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March 18, 2016
Bernie Sanders INTERVIEW March 17, 2016 on Rachel Maddow - NOT GIVING UP - FIGHTING TILL THE END
Part 1
Part 2
March 18, 2016
In just a few days we'll be looking at the Democratic results from Arizona's primary and the caucuses in Idaho and Utah and at the GOP results in Arizona (winner-take-all), Utah (winner-take-almost-all) and their caucus in Samoa. The media will have something to obsess over that isn't the subject of the inconvenient video just above. Or with inconvenient facts like that damned Ipsos poll showing that Bernie, of all the remaining presidential candidates, is the person most Americans would trust be be commander-in-chief. That sure doesn't fit in with any establishment-approved narratives! Each participant was asked would you trust the candidates to be commander-in-chief
• Bernie- 38%
• Hillary- 31%
• Trump- 26%
• Cruz- 20%
• Kasich- 19%
• Rubio- 16%
The negative answers were also enlightening-- and strictly prohibited from being absorbed into the zeitgeist. So these are the percentages of people who answered that they would not trust the candidate to be commander-in-chief:
• Bernie 62%
• Hillary- 69%
• Trump- 74%
• Cruz- 80%
• Kasich- 81%
• Rubio- 84%
http://graphics.thomsonreuters.com/16/Trump-poll.pdf
Bernie beat Hillary out among Democrats asked if they would trust each candidate to be commander-in-chief, but it was pretty close. (61-57%). As usual, it's independent voters who do not trust Clinton. Only 17% of independents say they trust her, worse than anyone else other than Rubio (at 11%), even worse than Trump at 25%. Bernie is tops among Independents-- the group that will determine who wins in November-- with 34%. Bernie also does better than Clinton among people under 50. So I'm not just talking about teenagers and millennials here. Obviously, things are different in the still very backward Old Confederacy but look at these numbers:
This week Ryan Lizza wrote about how he sees the future of the Democratic Party but starts with an assertion that warns you where he's coming from. "Lately," he wrote, "Hillary has sounded less like a Clinton Democrat and more like a Sanders Democrat." No she doesn't-- at least not to an actual Sanders Democrat (AKA-- someone from the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party); she sounds like exactly what she is: a conservative-- in her case an actual Republican conservative-- pandering to a Democratic primary audience. Until she had to face Democratic voters, she was another wretched triangulator backing all the betrayals of the Clinton presidency: "the deregulation of Wall Street, an obsession with deficit reduction, the Defense of Marriage Act, his crime bill, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)."
cont'
http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2016/03/where-is-democratic-party-headed-will.html
Where Is The Dem.Party Headed- Will PARTY ELITES Cont' To CLING To WallSt Or ReEmbrace Party Values?
“What matters is whether or not, if she is elected President-- and we’re in this to win-- if she’s going to stand up and fight. And I think there are many people who will tell you, look, that will not be the case. Look, anybody can give any speech they want tomorrow-- somebody writes you a great speech-- but the day after you’re elected you say, ‘Well, you know, I talked to my Republican colleagues and they think this is not acceptable.’” He added, “The question is not what she says. The question is what her record has been and what she will do if she is elected President.” At best, she's utterly inauthentic; more realistically she's a smoother and non-grotesque version of her friend Donald Trump, a liar and a crook, looking for personal power and further enrichment.."
