Bernie’s longtime adviser JEFF WEAVER > “If you want somebody who’s going to talk about their cooking, their dog, their wardrobe, travel habits, or favorite books, Bernie Sanders is not your candidate.” “This is not a popularity contest or a find-a-friend contest”
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Bernie has lost just over half of his 2016 Iowa supporters & they’ve identified Biden taking the most w Warren second, per Dem familiar Bernie’s folks are irritated Warren is claiming some of his policy turf but insist larger issue is Biden sitting on non-college Dems they need
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Bernie folks eager to hit Biden on Nafta, but they all but concede they’ll never go after Warren > “I do not see a situation at all where Bernie Sanders allows the campaign to do that. That’s not who he is and that’s not how he feels about Elizabeth Warren” sez
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Bernieworld doesn’t just want him to do bio for bio’s sake: they think he has something to contribute to a conversation about race and discrimination. As 1 supporter noted, he grew up surrounded by Holocaust survivors still bearing tattoos from Nazis
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Bernie’s return to VT in May captures why some in his orbit are frustrated. They’re eager to trumpet his electability + history of beating Republicans there But he just delivered stump speech + threw some lines hitting media after
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Perhaps best example of Bernie running his own race, dismissing survey research: using FDR as a way to allay concerns about democratic socialism. He’s been dead for nearly 75 years. While FDR is a bigger figure, it’s akin to McGovern invoking Wm Jennings Bryan in ‘72
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But: Bernie is sitting on $30M, his donors can give again & he’s got a dedicated core of Iowa supporters who were for him in ‘16 & for him now. While lots of candidates appeal to college+, high-info, cable-watching activists, few are challenging Bernie for non-college Ds
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...and here we gon.
@BernieSanders prepares to go right at@JoeBiden over his opposition to Medicare for All >https://twitter.com/kthomasdc/status/1150141920238297089?s=21 …Show this thread
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That'll just elevate Harris and Warren. What a fool
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