Bernie Sanders steps up: I am not Hillary, ‘trust me’

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HARRISBURG, Penn. – Organizers with Keystone Progress invited Hillary Clinton, Martin O’Malley, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders to speak at the annual conference here this weekend. Sanders showed up.

The Independent senator from Vermont is actively considering a presidential run in 2016, and hopes to tap into progressive grassroots networks like this one for a potential underdog challenge to all-but-declared Democratic frontrunner Clinton.

The desire for an alternative to Clinton was clear among the 800 rank-and-file activists, labor organizers, and local elected officials here. But he’s stuck between Clinton on one hand and Warren on the other, who so far tops many progressives’ fantasy draft presidential ticket.

“Hillary Clinton doesn’t come up in our conversations as being a progressive,” said Franklin Country Democratic Party Chair Sheri Morgan, who was manning the Progressive Democrats of America booth offering “Run, Bernie, Run” swag.

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http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/bernie-sanders-stuck-between-elizabeth-warren-and-hillary-clinton?cid=sm_fb_msnbc

[haikugal]

1. I'll have to look her up! Thanks

love, love, love Bernie!

[AtomicKitten]

2. Bernie is trustworthy.

Hillary not so much.

[MissDeeds]

6. +1000 n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

36. Oh, Hillary is trustworthy, all right.

I trust her to support ideas and issues that support the one percent.

[woo me with science]

3. K&R for Bernie Sanders.

This nation cannot afford, cannot survive, any more predatory corporatists in Democrat costumes.

[Katashi_itto]

45. +10000

[Ramses]

4. Should be a top post here

[TheBlackAdder]

5. A heart for the toon posts.

Perhaps you can post them in Topics-Offbeat-Humor since they won't give you a toon topic.

[Downwinder]

7. I think it will take a power failure for him to win.

But, I'm game if he is.

[antigop]

8. I trust you, Bernie... you are NOT Hillary. nt

[SmittynMo]

9. Bernie would have to be more popular than

Ross Perot to win. I fully support everything this guy stands for. But for him to win, he would have to have some major air time, to get his word out the the public. That would take a sh*t pot of money. Personally he'd get my vote over Hilliary.

[INdemo]

13. For as many Democrats that would support Hillary

there will be (numbers of Democrats?) that will not because she is too much like a Republican. A Republican lite.
If Hillary wins the nomination we will be disadvantaged because a Republican will win the White House. But wait there are many other
qualified Democrats that could attract the liberal voters and defeat Hillary for the nomination.
Bernie would have my support but it would take deep pockets from the middle class Democrats. Hillary will have a big advantage over all Democrat challengers though because she will have Wall St funding

[SmittynMo]

16. The only way he'll win is for

Hilliary not to run. I personally wish she would not run. I think we've had enough of the Clintons and Bush's. As for the GOP, there is NO ONE on the clown bus that could compete against either one.

[Jamaal510]

21. Never underestimate

As for the GOP, there is NO ONE on the clown bus that could compete against either one.

the ignorance and the apathy of the American voter. As we know all too well, this country is filled with people who not only don't know the meaning of the word "socialist", but they also don't know how government works and they take voting for granted.

[sabrina 1]

32. And on the flip side, never underestimate the power of the people when they

actually want something. Right now, I see little enthusiasm for the 2016 WH race. But if Bernie were on the ticket, I am certain it would motivate people as Obama did, also not well known nationally, in 2008.

[cui bono]

38. The "win" is that if he's in the running he will change the conversation and pull Dems leftward,

where they belong.

Hillary will continue the rightward move and the Dem Party leadership will simply be right instead of center-right as they are now.

[840high]

10. I trust Bernie.

[JDPriestly]

11. K&R.

[watoos]

12. Bernie Will Win

This country is not right center, center, it is left center.
The biggest hurdle for Bernie will be the M$M, but we control the vote.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

27. Got that right. Just watch, Bernie will catch fire & leave Hilliary in the dust (dust bin of history that is).

[fbc]

34. He's extremely likeable... people just don't know him yet.

[Ramses]

14. kick for the truth

[ReRe]

15. K&R

I know Republicans who would vote for Bernie, because he stands up with conviction on the side of the American people. We need REAL Democrats to primary HRC. Bernie may call himself and Independent, but we all know he's way far more of a Democrat than HRC. The Democratic Party MUST be wrested out of the hands of the Corporatists, once and for all.

Go Bernie!

