Moderate and establishment Democrats have NO love for the Independent US Senator from Vermont…
His surge in the polls since his heart attack has them worried…
For the first time since launching his first insurgent bid for the Democratic presidential nomination almost five years ago, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) finds himself under the harsh scrutiny of his leading rivals ahead of a critical debate Tuesday night in Des Moines.
Two polls out in recent days show Sanders at or near the top of the pack in Iowa, the crucial first-in-the-nation caucus state. He has garnered endorsements from progressive organizations and legislators and from a top union in New Hampshire, whose voters get a second crack at the candidates a week after the Iowa caucuses.
And where many Democratic candidates and leading figures within the party once had little reason to engage with the most liberal candidate in the field, they now all have incentives to contrast themselves with Sanders.
“The closer we get, the stakes get higher, and the candidates that are left on the debate stage think they have a chance to win Iowa, and they have to go through Bernie Sanders to do it,” said Martha McKenna, a Democratic strategist who is unaligned in the race.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a friend and ally, sees Sanders as an impediment to her own pool of progressive voters.
She expressed outrage over the weekend after Sanders volunteers were reportedly given scripts casting her as a candidate of the elite unable to grow beyond the Democratic base.
The Warren campaign also confirmed a CNN report Monday that Sanders had told her he did not believe a woman could win the White House, a report Sanders vehemently denied.
Former Vice President Joe Biden is likely to use his time on the debate stage to contrast his foreign policy experience with Sanders, positioning himself as a steady hand at a moment when the United States faces an ongoing crisis with Iran.
Biden backers point to Sanders’s involvement in the Cold War politics of 1980s Latin America as one of the attacks he would face from President Trump‘s campaign….
image….CNN.Com
I said ole’ Bernie was gonna be the spotlight Good AND Bad…..
Told ya so…..
BuzzFeed News: “With the series of polls showing Sanders at the top of the field in the first states — two more came out on Sunday alone, along with a national poll that has Sanders and Biden nearly tied — there is a feeling of palpable anticipation inside and around the campaign over what backlash, if any, might be coming.”
“Some rivals are already trying to capitalize on establishment anxiety. Pete Buttigieg asked supporters twice on Saturday to fend off Sanders by contributing to the mayor’s campaign.”
Said Sanders at a rally: “We are taking on the Democratic establishment, and all across the country, let me tell you that the big money interests are getting very nervous. They’re looking at recent polls in New Hampshire and in Iowa and they’re saying ‘Oh my god, Sanders can win!’”
Politicalwire…
Bernie Sanders supporters resort to Trump like social media deceptions against other candidates …
For the life of me,after reading this snippet several times,I still don’t understand what it is about this that you “told” us about.
Don’t U LOVE it when I say that Jack?
The linked post says it all…
But then U KNOW that….
Good Morning….