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I don't think this is as big a deal as people are making it. He didn't publish any articles after the Sanders campaign reached out to him. His critiques were always grounded squarely in the candidate's actual records and actions. The Guardian asked The Atlantic to correct the story.
A lot of factors played into it. Including Bernie's fans hatred of Hillary and Bernie not doing anything to talk sense into them. He loved it.
It seems pretty clear his competition is Hickenlooper in the best political name primary.
My favorite thing about "that kind of guy" is laying it at the feet of individual voters when we have the electoral college in place. It's ####### weird and funny all at the same time. I'd understand if the raw vote totals were close, but they weren't. She screwed the pooch every way possible in that campaign, but yeah....let's blame Bernie for not bringing around part of his supporters as if he has some sort of mind control over them and simply chose not to flip the switch on the remote!
Yeah Biden has a long history and it isn't great for this environment. He is running on an 80s agenda and he couldn't win with it in the 80s.
Yeah I couldn’t take that town hall for more than a few minutes. Just rambling.
He's another one who thinks he has the magic formula that will make Republicans want to be his friend. He doesn't, there isn't one. It's past time to realize the current GOP, the party and its leadership not neccesarily all voters, has gone scorched earth and to stop pretending like they have any interest in or intention to play nice. If you haven't gotten that message by now go away. It's time to fight.
He correctly perceives Kamala as the biggest threat to his nomination. His plan is a bit cynical if true, but it might work.
Glenn Greenwaldren hoek said:
Barely beating Biden by 15Barely beating Warren by 25Barely beating Beto by 33Barely beating Klobuchar by 35Barely beating Booker by 37Barely beating the rest by 38
Yes!! You just made my day. Either Democrats are going to have to let the process play out or once again have the party rip itself apart. If the people want Bernie, let them have Bernie. Go Bernie!Peter #####’s Liaison @SilERabbit
BREAKING: Bernie's in deep trouble in the critical state of Wisconsin.
At this point last election cycle Clinton was beating Bernie by 60 points. Largely because of name recognition and structural advantages from previous campaigns.Peter #####’s Liaison @SilERabbit
BREAKING: Bernie's in deep trouble in the critical state of Wisconsin.
And you know that ... how? Because the people who didn't disclose their working relationship at all and showed no intention of doing so until the reporter called them for comment told you?ren hoek said:
Regardless his critiques were on policy and record. The guy who went after him over it shows his overt bias everyday while pretending he has none. Non story being pushed by people with their own unstated agendas.
Yang has qualified through the other route of getting 65,000 donors. Don't know if any of the other candidates not listed above have qualified this way or not
The very reason he did poorly at this point in the 2016 polls is why he's doing so well at this point in the 2020 polls. Name recognition. It'll be interesting to see how that changes once Biden officially announces and people become more familiar with the others.
Biden is going to get torn to shreds once he announces. They are going to hang so much on him it won't be funny.
Do you really not understand why a prominent campaign staffer hiding his affiliation with the campaign and calling himself an independent journalist while launching nasty attacks including name-calling and absurd hyperbole is problematic?
Nah. It’s been interesting to watch the Democratic leadership suppress the populist movement in their party. It really exposes an allegiance to corporations over popular policy that I think is important.
Dude this story is coming apart at the seams as we speak people who pick this as their hill to die on or going to regret it don't be one of them
Link? To a reporter not already in the bag for Sanders, please. I mean, even if we accept that the guy stopped writing for the Atlantic as soon as he took the Bernie job, that still leaves all the tweets sent out under the guise that Sirota was an independent journalist not affiliated with a campaign. That's sleazy as hell even if the Guardian never published a word of his after he took a campaign job. There's a reason our election laws require communications from campaigns to be marked as such. If they were doing nothing wrong, why conceal the relationship until a reporter called to ask about it? Just a crazy coincidence? Why delete 20,000 tweets when the reporter called? Another crazy coincidence?
And yet you have no problem accepting the reporting of a guy who spends all his time attacking progressives because he obviously has no bias.
I have no problem accepting factual reporting. If there's a factual error I would expect the reporter/magazine to correct it. If someone shows one and they don't address it, let me know.
Well let’s see. Sirota, the Sanders campaign, the Guardian and Capital & Main have all come out in the open and disputed the report.
You mean the people the story makes look bad say it's not true? Wow, persuasive argument. Why all the tweet deletions, then? An amazing coincidence? Why did they not reveal his role on the campaign until the reporter contacted them but then did it immediately thereafter? Another amazing coincidence?
They've done it to Kamala, Beto, Guilibran.... that's obviously the GOP's strategy this time around. "Yeah, we know our guy is a disgusting, lying creep, but your candidates aren't perfect either. I had a facebook 'friend' post a Biden story today mentioning people are concerned with his age. She commented. 'age? They should be worried about his hands! #metoo' I said Biden tends to get a little touchy on people's shoulders and arms. Meanwhile, your guy grans 'em by the p**** and has 20 sexual assault cases against him. It's going to be a blood bath, and the right is going to desperately try to find dirt on everyone who runs. It's truly amazing what they are willing to overlook with their own guy.
Looks like you forgot to mention the little frog man this time. Why, I heard the southern poverty law center and CNN said it’s alt-right!
As important a state as Wisconsin is in the general election, it’s not very important in terms of deciding the nominee.Peter #####’s Liaison @SilERabbit
BREAKING: Bernie's in deep trouble in the critical state of Wisconsin.
I wouldn’t feel comfortable with you supporting any of the Democratic candidates either.
Anita Hill hearings, the bankruptcy bill, mass incarceration, etc. That's what I'm talking about not Uncle Joe allegedly being pervy. Which I dont think he really is.
I go back and forth on this - and leaving horse race issues out of it - why not run third party? He’s been consistently in a non-Dem party since he was a mayor.
I thought he should have, in 2016. That would have been a lot more honorable than endorsing Clinton after the DNC’s work screwing him and supporting Trump. He should run an independent campaign in 2020 when the DNC railroads him again.
