Re:Hillary and Bernie’s Quiet Email Battle
by bmelton on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @08:23PM
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Not to put too fine a point on it, but I would argue that your point does still apply. Sanders converted to a Democrat to be available to their platform, but everyone who knows him knows he's not a Democrat. As such, the Democratic party doesn't get any of the fund-raising runoff that a party candidate usually generates.
It is that funding that gets used for other purposes, like securing the House, the Senate, etc., etc., and as such, regardless of his current registration, Sanders is a party outsider, and a victory for him is not as big a win for the party as a Hillary, Biden, Kerry or even Jim Webb win would be.
Re:Hillary and Bernie’s Quiet Email Battle
by voidlogic on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @07:21PM
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True. To nitpick, technically Bernie isn't independent anymore.
Re:Hillary and Bernie’s Quiet Email Battle
by elihu on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @08:30PM
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Vermont doesn't have party registration, so there isn't a clear distinction between being a Democrat or and Independent. The closest available option to registering as a Democrat is running in the Democratic primary, which Bernie has done.
EDIT (correction): Sanders was an independent until 2015, and is now a Democrat, so my point does not apply.