Where Bernie Goes From Here

[Uncle Joe]

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There was an air of excitement in the crowd that you might not expect for a rally this early in the race—North Carolina is a Super Tuesday state, and won’t hold its primary until March 3, 2020—and it was obvious that people wanted to get to Bernie as soon as possible. It felt like everyone around me expected the UNC Young Democrats chair to introduce Sanders a half-hour into the early evening rally; when she instead introduced legendary leftist academic Dr. Adolph Reed—a UNC graduate himself—there was polite applause and more than a few exasperated laughs. When Sanders finally hit the stage, however, the crowd exploded, and proceeded to hang onto his every word for the entirety of his nearly 40-minute long speech.

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“No president—I’m the only candidate who will tell you this, maybe the only candidate who’s ever said this—not President Bernie Sanders, not anybody else, can do it alone,” Sanders said. “We can’t bring about the changes this country desperately needs just through the president.”

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For now, however, the focus is on winning on new converts. There’s perhaps no better place to do that on the campus of a large public university, where more than a few in attendance have never cast a ballot before. Those already in Sanders’ corner dating back to 2016 and beyond are doing their part to spread the word that not only is he different—as well as the “original” leftist in the race—but also that he is the best: the best candidate to beat Biden, the best candidate to beat Trump, the best candidate to accelerate social progress in this country.

“He’s the most transformational candidate of my lifetime,” Trushell told me. “And I don’t think there’s been anyone quite like that in national-level politics.”

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[Clash City Rocker]

1. Obama said all the time that only the people could enact the change they wanted

His campaign slogan was “Yes We Can,” for Pete’s sake. Not “Yes I Can.” So when he said that no candidate ever told you that except for the Lord Almighty Bernie Sanders...yeah. He’s lying there. Or maybe he just never paid attention. Either way, it sounds pretty egotistical.

[NurseJackie]

12. Excellent analysis and description. Perfect! You nailed it!

[ritapria]

2. Bernie's Campagn Slogan

"NOT ME , US"

[crazytown]

11. Yep: Not the INDIVIDUAL, the COLLECTIVE,

it the SOCIALISM that Americans DO NOT WANT.

[Celerity]

15. Strange definition of socialism, as using your logic, Obama's Yes We Can

is also 'socialism'. Not all collective action is socialism.

[crazytown]

16. not me, us is a statement of values

It is not about action - it is that collective comes first

[Celerity]

18. that is a selective reading of it IMHO

Without collective values and a sense of belonging to something greater than just oneself there will be no organising principles around which to have a mass traction political movement that is based on social justice and protections for the most vulnerable in society.

A prominent driving meme behind a process that dismisses the collective welfare is a RW favourite, ie. 'rugged individualism.' Rugged individualism is very often held up by people (NOT saying you are doing this btw) who often mislabel things as 'socialist.'

Climate change is a perfect example of where a sense of the collective is absolutely foundational if we are to effectively combat it.

[brooklynite]

3. "There's perhaps no better place to do that on the campus of a large public university,"

While millennial voting was up in 2018, they still represent a proportionally small share of the electorate. I suspect there are more productive ways of reaching out to likely voters than rallies with people already in his corner.

[PhoenixDem]

5. BS holds his rallies on or near college campuses

in order to increase attendance -- the party like atmosphere and red-meat talk of "revolution" in yelled out words along with palpable anger creates a militant milieu. It vastly exaggerates his popularity than what it actually is -- 15% (+/- 5) of the electorate.

[NurseJackie]

13. And... BOOM!!

[George II]

7. In addition to that, younger voters historically have had the lowest turnout of all age groups.

[PDittie]

4. all the way

to the White House

[George II]

8. I'm sure Joe Biden would invite him to the inauguration.

[brooklynite]

10. You can't fool us...

As a Senator, he automatically gets tickets...

[PhoenixDem]

6. Back to Vermont in about 6 months. n/t

[ritapria]

9. IF Bernie Loses

He goes back to the Senate

[NurseJackie]

14. When.

[PhoenixDem]

19. That's what I said

He will lose in about 6 months with no hope of getting the nomination. After super-Tuesday, he won't be followed by reporters and there will be hardly any news coverage of him because everyone will know that he is finished.

He is already nose-diving in the polls and the trillions of dollars in plans he comes up with offering everything for everyone are roundly ridiculed. This is making his supporters go over the edge as one can see from the WFP attacks and that will make him tank.

He has no chance of winning the primary.

[Amimnoch]

17. Let me see if I've got this straight..

Joe Biden speaks in a way that isn’t condescending, and often welcoming to swing voters, moderates, Democratic Party members, even to Republicans that may be willing and needed to pass some of the legislation that everyone is promising.. and he’s “terrible” and “disqualified”.

Bernie Sanders condemns, belittles, and castigates all but his base, turns around and says it will take “we”, and is wonderful?

Well color me confused.

[betsuni]

20. Total contradiction.

Dividing everyone into Us (his base of anti-establishment "true progressives" ) and Them (Establishment/Democratic Party/anyone not supporting Bernie who therefore cannot be progressive). Yet his plan to get things done as president is to hold rallies, the "We."