Last updated on September 25th, 2023 at 01:42 pm
Bernie Sanders delivered a message to the media and those who are doubting the validity of his presidential campaign. Sanders said that he wasn’t running a protest campaign or an educational campaign. Sen. Sanders stressed that he is running to win.
At The Christian Science Monitor breakfast, Sanders said, “This is not an educational campaign. This is not a protest campaign. This is a campaign to win.”
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Democratic voters are being given a real treat. As Sen. Sanders is gaining momentum, former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton is gearing up for a major speech at a rally in New York City where she will tell the American people how she plans to fight for the middle-class. While Republicans are wasting their days complaining about debate formats and trying to gain the slightest bit of public attention in an overly crowded field of candidates, Democrats have two candidates who are running campaigns based on the middle-class and the concerns of ordinary Americans.
At the same gathering today, Sen. Sanders moved the debate more to the left by admitting that he would raise taxes in order to pay for universal health care, “Yes, of course taxes would go up to pay for health care. But you know what would go down? Private insurance. You would not be paying private insurance. So if I said to you, ‘Well, you’re not going to pay Blue Cross $12,000 a year but you’re going to pay $10,000 more in taxes, are you going to be crying? No.”
Video of Sen. Sanders discussing taxes and universal health care:
The support for Bernie Sanders is very real. The media has been dismissive of Sanders because he isn’t as popular as Hillary Clinton. No Republican is as popular as former Sec. of State Clinton either, but no one in the media claims that Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Scott Walker, and Jeb Bush aren’t legitimate candidates.
The media is ignoring the fact that Hillary Clinton lost the Democratic nomination to once in a generation political talent. President Obama is one of the great campaigners of the modern political era, and the 2008 Democratic primary was a dogfight between Obama and Clinton.
Those who ignore the candidacy of Bernie Sanders are neglecting a fundamental leftward shift in American politics. It isn’t the personality of Sanders that is causing his campaign to grow. It’s the message. It is expected that Hillary Clinton will offer up her own liberal vision for the future on Saturday.
Bernie Sanders is here to win, but by making the question about the legitimacy of his candidacy, the media is setting themselves up to ignore a leftward shift in American politics that is shaping up to be a powerful undercurrent of the 2016 election.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
Awards and Professional Memberships
Member of the Society of Professional Journalists and The American Political Science Association
