For a few weeks now I have been edging closer and closer to the idea that the Democratic Party should unite behind a ticket of Clinton & Sanders to preserve party unity and win the November election. Today, we have an excellent column from Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal in which she explores the case for such a ticket. In addition ot the obvious short term advantages, she has some very insightful observations about both parties and their future.
Clinton-Sanders: Maybe That?s the Ticket - WSJ
Should Sanders continue to win, especially if he wins in California, this only becomes more and more the realistic way to go the same way that JFK picked his hated opposite Lyndon Johnson in 1960 and thereby won the election.
Your comments and observations are encouraged.
That would be great. A real opportunity for Hillary to try to shift to the center while Bernie is still careening to the Left. Not.
The Trump wildcard is scaring many Democrat strategists into worrying about how many blue collar voters might be seduced by his anti free trade talk nd other issues that normally would be classified as on the left. The UAW recently revealed that 28% of their members favor Trump and if they lost that group - heaven only knows what could happen in states like Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and a few others.
Sanders could be useful in bringing that group to the polls for vote Democratic.
The point is, do you think Bernie would be willing to follow Hillary's strategy of moving to the center in the general.
I may be wrong about Bernie but he doesn't strike me as that kind of of guy.
Wait ... I hope you're not thinking Hillary ran a centrist primary campaign.
My thinking on your questions center around the reality that Sanders has gone from a marginal quickly figure on the edges of politics to a real player and national hero to millions. And I think that changes a fellows self image and what he expects from himself. Sanders would be the proverbial heartbeat away from the oval office and that thought would both excite his supporters and scare his detractors. It would be the closest to putting a democratic socialist in the office since Henry Wallace was VP under FDR.
And, in the end, I think that allure would be far too bright for Sanders to reject and for his supporters to not get excited about and embrace.
My thinking on your questions center around the reality that Sanders has gone from a marginal quickly figure on the edges of politics to a real player and national hero to millions. And I think that changes a fellows self image and what he expects from himself. Sanders would be the proverbial heartbeat away from the oval office and that thought would both excite his supporters and scare his detractors. It would be the closest to putting a democratic socialist in the office since Henry Wallace was VP under FDR.
And, in the end, I think that allure would be far too bright for Sanders to reject and for his supporters to not get excited about and embrace.
So you're saying he'd be willing to kill his integrity for Hillary.
The last thing in the world I want...is Bernie Sanders as the vice presidential candidate with Hillary Clinton.
MY GUESS: Peggy Noonan, The Wall Street Journal, and the Republican Party base WOULD LOVE FOR BERNIE SANDERS TO BE THE VEEP CANDIDATE ON THE DEM TICKET.
My further guess is: The would love it because it would spell doom for the Dem ticket.
Hillary Clinton is NOT going to choose Bernie Sanders as a running mate...and since I want her to be elected, I am happy she will not.
The last thing in the world I want...is Bernie Sanders as the vice presidential candidate with Hillary Clinton.
MY GUESS: Peggy Noonan, The Wall Street Journal, and the Republican Party base WOULD LOVE FOR BERNIE SANDERS TO BE THE VEEP CANDIDATE ON THE DEM TICKET.
My further guess is: The would love it because it would spell doom for the Dem ticket.
Hillary Clinton is NOT going to choose Bernie Sanders as a running mate...and since I want her to be elected, I am happy she will not.
For a few weeks now I have been edging closer and closer to the idea that the Democratic Party should unite behind a ticket of Clinton & Sanders to preserve party unity and win the November election. Today, we have an excellent column from Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal in which she explores the case for such a ticket. In addition ot the obvious short term advantages, she has some very insightful observations about both parties and their future.
Clinton-Sanders: Maybe That?s the Ticket - WSJ
Should Sanders continue to win, especially if he wins in California, this only becomes more and more the realistic way to go the same way that JFK picked his hated opposite Lyndon Johnson in 1960 and thereby won the election.
Your comments and observations are encouraged.
Why do you think it will spell doom for the Dem ticket?
This will the bring the negative political stereotyping of the parties to bear:Because of his use of the label Socialist.
It is my opinion that America is not ready to elect a person who claims to be a socialist at this time.
Because of his use of the label Socialist.
It is my opinion that America is not ready to elect a person who claims to be a socialist at this time.
This will the bring the negative political stereotyping of the parties to bear:
Dems = Socialists
Repubs = Plutocratic Capitalists
It's probably a generational thing. My in-laws who are in their 70's (life long blue collar democrats) feel that way, no way, no how do they want a "socialist"... too comi. The younger generation however like Bernie and Hillary not so much. I'm not sure when the tipping point will be (or if it's already here)... I guess that is the question.
I am much, much closer in personal political philosophy to Bernie Sanders than I am to Hillary Clinton, Winchester. But I am a pragmatist...and I DO NOT WANT A REPUBLICAN in the White House.
Hillary Clinton can win; Bernie Sanders cannot.
I hope we SOON get to the point where a socialist COULD be elected; we could use a healthy dose of socialism to rein in the abomination capitalism has become here.
But we ARE NOT there yet.
All opinion, of course.
I know they're polls but how does one explain Bernie doing better in the general than Hillary?
Bernie is a virtual unknown and Republicans are not going after him...unless he is nominated that is. Polls can (and will) change.
The point is, do you think Bernie would be willing to follow Hillary's strategy of moving to the center in the general.
I may be wrong about Bernie but he doesn't strike me as that kind of of guy.
Wait ... I hope you're not thinking Hillary ran a centrist primary campaign.
I know they're polls but how does one explain Bernie doing better in the general than Hillary?
For a few weeks now I have been edging closer and closer to the idea that the Democratic Party should unite behind a ticket of Clinton & Sanders to preserve party unity and win the November election. Today, we have an excellent column from Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal in which she explores the case for such a ticket. In addition ot the obvious short term advantages, she has some very insightful observations about both parties and their future.
Clinton-Sanders: Maybe That?s the Ticket - WSJ
Should Sanders continue to win, especially if he wins in California, this only becomes more and more the realistic way to go the same way that JFK picked his hated opposite Lyndon Johnson in 1960 and thereby won the election.
Your comments and observations are encouraged.
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