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Michael Brooks & Kyle Kulinski Strategy Session: Impeachment & Stop Playing Back Bernie (Patreon)

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2019-09-24 22:02:50
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Starting a little after 6pm.

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Michael Brooks & Kyle Kulinski Strategy Session: Impeachment & Stop Playing Back Bernie

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Julio R Aldana

Will this be on the Patreon audio feed?

J P 3

Warren has selectively supported progressive candidates -- e.g. this cycle the Queens DA race (Bernie also endorsed), Marie Newman and Jessica Cisneros this cycle in House races against incumbent Dems. In 2018 she backed Katie Porter against the DCCC's favored recruit. Both she and Sanders have shied away from Senate primary challenges. e.g. in 2016 part of the reason that Schumer provided at least public support for Ellison was because Sanders had kept his nose out of Senate primaries in PA, OH, and FL and because Sanders had been a loyal soldier during the 2016 general election (an educated guess). What makes Sanders threatening to establishment figures -- in addition to his policy commitments -- is the fact that he has a more independent support base. He's built up a media operation and Our Revolution as independent power centers (the power of Our Revolution still exists more as a potential rather than as something that has been fully realized). He's much closer to the rank and file of organized labor. If Bernie wins the nomination it will be because his campaign has activated a lot of new and first time primary voters. This is part of what will make him such a formidable general election candidate. His biggest challenge is just winning the nomination. However, if he overcomes all the hurdles, his relative independence is going to be a selling point for a lot of voters. Warren is still a formidable candidate in her own right - especially in a party primary. Unlike the other flavors of the month this election cycle that have popped and then deflated (Beto, Harris, Buttigieg), I think she has the possibility of sticking around, because she does have some genuine commitments, and because she isn't a complete novice. There may be limits to an academic background, but I suspect Harvard Law faculty is probably a pretty decent preparation for navigating the inside part of party politics (Sanders is mostly operating in a different lane and making a much bigger wager -- the real candidate of "structural change"). With respect to her stance on single-payer, I read the position as being effectively a hedge in the event Bernie wins the nomination and she is the VP. If she's the nominee, it's pretty clear she'll prioritize other things.