Any Thoughts On Why Major Obama Aides Are Teaming Up With Bernie Sanders ???

[WillyT]

I'm sure some are aligning themselves with HRC, yet...

With the help of a crew of former aides to President Barack Obama, Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) campaign has raised $3 million in four days for his presidential campaign -- a dramatic indication that he won’t be confined simply to a long-shot role in the Democratic primary.

Sanders, who is running for president as a Democrat, announced on Wednesday that he has retained the services of the firm Revolution Messaging to run digital ads and online fundraising. The staffers with the firm who will be working on Sanders’ campaign include Revolution Messaging’s founder, Scott Goodstein, who ran the 2008 Obama campaign's social media and mobile programs; Arun Chaudhary, who was the first official White House videographer; Shauna Daly, who served as deputy research director on Obama’s 2008 campaign; and Walker Hamilton, who was a lead programmer for that campaign.

"Like a lot of Obama supporters, we were looking for a candidate with a track record of doing the right thing -- even if it meant taking on Wall Street billionaires and other powerful interests. A candidate who could inspire a movement," said Goodstein. "Bernie Sanders is that candidate."

Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/06/bernie-sanders-campaign_n_7224630.html

[leftofcool]

1. Because they are good at technical things?

[Jackpine Radical]

2. I regret that I have but one rec to give.

And a kick, of course.

Drop in--

[WillyT]

9. Damn... I Love Old Style Beer....

Can only get it when we go back to Wisconsin for family reunions.

Yum...

[Jackpine Radical]

37. *hic*

Wha…?

*burp*

[SoapBox]

46. LOL

[a kennedy]

45. That's what La Crosse was known for.....the Old Style Brewery.....

Now the beer is brewed someplace in Illinois I think. There's a brewery in La Crosse but it can't use the name Old Style.

[waddirum]

51. fully Kreuzened

in God's country.

[a kennedy]

52. Yup...and actually never knew what in the heck that meant.....

[LiberalElite]

3. Maybe they just like him? nt

[winter is coming]

4. They need a gig? n/t

[msongs]

5. because if you want a campaign job you must find a campaigner? nt

[Bjorn Against]

6. I had not heard this but it does not surprise me

Don't forget just how bitter the 2008 campaign was, I am sure a number of people who worked on the Obama campaign remember how dirty it was and I doubt they have all forgiven Hillary. I am sure they know more than we do as well, some of them were involved in opposition research.

[OKNancy]

10. wrong

Hillary has all the Obama heavyweights working for her already

[DURHAM D]

13. Yep.

[Bjorn Against]

16. All of them? I think you meant to say some of them.

There were a lot of people who worked on Obama's campaign.

[OKNancy]

23. partial list - "heavyweights"

John Podesta
Jim Messina
John Anzalone and David Binder
Joel Benenson
Jim Margolis
Teddy Goff
Andrew Bleeker

[Bjorn Against]

24. The OP was about Obama staffers who are now working for Bernie

No one ever claimed that no Obama staffers are working for Hillary so your post is irrelevant to the OP.

[OKNancy]

26. I was responding to YOUR post

read your post again.

good night

[Bjorn Against]

29. Maybe you should read my post again

Nowhere in my post did I claim that there were no former Obama staffers on the Clinton campaign.

[George II]

43. Reread the Subject line

[WillyT]

19. Bingo... We Have A Winner !!!

[carolinayellowdog]

40. most of us who were Obama supporters bullied here by Clinton supporters in 2008...

have been bullied by self-proclaimed Obama supporters for the last several years, wondering how things got so topsy-turvy-- and now are Sanders supporters being bullied by Clinton supporters in 2015 and thinking about deja vu.

This evidence you cite suggests one of two things: either Obama himself leans more toward Sanders than Clinton, which I'd love to believe, or Obama has long since been assimiliated into the 1% borg along with the Clintons, leaving those who supported him against them in 2008 looking for someone more genuinely committed to the 99%.

Unlike all those on either side who see Obama as genuine or fraudulent, I'm resigned to never knowing.

[WillyT]

50. Great... And Honest Post !!!

& Rec !!!

[carolinayellowdog]

54. The Shock Doctrine really spooked me about Clinton and any possible POTUS

Naomi Klein describes a scene early in the 1992 transition in which a group of Wall Street types sat Clinton down and told him what he would and would not be allowed to do in office, regardless of what he campaigned on. So while I wonder whether Obama became a lot more 1%-friendly after he was elected, or if he only ran to Clinton's left for tactical reasons and was never as progressive as we thought-- in the end it doesn't matter.

If TPTB simply will not let the 99% get out from under plutocratic domination, regardless of who gets elected, neither Bernie nor any other possible POTUS can rescue us. But these former Obama staffers working now for Bernie suggests that their dream has not died, which is encouraging.

[dreamnightwind]

58. Your historical account is right on from my perspective - nt

[Rosa Luxemburg]

7. interesting?

[PBass]

8. I don't find the connection to Obama's 2008 campaign all that relevant.

Do you remember the 2008 Democratic debates? The debates were called boring, because Clinton and Obama were so close on their positions. The biggest difference was Clinton's vote on the Iraq resolution (a vote Obama criticized, but never had to take, himself).

