From my understanding Ind Sanders had a deal with the Dems - he wouldn't cross them in Congress and they wouldn't run a Dem against him for the Sen - Obama and Schumer endorsed him when he ran.
When Conyers, et.al introduced their roughly 20 page M4A bill in the House, HR 676, Sanders, instead of slapping an S in front of it and introduci…
From my understanding Ind Sanders had a deal with the Dems - he wouldn't cross them in Congress and they wouldn't run a Dem against him for the Sen - Obama and Schumer endorsed him when he ran.
When Conyers, et.al introduced their roughly 20 page M4A bill in the House, HR 676, Sanders, instead of slapping an S in front of it and introducing it in the Sen, introduced his own 200+ page bill - moved to have it read into the record, but after 1/2 hour or so of the Clerk's reading, when told that it was interfering with Sen business (no doubt naming more POs) withdrew the request - he sat down and shut up - his routine MO when told to do so.
There are so many more examples along the same line - he is tolerated in order to put a "prog" face on the party - to keep lefties from bolting and to keep them donating to Ds instead of 3rd parties whose actual platforms align with their principles - I can't help wondering what Stein could have done with the $200+ million given to Sanders in '16 ...
From my understanding Ind Sanders had a deal with the Dems - he wouldn't cross them in Congress and they wouldn't run a Dem against him for the Sen - Obama and Schumer endorsed him when he ran.
When Conyers, et.al introduced their roughly 20 page M4A bill in the House, HR 676, Sanders, instead of slapping an S in front of it and introducing it in the Sen, introduced his own 200+ page bill - moved to have it read into the record, but after 1/2 hour or so of the Clerk's reading, when told that it was interfering with Sen business (no doubt naming more POs) withdrew the request - he sat down and shut up - his routine MO when told to do so.
There are so many more examples along the same line - he is tolerated in order to put a "prog" face on the party - to keep lefties from bolting and to keep them donating to Ds instead of 3rd parties whose actual platforms align with their principles - I can't help wondering what Stein could have done with the $200+ million given to Sanders in '16 ...