysis: https://t.co/w0KuCQB0cM

— POLITICO (@politico) February 22, 2020

Meantime, Bernie is holding a rally in El Paso!

More tweets, updates, videos, etc, in the comments. See you there!

Update:

Posted in 2020 Elections | Tagged Bernie Sanders, Democratic Party, NNU, NV Caucus, Texas

Sanders Delivers “Inspiring” Keynote to Black Press of America Event at the National Newspaper Publishers Association

The Progressive Wing Posted on June 29, 2019 by BennyJune 29, 2019

(photo courtesy of NNPA)

Sen. Bernie Sanders Delivers Keynote at Black Press Event, Labels Trump “Racist and Worst President in History”

One night after many pundits said he acquitted himself well in the debate in Miami between himself and other 2020 Democratic Presidential hopefuls, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders arrived in Cincinnati to deliver the keynote address at the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) Legacy Awards Dinner.

Sanders addressed a large local and national media contingent, which also included many members of the Ohio press.

Earlier this month, Sanders was the lone candidate to accept an invitation to speak at the gala, which is part of the NNPA’s weeklong national convention.

The NNPA is a trade organization that represents the more than 200 African American-owned newspapers and media companies throughout the country.

The organization does not endorse candidates, leaving such decisions up to its member publishers whose influence and readership comprise the nation’s largest media markets, including New York, Los Angeles, Washington, Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Tennessee, San Francisco, and numerous swing states around the country.

After being introduced by former Ohio State Sen. Nina Turner, Sanders gave an inspired 25-minute address in which he blasted President Donald Trump as a racist and a bigot and he promised that, if elected, he will work to make college tuition-free, eliminate student debt, take climate change seriously, and make every effort to level the playing field economically, educationally and in other ways that reflect his stance on social justice for African Americans and other individuals of color.

“It is absolutely imperative to defeat the most dangerous president in the history of this country,” Sanders said.

“He is a racist and a bigot,” the senator said.

Sanders said he and his wife thought long and hard before he decided to enter the race this year. Even after deciding to run, Sanders said he slept on it and almost reconsidered, but he believed it was important that he step up for the sake of all Americans, particularly the underserved.

“We are going to have to transform this nation and create an economy that works for all of us, not just the one percent,” Sanders said.

“People aren’t able to go to the doctor because they can’t afford to and if you go to a hospital, you’re afraid to get hit with a $50,000 medical bill,” he said, before promising that a Sanders Administration would work to provide medical coverage for all.

“My anger at [Trump] is not just that he wanted to take away health care for 32 million people, but his [proposed] massive cuts to Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security and his tax cuts which …. were for the top one percent,” Sanders said.

The senator drew applause several times from the packed crowd inside the second-floor ballroom of the Westin.

He also blasted Trump for the president’s disbelief in climate change.

“It is the great existential threat of our time and this is not an issue that we have a choice about,” Sanders said.

Sanders also promised to focus his presidency on social, environmental, racial and economic justice.

“We have a president who deliberately is trying to divide America and not only do we have to defeat the worst president in the history of our country, we will have to transform this nation and create an economy for all of us and not just the one percent,” he said.

More Tweets, news, and videos in the comments section. This also serves as a continued open thread. What’s on your mind this weekend?

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2020 elections, Bernie Sanders, Black Press of America, Democratic Party, National Newspaper Publishers Association, Open Thread

6/27 DNC Debate 1, Night 2 : Heavy Hitters

The Progressive Wing Posted on June 27, 2019 by BennyJune 27, 2019

Today is the day. I'll be on the debate stage in Miami tonight to continue our fight to create a nation that works for all of us. Watch live at 9 pm ET at https://t.co/4qQZuRS3oD. pic.twitter.com/CSSfqbJQwA

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) June 27, 2019

Or will Bernie be the only one with a substantial offering?

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Dem Debate Staging for Night 2 June 2019.JPG

The Democratic Debates, Night 2: Four Heavyweights Face Off

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has started highlighting his policy differences with former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. He’ll get a big chance in the second night of the Democratic primary debates on Thursday. To the extent that the two end up hogging the spotlight, it could draw airtime from Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., and Senator Kamala Harris of California, the other two candidates receiving strong support in polls. Here are the political dynamics to watch.

The Main Event
Well, duh. The two heavyweights. The only two who have previously run for president. Mr. Biden and Mr. Sanders represent the ideological poles of the primary field. This is the marquee matchup of the two-night debates. And both have plenty of tape to review. Mr. Sanders can watch how Mr. Biden navigated the multi-candidate 2008 debates. And Mr. Biden can study how Mr. Sanders attacked an establishment front-runner in his primary debates with Hillary Clinton.

