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In reply to the discussion: How It All Came Apart for Bernie Sanders [View all]TomCADem
(17,831 posts)13. Bernie campaign slams Warren as candidate of the elite
This inside story is undercut by the fact that Bernie repeatedly goes negative. He even went negative on Elizabeth Warren. Bernie primary message is to attack the character of his opponents to suggest that they are motivated by personal greed or are agents of the "establishment."
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/11/bernie-quietly-goes-negative-on-warren-097594
DES MOINES, Iowa The nonaggression pact between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren is seriously fraying.
Sanders campaign has begun stealthily attacking Warren as a candidate of the upper crust who could not expand the Democratic base in a general election, according to talking points his campaign is using to sway voters and obtained by POLITICO.
The script instructs Sanders volunteers to tell voters leaning toward the Massachusetts senator that the people who support her are highly-educated, more affluent people who are going to show up and vote Democratic no matter what and that she's bringing no new bases into the Democratic Party.
I like Elizabeth Warren. [optional] the script begins. In fact, shes my second choice. But heres my concern about her. It then pivots to the criticisms of Warren.
Sanders campaign has begun stealthily attacking Warren as a candidate of the upper crust who could not expand the Democratic base in a general election, according to talking points his campaign is using to sway voters and obtained by POLITICO.
The script instructs Sanders volunteers to tell voters leaning toward the Massachusetts senator that the people who support her are highly-educated, more affluent people who are going to show up and vote Democratic no matter what and that she's bringing no new bases into the Democratic Party.
I like Elizabeth Warren. [optional] the script begins. In fact, shes my second choice. But heres my concern about her. It then pivots to the criticisms of Warren.

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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I agree but after last night I am afraid to offer anything more than the article.
William769
Mar 2020
#9
Yes, while on the surface he was "playing nice", his upper staffers - Turner, Sirota, Gray - were...
George II
Mar 2020
#21
He went negative on Hillary with NAFTA TV ads in Michigan and she lost the state to Trump.
ucrdem
Mar 2020
#23
Interesting article, something left out. He did not win Iowa and tied NH showing he did not have
LizBeth
Mar 2020
#28