For some I’m sure that’s part of it. But one of the most surprising findings (at least to me, and I suspect to a lot of others) of the Harvard poll of young voters was this part:
Almost two-thirds of those polled believed men had advantages over women in U.S. society. On the question of which of the presidential candidates would do the most to address that, both Clinton and Sanders far outpaced the GOP candidates — but men favored Clinton by nine percentage points, while women favored Sanders by four percentage points.
Not sure quite what to make of that, all I can do at the moment is file it under “huh, go figure.”
You got me there. The differences on immigration, Israel, taxation, college tuition, the environment, etc., all pale in comparison next to them both having (different) criticisms of NAFTA.
I have yet to see a single personal attack by Bernie towards Hillary, caustic or otherwise. Political, yes, Personal, no. By the way, I watched one of his speeches yesterday (wanted to see if I could glimpse my friend’s humorous home-made sign in the crowd…no luck) and he spent about a minute and a half highlighting his differences with Hillary, and the rest of the hour-plus on the “issues important to people.”
I think Trump has been impersonating Bernie tbh although I’m not sure Bernie realizes it because he gets mad at the press for covering what he considers nonsense. They sound alike on Trade, NATO, Israel and Hillary Clinton.
The McCarthy style innuendo that by accepting her standard speaking fee from former constituents she’s somehow engaged in something untoward is an attack on her character. Repeatedly suggesting she’s corrupt, the party’s corrupt, is an attack on her character. An attack on one’s character is inherently personal.
I don’t mind Bernie staying in until the convention, but he really needs to re-orient his campaign and his stump speech to be 100% against the GOP. Any time he rails against Clinton, the DNC, Democrats or even the Democratic “establishment” (whatever that means) he’s doing himself and his supposed goals a disservice, not to mention possibly this country if it leads to a GOP president, or close Senate/House races going to conservatives.
I just don’t think he can stay in the race and focus on the Republicans. So far, at least, it appears that Sanders only sees one rival in this presidential cycle and that’s Clinton. The GOP doesn’t seem to bother him so much.
Every time I hear Sanders mention Clinton, I see a (very) thinly veiled accusations of corruption. These are not policy differences, these are personal attacks.
So pointing out that your math about what constitutes a 1% income threshold in various states does not make Senators automatically in the 1% club, is now an ad hominem?
Interesting.
And of all the things I think I have been accused of at TPM, I don’t think being above throwing a sharp elbow at someone is one of them.