The Next Generation

Flanking Mr. Biden and Mr. Sanders will be two fresh faces of the Democratic Party’s future, each making the case that the future is now. Mr. Buttigieg has displayed an uncanny calm in national television appearances, and it can be easy to forget that the debate will be his introduction to millions of viewers. Ms. Harris’s best national moments have been at Senate committee hearings, where the former prosecutor interrogated hostile Trump administration witnesses. But she was in control of those settings. Debates are far less predictable.

Bernie will go on stage for the first #DemDebate in just a few moments. Now from Bernie HQ, @RoKhanna, @briebriejoy, @jmillerlewis and @BNeidhardt take your questions and share their predictions for debate night. Join the conversation at https://live.bern https://t.co/F661fW3IQs

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) June 28, 2019

More news, tweets, and videos in the comments section. Come join us! You can watch the debate here:

NBC Livecoverage:

https://youtu.be/wciicU8zJis

Posted in 2020 Elections | Tagged Bernie Sanders, Democratic Convention, Democratic Party, DNC Debate 1

3/20 2018 IL Primary Night, Sanders to be on “All In” & Open Thread

The Progressive Wing Posted on March 20, 2018 by BennyMarch 20, 2018

Voting polls close at 7pm in the IL state primary this evening. There appears to be a lot of progressive and centrist energy as there is a governor’s race at stake, and 5 Dems are vying to be on the top of the ticket. The three leading contenders are JB Pritzker, a Clinton Democrat and legacy of Hyatt Hotels family, Chris Kennedy, son of RFK, and Daniel Biss, a Northwestern math professor and Our Revolution endorsee. Update: the AP has called the governor’s race for JB Pritzker. In IL-03, Marie Newman is fighting to knock off the incumbent, Dan Lipinski, … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Our Revolution | Tagged 'Chuy' Garcia, Bernie Sanders, Democratic Party, IL Primary, Marie Newman, Our Revolution, TYT

Nina Turner On Alabama Vote & Democratic Party Unity Reform Commission

The Progressive Wing Posted on December 13, 2017 by LieparDestinDecember 13, 2017

Nina Turner and Paul Jay discuss the significance of Doug Jones’ victory in Alabama and what this means for future of Democratic Party

Visit http://therealnews.com for more stories and help support theirwork by donating at http://therealnews.com/donate.

Posted in Democratic Platform, Democrats, Nina Turner, Progressive Media, TheRealNews, Video | Tagged Democratic Party, Democrats, Doug Jones, Nina Turner, Real News Network, reform, The Real News

11/6 Why Donna Brazile’s Story Matters

The Progressive Wing Posted on November 6, 2017 by BennyNovember 6, 2017

Since last Thursday, we’ve been posting many articles about Donna Brazile’s excerpt in Politico, which essentially became confirmation of the scales being tilted towards Clinton in the 2016. Our outrage was justified and vindicated in many respects. The Clinton campaign continues to double down using the river of Egypt, instead deflecting by saying Brazile has gone by the Russian wayside. Matt Taibbi from Rolling Stone penned a insightful article about why the Brazile excerpt in Politico and her book may be relevant today. He revisits a theme about the complicity of the Establishment media for the Clintons, in which anyone … Continue reading →

Posted in Bernie Sanders, The Movement | Tagged Democratic Party, DNC, Donna Brazile, Hacks, Hillary Clinton, Matt Taibbi

Grievance Tour 2017 – Will it be coming to your neighborhood?

The Progressive Wing Posted on September 15, 2017 by magsviewSeptember 16, 2017

It was brought to my attention this morning that a certain ex-Presidential candidate will be just a few miles away from me tomorrow. Connecticut braces for Clinton-mania, madness When Hillary Clinton set out to break barriers, doorbusters wasn’t part of that plan. As if it was Black Friday, Clinton’s upcoming book-signing Saturday at Costco in Brookfield is being met with hype and hand-wringing in a town that hasn’t voted for a Democrat for president since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. To say that I became annoyed may be a tad understated. The last time that she was in my area, as far … Continue reading →

Posted in CNN, Media, News | Tagged Bernie Supporter-Bashing, Bernie-Bashing, Blame Game, Clintonism, Democratic Party, Grievance Tour 2017, Hillary Clinton, Neolibers

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