So, we all know that the Democratic Party is in rough shape. They’re struggling raising money, they have no leader (Tom Perez is taking a side gig teaching, by the way), no message, and they’re 0-4 in special elections. The recent chairman race in California, which ended with the more establishment candidate winning and the Bernie Sanders-supporting insurgent refusing to concede, threatens to ignite a civil war. It’s no secret that the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, which adores Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), has become more vocal and more active in their attempts to drag of the rest of the party to the left. They want stringent and uncompromising litmus tests on abortion and single-payer healthcare, especially when it comes to the latter. These purity tests have made the more establishment wing queasy, noting that they simply cannot retake Congress or the White House with such far left candidates. With 2020 already being discussed, Sen. Bernie Sanders’ name has been mentioned, though Democrats are now telling him he needs to rein in his attack dogs, with the final straw appearing to be when the Sanders wing attacked Sen. Kamala Harris. Progressives are not big fans of her, noting her ties to Wall Street. The message to Sanders is clear: get these people in line if you want to be taken seriously in 2020 (via Politico) [emphasis mine]: Prominent Democrats are increasingly riled by attacks from Bernie Sanders' supporters, whose demands for ideological purity are hurting the party ahead of the 2018 midterms and 2020 presidential election, they say. But it’s not just the outside agitators that Democratic lawmakers, operatives and activists are annoyed with: They’re tired of what they see as the Vermont senator’s hesitance to confront his own backers, either in public or through back channels. Tensions boiled over recently when a handful of Sanders loyalists bashed freshman Sen. Kamala Harris — a rising star in the party and potential 2020 hopeful — as an establishment tool. Democrats were also rankled that other prominent Sanders allies said support for single-payer health care should be a litmus test for candidates. In response, Democratic senators and outside groups have begun telling Sanders and friendly intermediaries that if he wants to be a leading figure for Democrats ahead of 2020’s presidential election, he needs to get his supporters in line — or at least publicly disavow their more incendiary statements. The confrontations, they insist, threaten party unity ahead of a critical midterm election cycle, when Democrats have a shot at winning the House and several governor’s offices. Oh, there’s nothing like Democratic blood sports. I think some are about to begin.....snip~ https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattv...sanders-get-your-attack-dogs-in-line-n2379123 Let that Demo infighting begin. Resist Bernie.....you can do it! When will the Demos quit blaming the Sandman for their woes?
Hillary comes out with her book blaming everyone and everything under the sun as to why she lost. Which included the Sandman. And what do the Demos do, blame Sanders people. Then the Demos show they don't want anyone from the left dumping on Kamala Harris. That's their new hope. Although, now Bidens Daughter says he is thinking about running. Never count out Good Ole Joe.
Well I don't think Bernie Sanders is going to run for President in 2020, too old. So much for threatening him over running for President to try and get him to reign in his supporters. They should just run wild. I'm not part of the Bernie Sanders wing of the Democratic party, however, and I don't care what they say. I don't support them.
It seems to me that a lot of people bought into socialism from Bernie Sander's run. They are their own people now not Sander's personal goon squad. Democrats might be confused about how little control Bernie actually has, because they typically operate like gangsters.
Through his network. He is considered a party leader. In response, Democratic senators and outside groups have begun telling Sanders and friendly intermediaries that if he wants to be a leading figure for Democrats ahead of 2020’s presidential election, he needs to get his supporters in line — or at least publicly disavow their more incendiary statements. “The Democratic Party has treated Sen. Sanders exceptionally well. We collectively let him run in our primaries when he declared he wasn’t a Democrat — I count that as a great favor, and an opportunity almost no one else has ever received,” said former Democratic National Committee Chairman Don Fowler, who has called for the independent Sanders to formally join the party. If Sanders intends to lead the party, said one Democratic operative who’s worked with him, requesting to speak anonymously like many others for fear of reprisal from Sanders backers, “you don’t get to wash your hands of all of this.” “Bernie Sanders really does lead a movement, he doesn’t run an organization. And movements are different from organizations,” said Mark Longabaugh, a veteran Democratic strategist who was a senior adviser to Sanders' campaign. “A movement operates organically and moves on its own. It can have leaders, but no one directs a movement.” Sanders, now a member of Senate Democrats’ leadership team, never publicly condemned or endorsed Turner’s remarks. People close to him say he views Our Revolution as a separate entity from the political team he controls. (Our Revolution’s executive director, Shannon Jackson, is a former longtime Sanders aide.) Among the concerns: how Turner — appointed to the DNC’s “unity commission” by Sanders in April — has pilloried the party messaging effort put together by Schumer in conjunction with his leadership team that includes Sanders. But their primary complaint has been that Sanders hasn’t sufficiently directed his backers to attack Republicans — not fellow Democrats — with the midterm elections looming......snip~ http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/08/bernie-backers-attacks-infuriate-democrats-242386
Sanders just wants to use his fame to push social programs. Sanders doesn't want to bother with responsibility. In fact he learned this tactic, attack fellow Democrats, from Black Lives Matter.
You would think the Demos would understand that. Rather than Blame Bernie or his people. But then again for years, the collective directed Hillary's Movement.
Maybe tome to become a monarchy now? I mean ... then you have chance to make a second revolution to come over with a bunch of morons as candidate. Only a joke
I wouldn't count him out. The "too old" thing won't rattle Bernie. (Especially if Biden runs at age 77).
Bernie will gladly be the lap dog again. He made a lot of money running. He didn't even say one word about having the election stolen from him, he went right on with the anti-Trump agenda and there is no doubt he will be ready again, just show him the $$$.