In just a few days we'll be looking at the Democratic results from Arizona's primary and the caucuses in Idaho and Utah and at the GOP results in Arizona (winner-take-all), Utah (winner-take-almost-all) and their caucus in Samoa. The media will have something to obsess over that isn't the subject of the inconvenient video just above. Or with inconvenient facts like that damned Ipsos poll showing that Bernie, of all the remaining presidential candidates, is the person most Americans would trust be be commander-in-chief. That sure doesn't fit in with any establishment-approved narratives! Each participant was asked would you trust the candidates to be commander-in-chief
• Bernie- 38%
• Hillary- 31%
• Trump- 26%
• Cruz- 20%
• Kasich- 19%
• Rubio- 16%
The negative answers were also enlightening-- and strictly prohibited from being absorbed into the zeitgeist. So these are the percentages of people who answered that they would not trust the candidate to be commander-in-chief:
• Bernie 62%
• Hillary- 69%
• Trump- 74%
• Cruz- 80%
• Kasich- 81%
• Rubio- 84%
http://graphics.thomsonreuters.com/16/Trump-poll.pdf
Bernie beat Hillary out among Democrats asked if they would trust each candidate to be commander-in-chief, but it was pretty close. (61-57%). As usual, it's independent voters who do not trust Clinton. Only 17% of independents say they trust her, worse than anyone else other than Rubio (at 11%), even worse than Trump at 25%. Bernie is tops among Independents-- the group that will determine who wins in November-- with 34%. Bernie also does better than Clinton among people under 50. So I'm not just talking about teenagers and millennials here. Obviously, things are different in the still very backward Old Confederacy but look at these numbers:
This week Ryan Lizza wrote about how he sees the future of the Democratic Party but starts with an assertion that warns you where he's coming from. "Lately," he wrote, "Hillary has sounded less like a Clinton Democrat and more like a Sanders Democrat." No she doesn't-- at least not to an actual Sanders Democrat (AKA-- someone from the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party); she sounds like exactly what she is: a conservative-- in her case an actual Republican conservative-- pandering to a Democratic primary audience. Until she had to face Democratic voters, she was another wretched triangulator backing all the betrayals of the Clinton presidency: "the deregulation of Wall Street, an obsession with deficit reduction, the Defense of Marriage Act, his crime bill, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)."
cont'
http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2016/03/where-is-democratic-party-headed-will.html
March 17, 2016
Our political parties’ primary/caucus systems are more flawed today, because currently the percentage of unaffiliated (independent) voters exceed the percentage of voters affiliated with either party, than any time in recent history. Until these flaws are addressed, superdelegates are expected to access and mitigate the risk of nominating a candidate that is unelectable, especially by a wide margin.
The linked article suggests that Hillary Clinton release the speech transcripts to the public so as to narrow the trust-gap created between Bernie Sanders’ supporters, which should also be a major concern of the superdelegates. Short of making these transcripts public, the superdelegates request these transcripts be released to them immediately, so they can assess the risk they may pose, if released by a GOP supporter after the Democratic convention.
http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Hillary-Clinton-s-Speech-T-by-Hugh-Campbell-Democratic_Democratic-National-Convention_Democratic-Party_Hillary-2016-160317-400.html
Hillary Clinton's Speech TRANSCRIPTS Should (at minimum) BE RELEASED, To The 718 Dem. SuperDelegates
Our political parties’ primary/caucus systems are more flawed today, because currently the percentage of unaffiliated (independent) voters exceed the percentage of voters affiliated with either party, than any time in recent history. Until these flaws are addressed, superdelegates are expected to access and mitigate the risk of nominating a candidate that is unelectable, especially by a wide margin.
The linked article suggests that Hillary Clinton release the speech transcripts to the public so as to narrow the trust-gap created between Bernie Sanders’ supporters, which should also be a major concern of the superdelegates. Short of making these transcripts public, the superdelegates request these transcripts be released to them immediately, so they can assess the risk they may pose, if released by a GOP supporter after the Democratic convention.
http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Hillary-Clinton-s-Speech-T-by-Hugh-Campbell-Democratic_Democratic-National-Convention_Democratic-Party_Hillary-2016-160317-400.html
March 17, 2016
Campaign manager Jeff Weaver said Wednesday from Sedona, Arizona that the Sanders team expects "over the weeks and months we will steadily, consistently and ultimately successfully erode her current advantage in pledged delegate." Clinton won primaries in Florida, Illinois, North Carolina and Ohio on Tuesday, and holds a narrow lead in the as-yet-uncalled Missouri. But on a press call Wednesday, Weaver and Sanders' chief strategist Tad Devine said the states coming up—Arizona, Washington, California, and Idaho—were more likely to vote for the senator from Vermont.
