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Some Encouragement for Tomorrow - "Here Comes Bernie!"

Submitted by Gerrit on Mon, 03/14/2016 - 11:40am

On the night of the Iowa primary back some 1,000 or so years ago, over at TYT, Cenk lost his mind repeatedly as Bernie closed the gap. He would suddenly holler, with great joy, "Here Comes Bernie!" Five Thirty Eight ate some humble pie in Michigan last week and here we are again. The predictions at 538 are grim, all based on polling aggregates. Yet...check out this extract from an article at HuffPo

Tim Canova Denied Access To Florida's VAN

Submitted by Stephen Carll on Mon, 03/14/2016 - 11:01am

Ever since Tim Canova announced he'd be running a primary race against Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, I've been following his statements, the occasional post on DKos (which reminds me, someone needs to invite him over here as well if that hasn't been done already), and contributing to his campaign when I have an extra $20 on a downticket race. I haven't seen this posted here yet, and I haven't checked GOS either, so here goes. I got this email this morning from the Canova campaign:

The Real Racists Want War

Submitted by detroitmechworks on Mon, 03/14/2016 - 9:57am

So, I was doing some thinking about accusations that have been flying thick and fast about anti-Hillary folks. And it seems to me that some academics and political opinion makers are in such a privileged position that they don't really see what the ACTUAL racists are up to. With their obsession of seeing the racism in everything, they manage to avoid seeing what the real Nazis are up to.

Occupy Trump - Badgers and Hogwarts Houses ( renamed from Response to a Critique)

Submitted by Gerrit on Mon, 03/14/2016 - 8:35am

John Lennon said that life is what happens to us while we're busy making other plans. We're having a primary where the coronation got interrupted by an insurgent. That was unexpected, but it quickly became clear that the insurgency could grow into a Democratic schism. One side is corporatist, neo-con, and neo-liberal. The other side is progressive, democratic socialist, and peaceful. "All we are saying is give peace a chance."

On the other side of the American divide, their ideological madness is splitting the GOP into a racist, corporatist, and global side and a racist, christian-dominionist side. The leader of the christianist side is, ironically, Drumpf, with the yet more dangerous Cruz at his heels. Cruz is a traditional racist, a lawyerly blower of dog whistles. Drumpf,on the other hand, is a Freudian carnival of ego gone amok. As the Democratic sides separated into a catholic and protestant side, Drumpf's drumbeat of racist incitement overwhelmed not only the GOP primary race, but the entire 2016 election. The bitter harvest of ancient hate and a decade of racist incitement against one of the most accomplished of all American presidents is in. Now. In real time. Spring may be in the air, but in the American psyche, it's fall and the bitter harvest is in. Drumpf's race-baiting is now the defining feature of the 2016 election. Life happens while we are busy making primary plans. So, what does all of this mean for Bernie?

Fascism Doesn't Always Creep

Submitted by stevej on Mon, 03/14/2016 - 8:18am

There appears to be two lines of thought developing about how to deal with fascism that has become a part of Trump’s election strategy. One is that we don’t address it now as it may affect Sander’s electoral chances and the other is that we tackle it head on now. Spoiler alert - I am a firm believer of the second approach.

A Campaign Manager's Perspective on the anti-Trump Protests

Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Mon, 03/14/2016 - 7:47am

A lot of people lately have been commenting on how the anti-Trump protests could hurt Bernie Sanders' election chances. I thought I would share my views on this issue from the perspective of a campaign manager. Caveat: this is not my *moral* opinion on how things are or how they should be. This is my political opinion of the effect of anti-Trump protests on Sanders' electoral viability.

A few points about the situation:

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