Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's Dire Warning: Bernie Sanders' Candidacy 'Built On False Premise"

[Laura PourMeADrink]

https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/02/24/former-chicago-mayor-rahm-emanuels-dire-warning-bernie-sanders-candicacy-built-on-false-premise/
CHICAGO (CBS) – Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel had a clear warning for Democrats: A primary victory for Bernie Sanders puts the whole future of the party at risk.

“His candidacy is built on a false premise, strategically and policy-wise,” Emanuel, who served in both Clinton and Obama administrations, said of the far left canidate on CBS This Morning.

Bernie Sanders view is, I don’t want these moderate and fickle voters. We just have to turn out our base,” Emanuel said. “His view is, forget the center, we just want to be left. And that’s never been tried.”

Emanuel pointed to six elections—the four presidential wins by Clinton and Obama and the two midterms in 2006 and 2018—in which a center left strategy and “big urban and suburban turnout” were the keys to victory.

Sanders, who has emerged as the front runner after early primaries, is “an ideological risk policy-wise. I don’t think there are 70 million waiting socialists to be woken, who don’t know they are socialists yet.”

He cited Illinois House districts, which are traditionally conservative but were flipped blue in 2018. None of those candidates has rushed to back Sanders. Similar seats nationwide are in jeopardy without a plan to reach moderate voters at the top of the ticket.

[JonLP24]

1. Rahm Emmanuel cost us the House

He abandoned progressives and recruited moderate veterans (forfeiting the national security argument to the right) and former Republicans who ended up voting against Obama's policies. Brilliant.

Also there is the Laquan McDonald cover-up and his war with teachers. If Rahm Emmanuel is against Sanders it shows I'm supporting the right candidate so thanks for that anti-endorsement.

[Locrian]

3. Rahm Emmanuel is against Sanders it shows I'm supporting the right candidate - damn straight - n/t

[tritsofme]

5. Revisionist nonsense.

We lost the House because President Obama’s approval ratings was in the low 40% range...that’s what happens to any president with those numbers.

[wyldwolf]

9. almost as funny as the Berner who told me FDR led us through 'the war to end all wars.'

[booley]

17. Was Rahm Emanual part of the Obama administration then

Why did those numbers drop?

[tritsofme]

18. Because unemployment was over 10%. Pretty simple.

[wyldwolf]

7. More Bernie logic. Rahm won the house in 2006 with moderate candidates

Presidents often have big house losses in the second year of their first term.

[Ninga]

19. You nailed it! He ruined the goodwill Obama grew during his campaign.

[KPN]

2. Rahm Emmanuel is built on a false premise.

"Fuck liberals ..." I will never forget those words. Fuck Emanuel. He has zero credibility in my book. And obviously has piss- poor judgement.

[rusty fender]

20. This!

Emmanuel is, and has always been a POS Dino

[cannabis_flower]

4. You do know that

Bernie won every demographic category in Nevada except African-Americans over 65, don't you? And in that category he came in second.

[DanTex]

6. Please let's have a Bernie vs Rahm referendum among Dem voters. That would be great.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

10. Done

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287579275

[DanTex]

12. Among Dem voters, not DUers. DU is obviously not a representative sample.

If it were, Bernie wouldn't be way ahead in polls and in delegates so far.

[David__77]

16. Not at all.

And it’s not mainly an issue of candidate preferences- it’s elitism as an ideology.

[lunasun]

8. Ugh chicago is rid of him, you can listen to him now if you want

[guillaumeb]

11. Emanule has no credibility in Chicago,

and should have none nationally.

He is a former Congressman who used his connections become a millionaire banker.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. Attack the messenger

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[guillaumeb]

15. No, attack the motivation of the messenger.

Rahm made his fortune leveraging his connections. I no more listen to him for political advice than I would Joe Scarborough.

[David__77]

14. Yeesh so much chattering.

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