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According to to the LA Times, two Bay area voters, along with the American Independent Party and the Voting Rights Defense Group (a group that describes itself as “an organization campaigning to heighten voter education and voter turnout for their...
by bozofish
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on Mon May 23, 2016 at 08:08 AM PDT
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DailyKos is about electing “more and better” Democrats. The Democratic party will not choose Senator Bernie Sanders as its nominee for President in 2016. It will choose Hillary Clinton. Thus Hillary Clinton is the Democrat that we will be given the...
by Save the clock tower
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on Mon May 23, 2016 at 08:38 AM PDT
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by Frater Plecticus
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on Mon May 23, 2016 at 02:13 AM PDT
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Trump lies. A lot . Perhaps this is harsh. Maybe I should say “Trump’s statements are falsehoods inaccurate a lot. At least it seemed so to me while watching Trump ramble.
Forever ...
by llLeoll
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on Mon May 23, 2016 at 08:00 AM PDT
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I really have to disagree with the Sanders argument that Independents should be given equal access to the democratic primaries as democrats. It is an oxymoron. If you want to be an independent, then be one… you can’t vote for Regan or Bush and then...
by ClintonCastro16
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on Sun May 22, 2016 at 05:54 PM PDT
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Interrupting the barrage of gleeful diaries cheering Trump’s polling numbers, I am trying to understand what in holy hell is going on with Sanders campaign.
Just finished watching Bernie interview with Jake Tapper
Coles notes version,...
by canadian gal
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on Sun May 22, 2016 at 12:31 PM PDT
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Thanks Jake Tapper for your interview with Bernie Sanders today. After pushing and pushing Bernie Sanders can’t ask one simple question. Should the Candidate with the most Pledged Delegates be the Nominee. Jake asked him over and over. Bernie only...
by Kevin1957
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on Sun May 22, 2016 at 11:44 AM PDT
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There have been any number of songs written with trivial or even nonsensical lyrics. However, today, my thoughts about this election seemed to drift to certain ones. I suppose it is a property of music that it can sometimes capture emotion better than...
by barehl
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on Sun May 22, 2016 at 12:57 PM PDT
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It’s well-known that certain demographic groups have overwhelmingly favored Clinton over Sanders in the Democratic primary race and that this is the reason Sanders is losing. However, at bottom, Sanders’s problem is ideological, not demographic....
by gregfowler
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on Sun May 22, 2016 at 10:12 AM PDT
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So there was this then.
Idiot -
The political revolution is not just about electing a president. We need a Congress with members who believe, like Bernie, that we cannot change a corrupt system by taking its money.
So let me...
by The Idiot
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on Sun May 22, 2016 at 09:00 AM PDT
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You may not have noticed, but there is quite a bit of disagreement between people who support Bernie and people who support Hillary.
On the Bernie side, there are many people like me who support Bernie, but will willingly vote for Hillary if she...
by Tailfish
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on Sun May 22, 2016 at 08:26 AM PDT
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I’m so bad at this thing. I always struggle to come up with a clever headline, construct a beautifully written paragraph to entice the reader to read more. I see so much greatness on this blog that I very seldom write out my own diary about important...
by turkmen
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on Sun May 22, 2016 at 07:03 AM PDT
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I’ve only diaried once before. I’m a Scotsman with an American husband and as such I tend to have half of one leg in Scottish politics and the second in American!
Everyone knows, or thinks they know the Kubler-Ross ‘Stages of Grief’ (Though Homer...
by scoguy84
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on Sun May 22, 2016 at 06:17 AM PDT
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Presidential hopeful and underdog for the Democratic nomination Bernie Sanders said one of the reasons he is staying in the race is because he does not want Americans "voting for the lesser of two evils."
Sanders added that he will use Hillary...
by Xerclif
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on Sun May 22, 2016 at 03:06 AM PDT
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Bernie and his team had a chance to work with Hillary to build a massive progressive movement which was going to change America. Now, thanks to Bernie’s irresponsible campaign, no one will ever trust progressives again, and Hillary will be forced to...
by Jack Jack
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on Sat May 21, 2016 at 07:26 PM PDT
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I am putting this together as a place to collect factual information about the claimed subversions of Democracy that happened at the 5/16 Nevada Democratic convention.
Because the claims themselves are often nebulous, I will respond to the ones...
by Retromingian
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on Sat May 21, 2016 at 07:43 PM PDT
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Bernie Sanders was interviewed by Jake Tapper on State of the Union. He is supporting Wasserman Schultz opponent in that race. Continuing on his path to blame anyone but himself for losing, he continues.
Let me also say this, in all due...
by Sassine
213 comments
on Sat May 21, 2016 at 05:15 PM PDT
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As you know, I’ve been running a model to predict the outcome of each of the Democratic Primary contests. (See this list of posts.). The model has change over time, as described below, but has always been pretty accurate. Here, I present the final,...
by gregladen
45 comments
on Sat May 21, 2016 at 04:55 PM PDT
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The Sticker Artist SKAM went to work putting this piece up around Pikes Market in Seattle. Claiming it is somehow an attack on Hillary AND Trump, For reasons only a Sanders fan can derive I’m sure.
When questioned ‘who he thinks this will help...
by Starr Mignon
60 comments
on Sat May 21, 2016 at 04:00 PM PDT
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That is really the only question. Almost everything else is just pie.
If you support Sanders or Clinton, then you need to play nice. Otherwise, you support Trump. I once ridiculed him. Now I fear him. I misoverestimated the American voter, once...
by too many people
7 comments
on Sat May 21, 2016 at 11:30 AM PDT
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