It’s getting to the time when the boat has left the dock on Bernie Sanders …
Desperation seems to have set it…
Sanders is throwing as much as he can to stop the Joe Biden/Democratic Party boat leaving for the nomination land….Democrats on a whole are about defeating Donald Trump….Sanders attacks are NOT….And he isn’t a Democrat…..
Sanders is about to repeat 2016….
Close but no cigar…
The question for Sanders now is whether his shift is too little, too late. After the Super Tuesday dust settles, more than a third of the primary’s delegates will have been awarded. And, with Mike Bloomberg’s withdrawal from the race and endorsement of Joe Biden Wednesday, the moderate wing of the Democratic Party is now firmly behind the former vice president.
It also remains to be seen whether Sanders’ campaign and the candidate himself will stick to this shift. Sanders’ refusal to change is simultaneously his greatest political asset and potentially fatal flaw.
At a news conference Wednesday, Sanders underscored his new attack ads against Biden, saying he needs to explain to Americans why he supported “disastrous” trade agreements, the Iraq War, and the “Wall Street bailout.” The spots — which are airing in Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio and Washington, states that vote March 10 and 17 — criticize Biden’s record of entertaining Social Security cuts and supporting free trade deals….
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is stepping up his attacks on former Vice President Joe Biden’s record on Social Security, a sign that he is looking to make inroads with the older voters who have helped power Biden’s recent string of primary victories.
A day after Biden racked up a slew of primary wins on Super Tuesday, Sanders rolled out a new negative ad accusing Biden of supporting cuts to Social Security. And in a news conference on Wednesday, he sought to contrast his record on entitlement programs with Biden’s.
“One of us has spent his entire life fighting against cuts in Social Security, and wanting to expand Social Security. Another candidate has been on the floor of the Senate calling for cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and veteran’s programs,” Sanders said.
Sanders’s increasingly aggressive posture on Social Security signals an effort by his campaign to cut into Biden’s support among older voters, as the primary race this month heads to states like Florida, where seniors make up an above-average share of the electorate….
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) criticized former Vice President Joe Biden’s voting record, saying on Sunday that “people want somebody” who can make “tough decisions in tough times.”
During an appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” Sanders said Biden did not “cast difficult votes” when he was a senator representing Delaware.
“What I’m saying here is that people want somebody who has a history of standing up and making the tough decisions in tough times,” he said.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) released a reproductive health-care plan Saturday, just days before he and former Vice President Joe Biden face off as the two Democratic frontrunners in six primaries on Tuesday.
The plan, dubbed “Reproductive Health Care and Justice for All Plan” expands federal funding for Planned Parenthood by repealing the Hyde Amendment, and seeks to make birth control medication over-the-counter as well as free under “Medicare for All.”
Sanders also seeks to protect abortion rights in the judicial system by codifying Roe v. Wade into a legislative statute and requiring “all judicial nominees to support Roe v. Wade as settled law.”…
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Biden is climbing in the polling in almost every primary state race coming up in the next two weeks….
This IS Bernie Sanders LAST hurrah?