Jeff Cohen, director of the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College and co-founder of the progressive advocacy group RootsAction.org, noted in an interview with The Real News on Wednesday that "no one expected the Sanders movement, the political revolution, to get off the ground. We're taking on the biggest political machine one of the most powerful political machines in the country."
As D.D. Guttenplan wrote in The Nation on Wednesday:
The Sanders team was also not deterred by a strategy memo sent by Clinton's campaign manager Robby Mook which called Tuesday's victories "decisive" and stated, "At a time when other candidates are focused on telling voters everything that is wrong in America and pushing a political strategy to win an election by dividing the country, Democrats voting last night supported the candidate who has a vision to move the country forward and real plans to get us there."
cont'
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/03/17/sanders-forges-ahead-no-one-said-political-revolution-would-be-easy
Bernie Sanders FORGES AHEAD: 'No One Said a Political Revolution Would Be Easy'
Following a series of presidential primary losses to Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, Bernie Sanders reminded supporters: "No one said a political revolution would be easy."
"What you will not hear from the political and media establishment," the campaign said in an email Wednesday, "is that, based on the primary and caucus schedule for the rest of the race, this is the high water mark for the Clinton campaign...Starting today, the map now shifts dramatically in our favor."
"The fact remains that Hillary Clinton’s lead will never be as large as it is right now," the email said. "From here on out we keep chipping away until we take the lead."
"What you will not hear from the political and media establishment," the campaign said in an email Wednesday, "is that, based on the primary and caucus schedule for the rest of the race, this is the high water mark for the Clinton campaign...Starting today, the map now shifts dramatically in our favor."
"The fact remains that Hillary Clinton’s lead will never be as large as it is right now," the email said. "From here on out we keep chipping away until we take the lead."
Campaign manager Jeff Weaver said Wednesday from Sedona, Arizona that the Sanders team expects "over the weeks and months we will steadily, consistently and ultimately successfully erode her current advantage in pledged delegate." Clinton won primaries in Florida, Illinois, North Carolina and Ohio on Tuesday, and holds a narrow lead in the as-yet-uncalled Missouri. But on a press call Wednesday, Weaver and Sanders' chief strategist Tad Devine said the states coming up—Arizona, Washington, California, and Idaho—were more likely to vote for the senator from Vermont.
"We believe, as we look ahead at the states that are in front of us, that we can beat her in most of these states and beat her in some of these states by decisive margins," Devine said.
Jeff Cohen, director of the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College and co-founder of the progressive advocacy group RootsAction.org, noted in an interview with The Real News on Wednesday that "no one expected the Sanders movement, the political revolution, to get off the ground. We're taking on the biggest political machine one of the most powerful political machines in the country."
As D.D. Guttenplan wrote in The Nation on Wednesday:
"..Are the odds against [Sanders supporters]? Of course. That’s what it means to live inside a rigged system. But remember where we were only a few months ago. With each primary victory—and each close call—Sanders shows us our own strength. With each packed rally we see the claim that socialism is un-American exposed as a lie, that a world where no one starves, healthcare is not rationed by wealth, and energy companies aren’t allowed to rape the earth for profit and leave the rest of us to take the consequences is not only possible but popular..."
http://www.thenation.com/article/the-fight-for-bernies-political-revolution-is-not-over/
http://www.thenation.com/article/the-fight-for-bernies-political-revolution-is-not-over/
The Sanders team was also not deterred by a strategy memo sent by Clinton's campaign manager Robby Mook which called Tuesday's victories "decisive" and stated, "At a time when other candidates are focused on telling voters everything that is wrong in America and pushing a political strategy to win an election by dividing the country, Democrats voting last night supported the candidate who has a vision to move the country forward and real plans to get us there."
In response, Sanders stated, "I congratulate Secretary Clinton on her victories on Tuesday. I also want to thank the millions of voters across the nation who supported our campaign and elected delegates who will take us all the way to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia."
cont'
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/03/17/sanders-forges-ahead-no-one-said-political-revolution-would-be-easy
March 17, 2016
New National Poll: Hillary Clinton +6, Bernie Sanders UP +9 POINTS
New Reuteurs/Ispos Poll of Registered Democrats from 3/12-3/16 has the race at:
Clinton — 51%
Sanders — 45%
Margin +6
Previous Poll 3/5-3/9
Clinton — 55%
Sanders — 40%
Margin +15
Looks like some people haven’t gotten the memo the race is ovah......
