2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumSanders 'revolution' faces first down-ballot test
But while Sanders has injected grass-roots enthusiasm and money into Flores campaign and others, he is far from the only player in these races, each of which present unique obstacles to Sanders big-picture, down-ballot goals. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is backing state Sen. Ruben Kihuen, while EMILYs List is supporting philanthropist Susie Lee."
New Sanders endorsements: Over the weekend, Sanders endorsed a pair of House incumbents who endorsed him for president: Democratic Reps. Rick Nolan (who has a battleground race on his hands) and Marcy Kaptur (who represents a deep-blue Ohio seat). Kaptur has not always had a smooth relationship with progressives; she held out on supporting Obamacare for a long time during the legislative battle over the bill, due to her position on abortion.
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bigtree
(86,005 posts)...and cobbled together as part of a Sanders' revolution as an afterthought.
For a revolution, these should be household names, instead, this is the first presentation of them as a cohesive group and it's not clear if this is the result of the article or the campaign.
George Eliot
(701 posts)Canova and Flores then the others later. I never heard a single candidate that Clinton endorsed or helped. Can you name three? For the record, I gave to all of them. Several times to Flores and Canova because Bernie asked early.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)When I voted last week. Had not heard of them and I have a few close friends who talked about Sanders non-stop. There was another candidate who had signed himself with Sanders early andI had even following and he was running against a "Sanders" candidate. Very confusing.
George Eliot
(701 posts)I don't know about others. I hope they weren't trading on his name.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)TwilightZone
(25,479 posts)And, if he'd started doing that 25 years ago, he might have done better this year.
George Eliot
(701 posts)Odd that down-ticket dems would "endorse" a sitting senator. Endorse usually moves well known to less well known. Do you really know how he came to endorse the candidates he did? Seems like an assumption.
Twenty-five years ago? I don't think we know much about who was endorsing whom twenty-five years ago.
TwilightZone
(25,479 posts)This is public information.
As for others endorsing him, perhaps you should trying reading the article or even just the excerpt in the OP:
"Over the weekend, Sanders endorsed a pair of House incumbents who endorsed him for president:"
As for 25 years ago, the point is that the time to build a political infrastructure isn't 90% of the way through your party's primary process. It's during the political career you have leading up to that primary.
George Eliot
(701 posts)Agree, I missed it in OP.
Did Obama start his infrastructure twenty-five years ago? I'll give Bernie credit for what he was doing twenty-five years ago. Moving from mayor to House to Senate would contribute to and establish a political infrastructure in my opinion. Perhaps we differ on what "political infrastructure" means.
BobbyDrake
(2,542 posts)Over 11% of Sanders voters in WI selected Sanders and zero other Democrats. None. The Republican won the state court seat instead.