Why Bernie Sanders Will Win This Election

[left-of-center2012]

American voters are mad as hell, and the rise of Sanders shows that they’re not going to take it anymore.
... it’s Bernie Sanders, not Donald Trump, who represents the future, and it’s Sanders who is channeling the pent-up, reformist energy that will reshape our politics over the coming decades.

He is, as David Shribman wrote recently for RealClearPolitics, “a man on fire,” and his message is perfectly in tune with the times.
“This is where a good portion of the Democratic Party is today—proud of electing Barack Obama but disappointed he didn’t go far enough,” Shribman writes,
“skeptical of trade pacts, fired with revulsion about police excesses, convinced economic mobility is more a phrase from the American past ...”

http://inthesetimes.com/article/18351/bernie-sanders-president-election

[merrily]

1. For me, as a supporter and a donor? I've ALREADY won. You can't unring a bell.

However, I will fight for his primary win.

Sanders speaks to those who are on the left, on the right and disaffected.

Those with an inside the beltway mentality don't get it.

[A Simple Game]

2. Yes.

Those with an inside the beltway mentality don't get it.

Exactly, or as I like to say, if you are one of the trees, you don't see the forest.

[merrily]

5. Especially when seeing it would be inconvenient for your personal political ambition.

[A Simple Game]

7. Not to mention your income. n/t

[JDPriestly]

3. They will.

Our economy is caught on a one-way street. Joseph Stiglitz describes the problems here:

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0827-stiglitz-interest-rates-20150827-story.html

It is very hard for Americans to feel successful, to raise or even maintain their standards of living in the economy, much less to enjoy economic mobility in the economy he describes. Most of us have not recovered from the 2008 recession.

Something in our economy has to change, and it is probably going to be raising taxes on the rich. Lowering them has not stimulated the economy enough to make the investments of the middle class pay off, investments like a college education.

The wealthy elite have been gaining and the rest of us have been losing in our economy. Wages, Social Security and similar benefits have to rise if the economy is to thrive at all in my view.

I think that is why Bernie's ideas about taxing certain Wall Street transactions to pay for education in state schools and also to increase the funding for health care are winners.

And it goes without saying that we have to reform our justice system from top to bottom especially with regard to establishing standards for local police as well as ending profit as a motive for imprisoning people.

When I talk to people, I find that a lot of them, virtually all of them, agree with me on this. It is time for Benie's ideas. And his personality is winning a lot of support too.

Bernie will win this election, no matter how much other candidates spend. That article is correct in my view.

[merrily]

4. The *&#$% even wanted to tax the rich to pay for the bailout. Imagine THAT!

[turbinetree]

6. We supporters of Bernie........................

have got to come to the realization that Clinton has said -------------yesterday " that they have over 400 "super delegates " in there corner------------------------for the nomination
We the supporters have got to do the same thing get those delegates------------she learned this from Obama, and she hired his architect to make sure she gets those delegates---------------there is over 3600 delegates at stake and she is now going around saying that she has 1/5 of them

And as someone that has and will continue to support Bernie and donated to our cause of fairness, ect.......we have got to ask were he is on the delegate counts ------------this is the end game for the nomination-----------you can have 100,000 people supporting you, but-------------delegates-delegates and more delegates----this cannot be emphasized enough
We know who the super delegates are, we need to get them on our side and the other delegates



Honk-----------for a political revolution Bernie 2016