Head-to-Head Matchups
Clinton v Trump — +5
Clinton v Cruz — +8
Sanders v Trump — +9
Sanders v Cruz — +13
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/03/17/1502934/-New-National-Poll-Clinton-6-Sanders-up-9-points
Clinton — 51%
Sanders — 45%
Margin +6
Previous Poll 3/5-3/9
Clinton — 55%
Sanders — 40%
Margin +15
Looks like some people haven’t gotten the memo the race is ovah......
Head-to-Head Matchups
Clinton v Trump — +5
Clinton v Cruz — +8
Sanders v Trump — +9
Sanders v Cruz — +13
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/03/17/1502934/-New-National-Poll-Clinton-6-Sanders-up-9-points
March 16, 2016
ON THE ROAD
Half Time
MARCH 16TH, 2016
Bernie Sanders’ campaign on Wednesday moved into the second half of the Democratic Party delegate selection process with slightly more than 50 percent of pledged delegates remaining to be selected.
Rallies in Arizona, Utah and Idaho are scheduled this week. The next Democratic Party primary election is in the Grand Canyon State on Tuesday. On that same day, Idaho and Utah will hold caucuses to choose between Sanders and Hillary Clinton.
In a conference call with reporters on Wednesday, Jeff Weaver, Sanders’ campaign manager, and Tad Devine, the campaign’ senior strategist, discussed the results of Tuesday’s elections. Sanders and Clinton fought to virtual ties in Illinois and Missouri and Sanders showed surprising strength in North Carolina. Weaver and Devine also looked ahead to Sanders’ path to victory at this summer’s Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
Path Forward Press Call - Bernie 2016
https://soundcloud.com/bernie_sanders/path-forward-press-call-bernie-2016
https://berniesanders.com/half-time/
HALF TIME | Bernie Sanders
ON THE ROAD
Half Time
MARCH 16TH, 2016
Bernie Sanders’ campaign on Wednesday moved into the second half of the Democratic Party delegate selection process with slightly more than 50 percent of pledged delegates remaining to be selected.
Rallies in Arizona, Utah and Idaho are scheduled this week. The next Democratic Party primary election is in the Grand Canyon State on Tuesday. On that same day, Idaho and Utah will hold caucuses to choose between Sanders and Hillary Clinton.
In a conference call with reporters on Wednesday, Jeff Weaver, Sanders’ campaign manager, and Tad Devine, the campaign’ senior strategist, discussed the results of Tuesday’s elections. Sanders and Clinton fought to virtual ties in Illinois and Missouri and Sanders showed surprising strength in North Carolina. Weaver and Devine also looked ahead to Sanders’ path to victory at this summer’s Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
Path Forward Press Call - Bernie 2016
https://soundcloud.com/bernie_sanders/path-forward-press-call-bernie-2016
https://berniesanders.com/half-time/
March 16, 2016
Though Bernie Sanders had an admittedly disappointing night on Tuesday, losing four of five primary contests to rival Hillary Clinton, he still took to the stage in Phoenix, Arizona to speak to his supporters and television cameras about his vision for the nation and the drive of his campaign moving forward. The problem? No cable or major news channel ran the speech. Not all of it. Not even some of it. As Huffington Post reporter Ryan Grim—specifically pointing at how cable news channels CNN, Fox, and MSNBC didn't air the speech because they were "waiting" for Republican frontrunner Donald Trump—quipped, "There just isn't enough time in the evening to get all that analysis in."
cont'
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/03/16/blackout-tuesday-bernie-sanders-speech-corporate-media-chose-not-air
BLACKOUT TUESDAY: The Bernie Sanders Speech Corporate Media Chose NOT TO AIR
Though the talking heads were allowed to ramble on and on (and on) Tuesday night, the major cable and network news made no time for people to watch this...
