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Originally posted by heckinglovato
If he had been the first gentleman of Arkansas, the first gentleman of the United States, a senator from New York, a Secretary of State and received endorsements by virtually the entire Democratic establishment machine then you bet he'd have the minority support. Hillary has the name recognition, the same isn't expected to be for the Senator from Vermont who only heavily campaigned in two states that are 90%+ white, it's a matter of his name getting out there and that'll be a challenge with the pro-establishment media.
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There are other factors as well. 1) Most southern blacks are more so moderates than liberals. So Bernie's whole Wall Street and big banks talk will not appeal to our crowd. our preference is to talk about Criminal Justice reform, Education (not just college, but elementary - high school as well), Income wages (this is an area he can absolutely excel at with his fight for 15 campaign), and Affordable Health Care (good luck selling single pay). 2) Most prominent black figures within our communities or on a national scale have all endorsed Hillary. They also have hit the campaign trail for her and hosted functions on her behalf, some which she has attended, personally. 3) Latinos fit into the same category with similar issues and several prominent Latinos endorsing Clinton.
It's one thing to sell and energize youth and white liberals, but it's another with minorities. Not all of us are energized or pumped by the populist spill. Sure it's a great concern, but it's not the top issues that concern us. It's not impossible but it's a major uphill battle. Focus on the Midwest and making inroads on the west, then he can possibly force pressure on Hillary even more.
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Originally posted by Mike91
Not Hillary almost winning me over in this Hardball interview. 
But she needs to realize that republicans are not going to work with her. They're too afraid that if they work with democrats, they'll be punished and lose their seats, etc. Truth is, everyone is blowing smoke up people's ass but at least Bernie has an energized base who seems willing to fight for change. |
Not really. Hillary has worked on co-sponsoring legislation and working side-by-side with the GOP for decades. She does bi-partisan fairly well and has several GOP friends, though you would never be able to tell with the way they grill her, but they only bother to do that when she's running for something. 1/3 of the GOP candidates for President are on video paying homage and respect to her for what a great job she did as Secretary of State. Ain't that ironic? Especially with the way they have been on her on the campaign trail? lol
i would ride him like a MOTORCYCLE
