{"id":37204,"date":"2016-05-04T08:20:12","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T12:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=37204"},"modified":"2016-05-04T08:26:18","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T12:26:18","slug":"its-time-for-bernie-to-go-for-the-jugular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=37204","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Time For Bernie To Go For The Jugular!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Windsor, CA<br \/>\nMay 3, 2016<\/p>\n<p>by Rich Scheck<\/p>\n<p>Sanders has positioned himself to win the Democratic nomination<br \/>\nby virtue of demonstrating that Hillary is a weak candidate.<\/p>\n<p>His apparent victory in Indiana today underscores the limited appeal<br \/>\nof Clinton to traditional party voters. <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/ballot-box\/dem-primaries\/278530-sanders-upsets-clinton-in-indiana\">http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/ballot-box\/dem-primaries\/278530-sanders-upsets-clinton-in-indiana<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump is correct for pointing out that her main attraction is her<br \/>\ngender. Hillary has enormous baggage including a poor record<br \/>\nas Secretary of State, an attitude of entitlement and a litany of<br \/>\nscandals that will haunt her into the White House if she can<br \/>\nsomehow endure the onslaught of Trump&#8217;s attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Although I have been highly critical of Sanders failure to go after<br \/>\nhis rival for her e-mail problems and to virtually ignore the domain<br \/>\nof foreign policy that undermines the deteriorating economic<br \/>\nproblems we face here at home, the time has come for him to<br \/>\nshow he has what it takes to be President.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders needs to show toughness and durability by going for\u00a0the jugular against Mrs. Clinton and outlining to the remaining\u00a0voters in California and elsewhere as well as to all the Super\u00a0Delegates (SDs) that he should be their man against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>If he can somehow keep winning and prevent Hillary from\u00a0capturing enough delegates to take the nomination outright,\u00a0he can make his case to the SDs that they should abandon\u00a0Hillary and go for him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-04-07-1460058782-739127-ClintonandSandersDemocraticdebatee1447599145328.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37208 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-04-07-1460058782-739127-ClintonandSandersDemocraticdebatee1447599145328.jpg\" alt=\"2016-04-07-1460058782-739127-ClintonandSandersDemocraticdebatee1447599145328\" width=\"450\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-04-07-1460058782-739127-ClintonandSandersDemocraticdebatee1447599145328.jpg 1479w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-04-07-1460058782-739127-ClintonandSandersDemocraticdebatee1447599145328-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-04-07-1460058782-739127-ClintonandSandersDemocraticdebatee1447599145328-768x470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-04-07-1460058782-739127-ClintonandSandersDemocraticdebatee1447599145328-1024x627.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is a gutsy and high risk approach that will guarantee him the<br \/>\nwrath of the party elders who abhor rocking the boat. But there<br \/>\nis a revolution to be won and if Sanders wants to lead the charge,<br \/>\nhe has to be willing to go all-in, pedal-to-the-metal and really tell<br \/>\nit like it is! <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=36745\">https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=36745<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Only that way can Hillary truly feel the Bern and only that way can<br \/>\nSanders hope to appeal to all the potential Trump voters who also<br \/>\nhate the establishment but need a viable alternative to Hillary before<br \/>\nthey will reject the upstart billionaire.<\/p>\n<p>The ball is now clearly in Bernie&#8217;s court especially since if he fails<br \/>\nas a Democrat, he retains his third-party option.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=36906\">https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=36906<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This remains the most interesting presidential election in decades.<br \/>\nWith six months, two conventions, a general election and who knows<br \/>\nwhat else that might happen, we are a long way from deciding who<br \/>\nwill be the next POTUS!<\/p>\n<p>References:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=36819\">https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=36819<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=37045\">https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=37045<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=37071\">https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=37071<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}