[merrily]

28. For me, ONE of the biggest was she wanted the individual mandate and he supposedly did not.

[nashville_brook]

31. except for the fact that his digital strategy is considered by most to have won him the race

other than that, it's pretty irrelevant.

[JaneyVee]

11. No more job openings at Hill campaign?

[DURHAM D]

12. Apparently they needed jobs.

There are hundreds of staffers who move from one campaign to another. Usually, when they get tired of the travel, etc, they take a job on the Hill or if they are lucky and have worked their way up they may get to work at the White House. Sometimes, if they are tired of DC, they move back to their home state to work for the party or in the Governor's office.

People expect them to be loyal to just one person who is on the way up but the truth is they can spin on a dime and work for anyone, it is just a job.

If you expect them to be just as passionate as you are for your candidate you will be disappointed. It is just a job.

[WillyT]

17. Maybe... And Maybe If They're Smart, They Say Just Stuff Like That... But What If It's True ???

"Like a lot of Obama supporters, we were looking for a candidate with a track record of doing the right thing -- even if it meant taking on Wall Street billionaires and other powerful interests. A candidate who could inspire a movement," said Goodstein. "Bernie Sanders is that candidate."

From OP.

[DURHAM D]

25. Seriously?

Why in the world would you expect him to say anything different as he is now in campaign mode.

It is a paying job.

It is a good thing.

We need these people in the Democratic Party. In fact, we need many more of them.

[corkhead]

14. Because HRC kept the team that worked so well for her in '08?

[brooklynite]

21. except that she didn't?

She has a number of new staffers, including folks from the Obama campaign. But don't let me ruin a good stereotype.

[immoderate]

18. Because they think Hillary will wind up like Obama?

--imm

[peacebird]

20. Because they believed what Obama said in his campaign and hope Bernie can deliver?

[onehandle]

22. People we've never heard of need a paycheck?

And Hillary's campaign is full up?

Which it is, btw. With PLENTY of Obama people.

[nashville_brook]

32. the Revolution folks could work with anyone they want.

they went with Bernie.

[still_one]

27. Because that is what they do for a living

[KMOD]

30. Because he hired them?

[Buns_of_Fire]

33. His campaign might be a lot more fun to work on.

I've got the feeling that the Clinton campaign will be run very much "by the book" -- lots of do's and dont's, don't do anything before clearing it with Clinton Central, a nice "employee handbook" that must be followed at all times (gee, almost like a corporation!).

Due to the money disparity, the Sanders campaign will, out of necessity, have to be a little more creative.

And if they manage to pull off a "David vs. Goliath" outcome, I imagine their future gigs might demand a larger paycheck, along with the prestige.

For me, never having to say "good morning" to the likes of Larry Summers would be payment enough, but that's just me.

[AZ Progressive]

34. The 2008 Obama campaign supporters wanted real change, and perhaps were disappointed...

And with Bernie, they see new hope.

[WillyT]

35. Most Honest, Least Cynical, Post...

[RandySF]

36. Because they are free to choose whom to support.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

38. If he got the computer folks, he's going to go far.

Those are the people who figured out the microtargeting and mobilized the volunteers.

[bullwinkle428]

39. Ari Rabin-Havt (XM radio host) said today that he now takes Bernie's campaign

"100 times more seriously", once he saw the names of the individuals that have chosen to participate in the online/digital side of Team Sanders.

[ms liberty]

59. I like Ari, he's got a good show. n/t

[Ed Suspicious]

41. Bernie needs a ground game. These guys put together the best ground game in modern history. It

does make one a little nervous, but in the end, if he hopes to win, he's going to needs some help reaching the people without the aid of big bankers or casino magnates.

[BeanMusical]

42. Go Bernie!

[LovingA2andMI]

44. They know Hills is....

Full of hot air.....

[pnwmom]

47. Same reason others are going with Hillary.

Because they've decided to support him.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026639604

[jtuck004]

48. Because they want to work for a winner. n/t

[Phlem]

49. Paying for their sins?

[JDPriestly]

53. Because the job is a huge challenge and because

Bernie's candidacy whether he wins or not, will change America. It will shift the thinking about the banking and financial sectors. It will move many people, many potential voters, toward a better understanding of their own power -- even those who do not vote for him, even those who dislike his message.

We cannot continue as a nation addicted to debt and continuing to elect people who lie not only to us but to themselves. We cannot continue to have a balance of payments deficit that is astronomical. It won't work for our children and grandchildren.

[libdem4life]

55. This is beginning to remind me of the Greek Situation.Tsispris and Yanis are serious with their duty

to their electorate. We have our own austerity, imposed upon us by the 1%. Maybe Bernie and Reich are our Tspiris and Yanis. One can dream...and hope.

[MineralMan]

56. Because they were hired to do that?

It's more complicated, of course, but that's why. Tech companies have to make money.

[randome]

57. Because...freedom?

Why is it necessary to see every action in the political sphere as either a pro or con for Clinton? Relax. We have 17 months to go until the election.
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