And a number of the upcoming primaries are closed primaries, meaning you must already be registered as a Democrat in order to vote in them. The independent and cross-over voters that have been important to Sanders, wonāt be able to participate.
Plus, his recent lying about Clinton saying heās not qualified, is not going over well. Clinton never said it. Sanders was basing his statement on a newspaper headline, without bothering to read the article.
Also, still waiting for Sandersā taxesā¦
What a useful template! Democratic socialists are realigning political coalitions at every level of representative office.
Why? What do you expect to see?
I expect t see his taxes. Showing your taxes is smart. It puts any speculation to rest. Not showing them is stupid. Right now, heās being stupid about it.
I love Bernieās background, his ideals, and his unabashed Socialism, and having a candidate sticking to the issues and refusing to play dirty politics was immensely refreshing.
Now Bernieās sending flat-out misstatements to his supporters and then declaring that Hillary is ānot qualified to be Presidentā because she takes money from SuperPACs. I donāt think thatās going to work very well for him. Iāve lost interest in his campaign.
Could care less - Iāve never looked at a tax form from another human and I never plan to. Iāve also never made a determination for who Iād vote for based on tax forms.
It is the most unimportant thing about someone who is running.
I think Clinton is getting frustrated that she hasnāt won yet and ramping up the rhetoric, and heās responding in kind. I donāt think itās very good for either of them.
I found the article puzzling. Virtually all the polls, from the beginning of the campaign season, have shown Sanders winning by wider margins than Clinton in a general election. Itās not some population of a mysterious āsilent minorityā of leftists thatās been generating those numbers. Thereās no left-wing ālong shotā needed for a Sanders win.
Heās campaigned on the idea that taking money from Wall Street is bad. The idea that it makes you not qualified to be president is the core point of his campaign. Saying it differently doesnāt change what his entire premise has been.
Glad to hear that you could, in fact, care less. You didnāt find it a bit suspicious that Mitt Romney only released about half the number of years that most presidential candidates do, and that he refused to release the rest?
Iām sorry, I shouldnāt have said āmisstatementsā. I should have said that Bernie lied to his supporters and misled them in an insulting way.
Itās going to get ugly. Politics inevitably turns into a contact sport. Thereās too much at stake for it not to.
No - I didnāt like about 53% of Mitt Romney based purely on the crap that came out of his mouth. I could go on and on about actual issues I disagreed with him on (and even a few I agreed with) but taxes were not a factor and frankly never have been.
I honestly donāt know a single person ever that has looked at a candidates tax forms even in the era of the internet. I hear people parrot that line about people they donāt like. However once they are released or Iāve never known anyone to actually bother looking. Itās always, in my experience, just an easy thing to complain about when there isnāt anything else you can find.
Interferometric banana complacence!
Well, as long as you donāt know of any, they must not exist. After all, the major news papers donāt possibly have people who will go over a candidateās taxes with a fine toothed comb, looking for a scoop.
Still havenāt seen a lie. Iāve already voted - my state is over, so itās pretty easy to be objective about the entire thing. Careful with the mud slinging because a guy that has a track record of saying and voting for the same things over 4 decades has a pretty big leg up on Clinton who is a two face when it comes to what she has said and what she has voted for. And this is from someone who thought her Bengazi performance was the most presidential thing that Iāve seen from any candidate.
The fact that she could sit in front of a hostile congress and handle them like she was driving the short bus for the kids is something her campaign should be focusing on.
If a candidateās rich as Croesus looking at tax forms has become part of the political theater. Thereās nothing interesting to learn from Sandersā tax forms, heās not a billionaire riding into Washington, heās not even a millionaire, so the āletās see the tax formsā gameās a pointless gesture.
Yes and when have taxes ever made or tanked a candidate? Thatās a serious question because I canāt remember it ever happening in my lifetime. Much ado over nothing.
