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2/23 Bernie Rally in Austin; Also to Appear on CBS 60 Min & Evening OT

The Progressive Wing Posted on February 23, 2020 by BennyFebruary 23, 2020

Bernie Sanders Hits the Jackpot

the Nevada caucus votes that would give Bernie Sanders a sweeping victory, and newfound momentum for his antiestablishment bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, were beginning to be counted, the rival campaign of Michael Bloomberg growled out another objection to the anticipated results of a contest in which the billionaire candidate had chosen not to participate.

“The Nevada results reinforce the reality that this fragmented field is putting Bernie Sanders on pace to amass an insurmountable delegate lead,” complained Bloomberg campaign manager Kevin Sheekey. “This is a candidate who just declared war on the so-called ‘Democratic Establishment.’ We are going to need Independents AND Republicans to defeat Trump—attacking your own party is no way to get started. As Mike says, if we choose a candidate who appeals to a small base—like Senator Sanders—it will be a fatal error.”

Sheekey would have been wise to wait for the full picture of what the Sanders campaign accomplished in the battleground state where the senator and his backers put a heavy emphasis on grassroots organizing and mobilization.

The tabulation of Saturday’s caucus votes and polls of caucus-goers refuted the false premise of Bloomberg’s campaign that Sanders has a narrow appeal. The senator clinched a “huge win,” in CNN’s words. That win, coming on the heels of popular-vote victories in Iowa and New Hampshire, positions Sanders to counter the naysayers who keep questioning whether the democratic socialist is electable. That’s a rare opening for any candidate—and one that he now must seize by making a savvy argument for why he can not just win the Democratic nomination but also defeat President Trump in November.

In Nevada, Sanders showed genuine signs of strength. The senator swept the first round of caucus voting, securing a 2-1 margin over his closest rival and the erstwhile front-runner, former vice president Joe Biden. Sanders substantially increased his lead in the second round, where backers of contenders who fell short of viability realigned with a unity candidate.

By Sunday morning, with a majority of the precincts reporting, Sanders was winning 46 percent of county delegates from across the state and looked to be on track to secure as many as 10 pledged delegates to next summer’s Democratic National Convention. The closest contender, Biden, was picking up almost 20 percent of county delegates. Former South Bend, Indiana, mayor Pete Buttigieg, was at 15 percent. Three other candidates—Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, and billionaire Tom Steyer—finished with 10 percent or less.

Entrance polls of Nevada caucus-goers showed Sanders winning among men and women, running a solid second (behind Biden) in the race for the African American vote, carrying the Latino vote with 51 percent of the total, grabbing 65 percent of the vote of Nevadans under age 29 and 50 percent of those aged 29 to 44. Sanders swept the union vote in a state where a key labor organization had raised concerns about his support for single-payer Medicare for All health care reform. He finished up with a 2-1 advantage over the next-strongest candidate, Warren, among the 64 percent of voters that identified as liberal. And he tied Biden among the 34 percent who identified as moderate or conservative.

Sanders now finds himself in a complex position. He is the front-runner in the Democratic race. Yet his is still a dissenting and challenging voice within the party. On the eve of the caucuses, the senator declared, “I’ve got news for the Republican establishment. I’ve got news for the Democratic establishment. They can’t stop us.”

That line set off Bloomberg, party insiders, and a lot of pundits, who ripped into Sanders and his anti-establishment campaign. What Bloomberg and his apologists fail to understand is that challenging political power brokers has significant appeal among grassroots Democrats and independents. Notably, in Nevada, of the 17 percent of caucus-goers who identified as independents, Sanders won 50 percent. The next-closest contender, Buttigieg, was at 13 percent, and no one else was in double digits.

With his front-runner status confirmed after the first three contests of 2020, Sanders needs to engage with the electability debate in a more serious way. He really does have to make the “Bernie Beats Trump” message of his campaign posters central to his message going forward. Democrats know where he stands on the issues, and they agree with him—62 percent of those polled in Nevada said they favor responding to health care concerns with “a government plan for all instead of private insurance.” But Democrats and independents who lean toward the party are desperately determined to defeat Trump; in Nevada, two-thirds of those surveyed said it was more important to have a candidate who can upend the president than a candidate they agree with on issues.

For Sanders, the next opportunity will come in Tuesday’s debate in South Carolina, for which he, Bloomberg, Biden, Warren, Buttigieg, Klobuchar, and Steyer have qualified. There’s pressure on several of them to drop out, but none are likely to do so before Saturday’s primary in South Carolina, where Biden still leads in most polls but Sanders and Steyer have surged.

Bernie has been a busy bee in Texas! Yesterday, he held rallies in El Paso and San Antonio; today, he was in Houston, and soon to arrive in Austin, the heart of the grassroots.

Ahead of his campaign rally in Austin later today, Sen. Sanders remains optimistic about winning Texas https://t.co/AOlxxW8soF

— Austin Statesman (@statesman) February 23, 2020


From KXAN News:

Following Senator Bernie Sanders’ victory in the Nevada caucus this weekend, the presidential hopeful will be holding a rally in Austin at 5 p.m. Sunday.