[SmittynMo]

18. I'm guessing he will run on the democratic ticket.

I'd really like to see Warren team up with him. That would be an unbeatable combo.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

28. Thought Bernie already said he would.

[ReRe]

31. If he runs, of course he will run as a...

... Democrat. Yes, Hillary is a formidable opponent, but if both Bernie and Elizabeth ran (along with other Democrats), they would debate her out of the house.

[Enthusiast]

25. PLUS ONE, a whole bunch!

[Autumn]

17. Oh yes I trust Bernie

All the way.

[BrotherIvan]

19. Me too

He has proven himself over and over. I don't trust the MSM or the American electorate however...

[rhett o rick]

20. k&r. Thanks for posting. nm

[Jamaal510]

22. Sanders is who

MoveOn.org should've been donating to, not Warren. At least there is the possibility of him running in 2016, and he might even be further to the left overall than Warren.

[blkmusclmachine]

23. Hillary was on the Board of Directors of WalMart 1986-1992. She was also a Goldwater Girl.

We know that she's a Corporatist, and that she ran to Obama's right in 2008.

Hillary is nothing we want, and nothing we need...

[Dr Hobbitstein]

30. And Liz Warren was a Republican up into the 1990s...

What's your point? Trying to smear Hillary for being a "Goldwater Girl" before she was able to vote while giving others a pass is dishonest.

I should note that I like Liz Warren, and she has more than made up for her past.

[sabrina 1]

33. It isn't when someone began to see the light, it's always a good thing when they do.

What matters is how the light changes their views on some pretty important issues.

Warren represents the people on major issues, such as the corruption on Wall St, the unprecedented power they have over this country's government and is not shy about speaking her mind AND doing something about it. Same thing on other major issues, such as the attacks on SS eg.

Hillary otoh, still supports Corporate America, is supported BY them, and doesn't appear to see how much damage they have done to this country.

So a better way to criticize those who once were Republicans, is not to determine WHEN they changed parties, but WHY and how their views reflect that change today.

Until this country fixes the problem of corruption on Wall St, nothing else can be accomplished. The power they have, over Congress, the WH, the Media, our electoral system, the SC, makes it nearly impossible to get any representation for the people.

Warren passes that test. Hillary not so much.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

37. But Warren also supports Hillary...

So by your logic, Warren supports Corporate America.

On the issues, Hillary has always been a liberal Democrat. Her voting record proves it. Warren is to the left of her on some issues, and others not so much. Regardless, they're both FANTASTIC politicians, and whomever wins the Dem primary will have my support. As for who I'm going to support in the Dem primary? No one is officially running at this point, so I don't have any reason to smear potential Democratic candidates. I didn't support Hillary in '08, I was behind Kucinich. Of course, I'm in FL so my primary vote didn't even count in the end.

[sabrina 1]

40. She supports her party, that is expected of her. Being polite about Hillary doesn't mean

she supports her on some of the most important issues facing the country today. But she has made references to those differences in subtle ways.

Hillary is liberal on the same three issues that are a requirement in order to be a Democrat. However, anyone who supports Wall St and War, does not really support women and minorities. It simply means they don't understand how those issues directly affect the people who will be required to make the actual sacrifices for generations to come.

I supported Kucinich also. He is way too far ahead of his time for this country at this point. We are in a very regressive phase of our history. He has vision, those in power are not interested in a better America, just what it can do for them.

[Mnpaul]

44. Voting against a ban on the use of cluster bombs in civilian areas

doesn't sound very liberal to me.
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2008/03/13/cluster-bombs-are-not-good-children-hillary

[Ichingcarpenter]

24. K&R

[Enthusiast]

26. Yay, Bernie!

[Smarmie Doofus]

29. He's not and I do. K and R n/t

[fbc]

35. He should declare now, or ASAP

Even if Warren decides to run later, and Sanders doesn't want to compete with her, he can withdraw before the primaries and swing all his support to her.

But it would be good to start getting the progressive opposition to the DLC moving now in my opinion.

[humbled_opinion]

39. Excellent

We definitely need voices Like Senator Sanders speaking for us. He is a man of true Principle that won't get snookered by the establishment Dems.

[ConservativeDemocrat]

41. Unlike Hillary, he's unelectable

...so yes, he's not like her at all. True enough.

- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community

[n2doc]

42. People said that about a black candidate in 2008. n./t

[Thespian2]

43. K&R

Big Time. Bernie is consistently for the people. Other candidates, not so much.

[woo me with science]

46. kick

[woo me with science]

47. kick