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Bernie Sanders Endorses Hillary Clinton (cnn.com)
It's official. U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on Tuesday endorsed former presidential rival Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee ahead of the party's July convention. Sanders said Clinton will make an outstanding president and that he is proud to stand with her. "Hillary Clinton understands that if someone in America works 40 hours a week, that person should not be living in poverty," Sanders added. CNN reports: "I have come here to make it as clear as possible why I am endorsing Hillary Clinton and why she must become our next president," Sanders said at a joint rally here. "Secretary Clinton has won the Democratic nomination and I congratulate her for that." The 74-year-old self-described democratic socialist, who has been a thorn in Clinton's side over the last year, pledged his support to his former rival: "I intend to do everything I can to make certain she will be the next president of the United States." Clinton, speaking after Sanders, declared: "We are joining forces to defeat Donald Trump!" "I can't help but say how much more enjoyable this election is going to be when we are on the same side," she said. "You know what? We are stronger together!" Full remarks of Sanders can be found on this blog post.
Sorry, I know you hate people who put content in the subject, and I know we're looking for insightful commentary here, but... that's just all I've got at this point.
Uh, no.
Dems controlled House & Senate for first two years, the Dems had to pass PPACA (Obamacare) before Scott Brown was sworn in, taking Ted Kennedy's vacated senate seat.
Then Republicans took the House and Dems controlled the Senate for 4 more years, until the republicans took control of the Senate for the last two years of Obama's second term.
The most accurate polling analysis in the two most recent presidential cycles has been done by http://projects.fivethirtyeigh... They carefully look at all polls on a state by state basis and then build a national electoral model based on that data. It's updated every few days as new polls come out. Right now, Hillary is winning the electoral college by 338 to 199 with 1 vote for Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party. Of course things can change, but that's a pretty big lead for this point in the race.
And note that Bernie did not walk away empty handed. He has already moved Hillary to his positions on free college and universal health care.
"He took a duck in the face at 250 knots." -- William Gibson, Pattern Recognition
Democrats controlled the senate with a supermajority for about 17 weeks, from the delayed confirmation of Al Franken to the death of Ted Kennedy.
Just exactly how much legislation do you think they should have crammed in to those weeks? The fact that they only got one piece of major legislation through is to me testament to the fact that they were taking their time to do things right instead of pushing through more pre-written, unread garbage.
It doesn't hurt to be nice.
No, he just knew the context of the statement, something most people quoting Pelosi ignore.
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
Just exactly how much legislation do you think they should have crammed in to those weeks?
A whole lot if they'd been united and competent.
"First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
How did republicans obstruct Obama for 8 years?
Filibuster in the Senate. Foot dragging on judicial nominations. Passing legislation that appeals to the base but has poison pills that won't attract Democratic votes. Etc., etc., etc.
Horrible policy? He's the first president since WWII that hasn't taken the nation into a recession. Instead, he took the nation out of one and there has been steady, if slow, growth every quarter since.
Only if you fudge the inflation numbers (which this Administration has been doing). Run the numbers with the same CPI calculations as used back in the 70s and 80s and you'll find inflation is running about 7-8%, and that puts the economy still in a recession.
But hey, it's OK we're still running a real deficit of $1.4 trillion, annually, so it's all good!
Browsing at +1 - no ACs, I ignore their posts. So refreshing!
It is his radical policies that were blocked.
Like appointing Merritt Garland to the Supreme Court.
no, its those who keep thinking we are stopping him because of his color and not his horrible horrible policy is flat out racebaiting scumbaggary
It that the only source of opposition? Absolutely not.
But Trump, one of the most prominent birthers, just won the Republican Primary on a platform of keeping out Mexicans and Muslims.
To think that race didn't play a major part in a lot of anti-Obama sentiment is to be in massive denial of the current state of the political right.
I stole this Sig
Nah.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/1...
You are welcome on my lawn.
"Just like those people who vote for a third party as some kind of protest vote. All you're accomplishing is basically handing a vote to the candidate you like the least."
You're confused, and just plain wrong, which is typical of ACs. It's when you don't vote for the person you like most, that you're throwing away a vote.
"National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity." - Celine's First Law
Trump won on a platform of keeping out illegal immigrants, not Mexicans in general. Also, neither Mexican nor Muslim is a race. I don't say this to excuse his bigotry, because it is bad, but if you keep using the term incorrectly, it loses its meaning.
Examine even your most deeply held beliefs. Nobody is always right.
When Obama took over the White House, we were running a deficit FOUR TIMES what we're running now.
If you found a drug that could cure 3/4 of cancers, you would call that a success, wouldn't you? You still wouldn't celebrate the remaining 1/4 of cancer cases, but you would doubtless say we were moving in the right direction, and you'd almost certainly win a Nobel.
You are welcome on my lawn.
So you're effectively voting for Trump then?
No, he's voting for the candidate he feels best represents his views. Which is precisely what we should all do, no matter which candidate that is.
Despite the fact that Bernie said we should do everything we can to stop him?
Ummm... why would Bernie's opinion be some kind of deciding factor? That's just nonsense.
If you support Hillary, you're supporting Hillary. It's obvious. If you give your approval to candidates like that, you're going to get candidates like that.
Both sides have a job to do this fall, which is to rise up and say that we will not just accept the most corrupt and reprehensible people imaginable for leadership in high offices
So Hillary is one of "the most corrupt and reprehensible people imaginable"? Citation needed.
She has been under investigation almost continuously for more than 20 years by both legal authorities and very rich political opponents. During that time, the only thing which has been proven is that she sucks at email security. If she had done anything serious, SOMEONE would have sold out and given proof.
I hear this sort of thing alot. People claim "I don't listen to the media! I'm too smart!" and then repeat Fox News talking points as if they were true. I don't know why people do this, but they do.
Actually, I rather doubt the "people" want Clinton. Democrats barely want her, and everyone else is pretty much given that she is a total and complete crook.
She has been under continuous investigation for over 20 years, by both legal authorities and by many billionaire political opponents (Scaife, Murdoch, the Kochs, and more). These investigators have pumped insane amounts of money, people, and political pressure into finding some way to indict her or her husband. And so far, they have proven that Bill gets blowjobs from other women, and that Hillary has no clue how to do secure email. Wow!
So sure, I realize that many people think that "she is a total and complete crook". Many people also believe that vaccines cause autism, that GMOs are unhealthy, and that the earth is only 6000 years old. People are gullible. Sounds like you are too. Unless you have some amazing proof that nobody else does?
It turns out that many people like facts rather than bombastic hearsay. And many people seem quite happy with Hillary. Coincidence?