The rally will be held at Vic Matthias Shores, the same site where Senator Elizabeth Warren held a campaign rally in September and where then-Texas Senatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke held a rally a year prior.

Sanders’ success in Nevada has had some including FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver suggesting that “Sanders is easily the most likely Democrat to win the nomination.”

But there is still more political work to be done before that determination can be made. Fourteen states including Texas will vote on Super Tuesday, March 3, offering a chance for the candidates to add to their delegate totals.

Williamson is a native Texan, so it makes sense to announce it in Austin.

Livestream:

More gibber jabber in the comments. This also serves an open thread.

Posted in 2020 Elections, grassroots | Tagged Austin, Bernie Sanders, Houston, Marianne Williamson, progressive movement, Texas

2/22 Breaking News: Bernie Sanders is the Winner of the NV Caucus! Live Blog #2 & OT

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

Welcome to Live Thread number 2, late afternoon/evening for most of us. Looks like it’s going to be a real slog; at least they got started early.

THE REVOLUTION…#NVCaucus pic.twitter.com/M92n7vj2p3

— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) February 23, 2020

 

Just some of the incredible field team that powered our victory in Nevada. We all should be endlessly grateful for their hard work. pic.twitter.com/DurQglwIEq

— Nick Martin (@lancnick) February 23, 2020

Sorta news…

Earlier this week in a conversation about the Sanders campaign and the behavior of his staff and supporters I referred to his campaign spokesperson as coming from the Island of Misfit Black Girls. It was a harmful and unnecessary comment and I apologize.

— Jason Johnson (@DrJasonJohnson) February 22, 2020

 

 

BREAKING – Data at the precinct level for 33 majority-Latino precincts statewide shows Sanders winning 74% of final alignment votes in these 33 precincts compared to 18% for Biden. As more data is reported, we will release updated analysis – by @MichaelHerndon_ & @mfr_roman pic.twitter.com/7UAWr9QbjE

— UCLA LPPI (@UCLAlatino) February 23, 2020

Meantime, Bernie just finished holding a rally in San Antonio. Potential voters waited in line for over a couple of hours!

Please continue the conversation in the comments. I’m adding a song by MJ, at the height of his bestseller, Thriller.

Posted in 2020 Elections, grassroots | Tagged Bernie Sanders, Nevada, Nevada caucus, NV, San Antonio, Texas, TX

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

2/14 TGIF – TPW Valentine’s Evening & Open Thread

The Progressive Wing Posted on February 14, 2020 by BennyFebruary 14, 2020

Birdies – it’s Friday, which calls for a TGIF post and cocktails/mocktails!

LD is on route to Mesquite, TX (southern suburb of Dallas) to catch Bernie at his first Texas rally!

Bernie Sanders holds rally in Mesquite Friday night

Democratic presidential frontrunner Sen. Bernie Sanders will hold a rally in North Texas Friday to talk with supporters, as a new Texas poll puts him slightly on top.

Voters arrived early to the event in Mesquite. It’s set to start at 7 p.m., but lines started to form earlier than that.

Of all the candidates in the Democratic primary this year, it’s Sanders who usually attracts the biggest and most enthusiastic crowds. He’ll be at the Mesquite Arena, a venue with a seating capacity of 5,500.

Sanders is currently the Democratic front-runner. That fact is a source of concern for many in the party establishment who worry how a self-proclaimed Democratic socialist would fare against President Donald Trump in November.

But there is more good news for Sanders’ campaign that was just released Friday morning. The latest polls from the University of Texas and the Texas Tribune show he is the favorite among likely Democratic voters to win the Texas primary on March 3.

We’re looking forward to getting on the ground reports!

NEW: NYC Mayor @BilldeBlasio has endorsed @BernieSanders campaign for President.
First to @CNN, Sanders responds to DeBlasio's support. pic.twitter.com/G4m2aMSnPL

— Ryan Nobles (@ryanobles) February 14, 2020

Bill de Blasio: "I have spent literally six years undoing what Michael Bloomberg did."

He's going to be a great ally in our effort to shed light on @MikeBloomberg's horrible record.#BloombergIsARacist https://t.co/NSYyjDEgnj

— NY For Sanders #Bernie2020 (@NYforSanders) February 14, 2020

We celebrate love at our Nest since that’s what the campaign is mainly about.

Best Bernie Sanders Valentine’s Memes & Cards for 2020

I’m just linking to the article; it’s more visual than text. However, here’s one of the memes from twitter:

master post of my Bernie valentines, you're welcome xoxo pic.twitter.com/Hs6nD7SBKJ

— Isabella (@isbellarosa) February 6, 2020

Bar is open; drinks on the house, courtesy of all of us! Join us in the comments section below with your tweets, videos, music, articles, etc.

