Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) wouldn’t say if he will turn his fundraising juggernaut toward the Democratic House and Senate campaign committees and down-ballot Democratic candidates in a Wednesday night interview on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show.”
“Right now, our job is to, what I’m trying to do is win the Democratic nomination,” Sanders said.
He said he is “blown away” by his campaign’s small-dollar fundraising.
“Without that type of support, we would not be where we are right now,” he said.
Host Rachel Maddow said rival Hillary Clinton has been fundraising for her campaign as well as the Democratic Party. Will the Sanders campaign begin this type of fundraising as well, Maddow asked.
“We’ll see,” Sanders said. “Right now, our focus is on winning the nomination.”
Watch the clip, via MSNBC:
Sounds like a reasonable answer to me.
Right guys?
Clinton has raised tens of millions to aid in electing Democrats to national and state offices in all 50 states. Sanders? “We’ll see.”
Saving the country from Republicans – I mean that “saving” bit literally – requires electing good Democrats everywhere. That’s one of the reasons I’m supporting Clinton.
And – golly, Sanders’s supporters – you think maybe the reason superdelegates (mostly elected Democrats) support Clinton is because she supports the party and all of them?
Bernie could have been positive. Can’t see past the immediate goal!!
I don’t even know in how many ways folks can be reminded that Sanders wasn’t even a Democrat until a few months ago, when he decided to run under the Democratic Party umbrella in order to get noticed.
If he’d run as a Green, or as an Independent, he would have been ignored. So he hitches himself to the Democratic Party, and boom. He’s got something going on now. Which is good, because it’s turned the discussion towards much more progressive goals than it would have otherwise. And for that, I’m very grateful.
But lets be frank here. He’s been in Congress for 3 decades. He’s never, and I mean never, done squat for any Democratic Party members before. And as his reply tells you, he’s not really planning on doing much after the Primaries either. Because to Bernie, joining the Democratic Party was just a temporary means to an end.
The funniest part is that he and his followers now want loyalty and support from the Democratic Party leadership/apparatus. Also known as the Super Delegates. Even though he’s never supported them before, has actively acted against them in some instances in the past, and is still hemming and hawing about supporting them in the future.
Yeah, the Democratic Party Super Delegates will support Bernie when Trump shaves his orangutan hair toupee off.
Hmmmmmmmmmm.