Though Bernie Sanders had an admittedly disappointing night on Tuesday, losing four of five primary contests to rival Hillary Clinton, he still took to the stage in Phoenix, Arizona to speak to his supporters and television cameras about his vision for the nation and the drive of his campaign moving forward. The problem? No cable or major news channel ran the speech. Not all of it. Not even some of it. As Huffington Post reporter Ryan Grim—specifically pointing at how cable news channels CNN, Fox, and MSNBC didn't air the speech because they were "waiting" for Republican frontrunner Donald Trump—quipped, "There just isn't enough time in the evening to get all that analysis in."
Sanders supporters and media critics took to Twitter to express outrage over the glaring snub:
steve_mikulic ?@steve_mikulic
The problem is bigger than one night. The national news media is in this for the money, and Trump = ratings.
Ban Torture ?@BanTorture
Amazing that the #BernieBlackout is still in effect after all Bernie has accomplished. https://twitter.com/Elizasoul80/status/709925791996387328 …
Bernie Wins ?@berniewins2016
@CBSNews @NBCNews @FoxNews @ABC think waiting for Trump is more important than @SenSanders speech #BernieBlackout https://twitter.com/berniesanders/status/709931300942168070 …
Kevin Meyerson ?@kevinmeyerson
WTF. Corporate media did a #BernieBlackout on @BernieSanders' speech to promote #Drumpf on #PrimaryDay.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/all-three-networks-ignored-bernie-sanders-speech-tuesday-night-promising-trump-would-be-speaking-soon_us_56e8bad1e4b0860f99daec81 …#FeelTheBern
steve_mikulic ?@steve_mikulic
The problem is bigger than one night. The national news media is in this for the money, and Trump = ratings.
Ban Torture ?@BanTorture
Amazing that the #BernieBlackout is still in effect after all Bernie has accomplished. https://twitter.com/Elizasoul80/status/709925791996387328 …
Bernie Wins ?@berniewins2016
@CBSNews @NBCNews @FoxNews @ABC think waiting for Trump is more important than @SenSanders speech #BernieBlackout https://twitter.com/berniesanders/status/709931300942168070 …
Kevin Meyerson ?@kevinmeyerson
WTF. Corporate media did a #BernieBlackout on @BernieSanders' speech to promote #Drumpf on #PrimaryDay.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/all-three-networks-ignored-bernie-sanders-speech-tuesday-night-promising-trump-would-be-speaking-soon_us_56e8bad1e4b0860f99daec81 …#FeelTheBern
cont'
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/03/16/blackout-tuesday-bernie-sanders-speech-corporate-media-chose-not-air
March 16, 2016
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Why You SHOULDN'T GIVE UP On Bernie Sanders
We may have faced a setback, but we can not give up, the future depends on it. #FeelTheBern
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March 16, 2016
If this was a few weeks ago, I would have been willing to shrug it off. But not today.
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/3/16/1502122/-One-Warning-Sign-from-Florida
One WARNING Sign from Florida
Let’s face it, Trump has not had an easy couple of weeks on the Republican media side. And I’m definitely not complaining about that. I don’t have to repeat the adjectives most appropriate for his campaign (but I will: sexist, racist, hate-inciting, terrifying). Despite all this, we should be concerned by a result coming out of Florida, an absolute key November swing state:
Donald Trump got virtually the same number of votes in Florida as Hillary Clinton in a state where he was running against 3 other candidates (including Florida’s home state senator). Full results here:
http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/florida
http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/florida
If this was a few weeks ago, I would have been willing to shrug it off. But not today.
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/3/16/1502122/-One-Warning-Sign-from-Florida
March 16, 2016
.......Now lets get the REAL transcripts released. This WILL become a BIG TRUST issue in the GE.....IF she gets the nomination
Hillary Campaign RELEASES Single Goldman Sachs Speech Transcript
.......Now lets get the REAL transcripts released. This WILL become a BIG TRUST issue in the GE.....IF she gets the nomination
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