Posted in 2020 Elections, grassroots | Tagged Bernie Sanders, campaign, Super Tuesday, Texas, TPW

Beto News Briefs 4/25 to 5/3: Beto Challenges Cruz To Debate In Spanish, O’Rourke: “We Don’t Need A Wall” & More

The Progressive Wing Posted on May 4, 2018 by LieparDestinMay 4, 2018

Beto O’Rourke Wants To Debate Ted Cruz Six Times, Twice In Spanish U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-El Paso, has invited U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, to participate in six debates with O’Rourke across Texas, two of them in Spanish, during their U.S. Senate race. O’Rourke campaign manager Jody Casey made the proposal in a letter last week to Cruz’s senior staff, adding that the debates should have “media reach to all twenty markets in the state.” “I would like to begin direct coordination of the debates with your campaign team between now and May 10th,” Casey wrote to Cruz advisers … Continue reading →

Posted in Beto News Briefs, Beto O'Rourke, Candidates 2018 | Tagged Beto News Briefs, Beto O'Rourke, BNB, News, Texas

Beto News Briefs 4/17-4/24: ‘O’Rourke Inspires A Patriotic Small Donor Wave’ & ‘Beto In The Outfield’

The Progressive Wing Posted on April 25, 2018 by LieparDestinApril 25, 2018

Sanders, Warren, O’Rourke inspire patriotic small donor waves During the 2016 presidential campaign, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) fired the small-donor fundraising shot that was heard around the political world and now stands on the brink of transforming American politics for a long time to come. The Sanders fundraising triumph in 2016, raising huge amounts of money by refusing dirty special interest money and appealing to intensely patriotic and idealistic small donors, is a living legacy that is demonstrating enormous political power as the midterm elections and the 2020 presidential campaign come closer. .. Now Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas), who is … Continue reading →

Posted in Beto O'Rourke, Candidates 2018 | Tagged Beto News Briefs, Beto O'Rourke, BNB, Ted Cruz, Texas

4/4 News Roundup – Sanders To Speak On The Legacy Of MLK Tonight, Trump’s Plans To Deploy Border Troops Blasted & More

The Progressive Wing Posted on April 4, 2018 by LieparDestinApril 4, 2018

‘Beyond Disturbing’: Trump Says He’s Working on Plans to Deploy Troops Along US-Mexico Border

After days of ranting and raving on Twitter about the “caravans” of migrants making their way toward the United States—”caravans” that are made up largely of Honduran asylum-seekers looking to call attention to their plight—President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he has begun working with Defense Secretary James Mattis to deploy the military to “guard” the U.S.-Mexico border until his proposed wall is constructed.

“We have very bad laws for our border, and we are going to be doing some things—I’ve been speaking with General Mattis—we’re going to be doing things militarily,” Trump declared during a White House meeting with Baltic leaders on Tuesday. “Until we can have a wall and proper security, we’re going to be guarding our border with the military.”

Lawmakers and advocacy groups immediately called the new proposal—which is reportedly favored by White House senior advisor Stephen Miller—as a “beyond disturbing” addition to Trump’s already expansive anti-immigrant agenda.

These new reports are beyond disturbing. The President is now publicly discussing deploying US troops on American soil to push his white supremacist agenda. https://t.co/DtvVmxMNGn

— Democracy for America (@DFAaction) April 3, 2018

In a statement responding to Trump’s “caravan” tweets on Monday, the refugee rights group Pueblo Sin Fronteras highlighted America’s role in fueling the violence migrants are now attempting to flee by supporting the 2009 Honduran military coup and denounced the president for refusing to honor international agreements that enshrine the rights of asylum seekers.

“The unprecedented number of Central Americans who have joined the current refugee caravan and the high percentage of people fleeing Honduras in the group are the result of multiple political crises in the region provoked in large part by the policies of the U.S. government,” the statement noted.

Sending U.S. service members to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border is wrong. It’s dangerous to service members, to U.S. citizens, and to the people of the border. https://t.co/dwtY0xiyan

— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) April 3, 2018

More news/video/tweets/etc. in the comments.

Posted in Bernie Sanders, Beto O'Rourke, News, Open Thread | Tagged Bernie Sanders, Beto O'Rourke, Martin Luther King Jr, MLK, News, Open Thread, Texas

3/14 News Roundup – Pipeline Protestors Decry State Surveillance, Texas Dems Worry Bigger Rifts Ahead With National Party & More

The Progressive Wing Posted on March 14, 2018 by LieparDestinMarch 14, 2018

Via DemocracyNow!: Critics of Bayou Bridge Pipeline in Louisiana Decry State & Company Surveillance of Protesters In Louisiana, newly disclosed documents reveal a state intelligence agency regularly spied on activists opposing construction of the Bayou Bridge pipeline, which would carry nearly a half-million barrels of oil per day across Louisiana’s wetlands. The documents show the Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness regularly drafted intelligence memos on anti-pipeline activists, including a gathering of indigenous-led water protectors who’ve set up a protest encampment along the pipeline’s route. Other newly revealed documents show close coordination between Louisiana regulators and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, DemocracyNow!, News, Oil/Gas Pipelines, Open Thread, Video | Tagged Healthcare, indigenous, Louisiana, News, Open Thread, Pipeline, Texas, Water Protectors

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