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2016 Postmortem

Fuddnik

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3. Just speculation on my part.

Reply to angstlessk (Original post)

Mon Mar 14, 2016, 01:29 AM

Mar 2016

He's sick and tired of Big Business, Banks, and Wall Street running roughshod over the citizenry.

And he thought it was time for the Democratic Party to field a true Democrat, instead of a Republican Lite for a change.

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I am not sure if this question has been answered [View all] angstlessk Mar 2016 OP

Because no one was running on a progressive platform this year jfern Mar 2016 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Hiraeth Mar 2016 #9

+1 daleanime Mar 2016 #11

'Cuz he hoped the rest of us were finally awake/fed up enough to vote for meaningful change? snot Mar 2016 #2

Just speculation on my part. Fuddnik Mar 2016 #3

Yours is the best scenario angstlessk Mar 2016 #14

I think he felt morally obligated. PatrickforO Mar 2016 #4

^THIS. nt silvershadow Mar 2016 #15

To push Hillary left krawhitham Mar 2016 #5

I think that's a big part of it. Garrett78 Mar 2016 #13

I am just glad he did. He brought the political discussions to the left, rusty quoin Mar 2016 #6

Just my opinion but I think he and fellow politicians like Elizabeth Warren were witnessing first liberal_at_heart Mar 2016 #7

I think he got in because he knew they couldn't find anyone better than Hillary who had a shot. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #8

He does not strike me as power hungry or crazy ambitious. Hiraeth Mar 2016 #10

I think it was because he didn't want a corination, and no one was running against her. napi21 Mar 2016 #12

Because Elizabeth Warren decided not to run Samantha Mar 2016 #16

It was a matter of timeing at two levels:(1) the evoluvtion of public ladjf Mar 2016 #17