2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumNYT‘s Krugman: ‘Bernie Is Becoming a Bernie Bro’
http://www.mediaite.com/online/nyts-krugman-bernie-is-becoming-a-bernie-bro/by Sam Reisman

New York Times columnist and prominent lefty Paul Krugman has run out of patience with Bernie Sanders.
Mr. Sanders is starting to sound like his worst followers, Krugman writes in a column published Friday. The senator from Vermont, he adds, has become a Bernie bro, a pejorative term for Sanders (male) supporters that usually implies some ugly cocktail of misogyny, petulance, and self-righteousness.
But Krugmans column, entitled Sanders Over the Edge, is less about the candidates temperament and more about his the paltriness of his proposals.
He writes that pounding the table about big banks misses the point, and yet going on about big banks is pretty much all Mr. Sanders has done. On the rare occasions on which he was asked for more detail, he didnt seem to have anything more to offer. And this absence of substance beyond the slogans seems to be true of his positions across the board.
Even if one overlooks the scantness of his platform, Krugman writes, the way Mr. Sanders is now campaigning raises serious character and values issues. He points to Sanders recent streak of hostility aimed at Hillary Clinton, emulating elements of his supporters that have forsworn ever voting for her should she become the nominee.
Is Mr. Sanders positioning himself to join the Bernie or bust crowd, walking away if he cant pull off an extraordinary upset, and possibly helping put Donald Trump or Ted Cruz in the White House? If not, what does he think hes doing?
NYT Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/08/opinion/sanders-over-the-edge.html

Dr Hobbitstein
(6,568 posts)
salinsky
(1,065 posts)... seem to be adopting characteristics common to their supporters, rather than the other way around.
That's not a good development for Bernie.
Armstead
(47,803 posts)LostOne4Ever
(9,612 posts)salinsky
(1,065 posts)Hillary supporters, in large part, are pragmatic people who enthusiastically support their candidate, but will also acknowledge the importance of electing a Democrat in the Fall - any Democrat.
Bernie supporters are unmoored from political realities and express a willingness to burn the party down if they don't get their way.
Like I said, it appears that the candidates are adopting characteristics of their followers.
LostOne4Ever
(9,612 posts)
woolldog
(8,791 posts)shawn703
(2,711 posts)News at 11
Viva_La_Revolution
(28,791 posts)I guess he had to turn to political commentary
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/krugman-claims-obama-supp_n_85999.html
Sad when you sell out and have to write hit pieces on politicians for attention.
bigbrother05
(5,995 posts)Generally like PK, but his partisanship shows through at times.
silenttigersong
(957 posts)Ash_F
(5,861 posts)AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)Her surrogates have evolved into rudderless trolls


Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)riversedge
(74,123 posts)Vinca
(51,517 posts)Just this morning I read one of his Bernie attacks that was in direct contrast to what he had previously written which had entirely agreed with Bernie.
whatchamacallit
(15,558 posts)
Beacool
(30,341 posts)The candidate sets the tone and his escalated attacks will do more harm to him in the long run than her, it only serves to engender more resentment and animosity. The math is against him.