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What I find exciting about

trkingmomoe — Sun, 03 May 2015 20:51:09 +0000

In reply to The only way I see Bernie as

What I find exciting about him is he brings back into the political discourse the needs of workers. This has been missing. I don't expect him to be president but he is playing an important role to swing the country away from our worship of pure capitalism by politicians.

The only way I see Bernie as

stillidealistic — Sun, 03 May 2015 17:21:04 +0000

In reply to Why Bernie Sanders Is a Welcome Addition to the 2016 Democratic Primary Race

The only way I see Bernie as a real threat to Hillary is if she gets the Dem nomination, then he decides to run as an independent. Then we can all get used to saying President Bush again.

I would not have voted for Hillary in 2008 under any circumstances, but I'm excited now. She impressed me with her willingness to serve under President Obama, and I think she did an admirable job as Secretary of State.

I like the vast majority of what Bernie says and stands for, but I don't see him as being able to win in the general. And if ever we needed a win, it's now. The idea of the Republicans having the whole kit and caboodle makes my blood run cold.

Besides, I'm ready to see what a woman can do. REALLY ready.

Yeah, I don't watch a lot of

ocean-kat — Sun, 03 May 2015 09:37:29 +0000

In reply to It's nice sometimes to see a

Yeah, I don't watch a lot of video. It takes so much longer than reading. So what I do see is likely the most sensational the media can find to discredit him.

It's nice sometimes to see a

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 03 May 2015 05:44:37 +0000

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It's nice sometimes to see a Grrayson fighting back when so often Dems are unprepared for both the policy & the PR fight, but then sometimes Grayson feels too smarmy high schooler. But in hearings where he was actually digging into where the trillions in bailout/handout went with the Fed et al, he was great.

I'll make an even more full

ocean-kat — Fri, 01 May 2015 23:50:46 +0000

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I'll make an even more full throated endorsement. Grayson is a good congress person. I like the way he votes. He's very clever in finding coalitions to get amendments into bills. I'd vote for him over most other moderate dem representatives. My point was that when he gets up to speak he's a bit of an insulting blowhard that engages in hyperbolic attacks against republicans. Maybe those red meat attacks appeal to some liberals but not me. He's smart, he should be able to come up with smart attacks on republicans. It's less his policies than his manner that enabled the media to burn him so easily. They'll find it harder to do to Sanders.

Florida politics can be a

trkingmomoe — Fri, 01 May 2015 22:07:25 +0000

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Florida politics can be a cesspool at best. My house rep is the riches man in congress. He flies home to Colorado every week end. Because he parks his yacht at Sarasota and he has a one bedroom condo here and one of his 100 dealerships are here he can run for office. Grayson on the other hand in Orlando has a staff that will get back to you if you live in Florida. My GOP rep only asked for money and stops by long enough to run for office every 2 years and don't have any interest in the district. Greyson does look out for his voters and Florida. Greyson is sane compared to some of the reps from the GOP side of Florida.

I look forward to celebrating

Flavius — Fri, 01 May 2015 21:46:41 +0000

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I look forward to celebrating Clinton's victory. I prefer Barney Frank both for his greater intelligence and imore leftist views.but it's time for a woman president, Hillary's there, she's fully qualified ..Go for it.

If Bernie Sanders ran as well it would be the "B" team ganging up against a woman in a pants suit. Should boost her margin.

Sanders is very different

ocean-kat — Fri, 01 May 2015 18:08:38 +0000

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Sanders is very different than Greyson . It will be harder to burn him. I don't really like Greyson much even though I like liberal voices in congress. He plays the republican's game from the left attempting to throw red meat to liberals with wild attacks on republicans. I don't like that type of over the top hyperbolic statements. I want my liberal politicians to make intelligent fact based arguments without hyperbole. Warren and Sanders do, Greyson not so much.

ps to add about the racial police situation that dems ignored. I don't expect democrats to be proactive, unfortunately. The difference is dems will respond with reasonable attempts to fix things if enough people get noisy. The republicans won't.

Grayson's still kicking but

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 01 May 2015 17:51:56 +0000

In reply to P.P. Grayson is not dead in

Grayson's still kicking but got hobbled. Maybe will revive nationally in 4/8 years, plus probably needs to take the edge off his humor for popular consumption. Likely the smartest guy in congress in my lifetime. Not thrilled with his kneejerk tilt to conservative Israel"i read haaretz and jpost 4 or 5 times a week" but it's de rigeur these days even for non-Jews, so I can deal with it. As for Hillary, yeah she does draw flies. I'm not sure why not primarying Obama in 2012 for the most boring election ever was essential but challenging Hillary is required, but fine, hope for a sounding board where some basic sound principles like social security, worker rights and restrained police are all publicly promoted. Security will still be a mug's game - hope the main contenders aren't too Gen Patton/Petraeus (yes, big difference between the 2)

P.P. Grayson is not dead in

trkingmomoe — Fri, 01 May 2015 16:42:26 +0000

In reply to Hillary was the 11th most

P.P. Grayson is not dead in the water. I live in Florida and get weekly emails from him. I read them all because he lets me know what is going on in congress. I don't live in his district but consider him my rep. Redistricting hurt him but he got back into the game and won a seat back. I don't send money very often to political candidates but I do support him with some change when he runs. I look to see him run again for a higher office in this state sometime in the future. It won't be this cycle because he just went through an annulment. He was married to a women for 25 years that was still technically married to another man.

The electorate is different then it was in 1992. The WWII generation is gone and being replaced with a different generations who is liberal. Hillary is going to do well in this election. People know her very well and everyone has already made up their minds on her. Sanders will draw in voters that feel they don't matter.

Another thing, Kos writers in the comment section consider Hillary a contact sport. You want to get on the record list just write a blog on Hillary and post it. It is good for 300+ comments from about 20 different people.