This BS group post deserves more attention, so I'll just leave it here...

[Surya Gayatri]

I have not said a critical word of the Sanders campaign thus far

But the NV and SC strategies have me a little baffled coming off of essentially two "victories"..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1280128173

She asks some legitimate questions. (Being persona non grata, I can't post over there.)

I DID rec it, though, and think it should be on the Greatest page.

[DURHAM D]

1. Not sure why you have posted this here. nt

[Surya Gayatri]

3. Have you read her queries? Very discerning, IMHO.

She is a sincere Sanders supporter, but is beginning to question his campaign strategy.
Very interesting.

[jmowreader]

2. Post #21 is relatively strange

"Did we not say before Nevada that if we won there we could win in SC?"

Bernie lost NV by six points.

[Surya Gayatri]

4. Wishing doesn't make it true...

NV was the harbinger of worse to come for Bernie.

[JohnnyLib2]

5. Hopefully, she's a forerunner ....

of others able to see the reality of the situation. Sadly, she'll probably be run off the board.

[Surya Gayatri]

6. She'll probably be banned from her own group!

[Hekate]

7. That has happened to several people, iirc.

[Surya Gayatri]

11. You know things are dire when they begin eating their own.

[Hekate]

14. With ketchup

[Treant]

15. Donner, party of 50...49...48...

Yes, she'll end up over here eventually.

[Rose Siding]

8. It's one of the stages

and will go back and forth. At least they're willing to talk about "Bernie's problem" in broad terms.

Weird they think Devine was involved in Pres O's election. He wasn't nor was the consulting firm he's with.

[Tarheel_Dem]

13. I don't do GDP, but they think Tad Devine was involved with PBO's campaign? That would probably...

come as news to PBO, who actually won his election. The same can't be said for Dukakis, Mondale, Gore(?) or Kerry. Devine has been on a serious losing streak for quite some time.

[lolly]

22. Was he involved with Gore?

That would certainly explain the disastrous decision to distance Al Gore from Bill Clinton.

Sorry, that's one of my hobby horses. It drove me nuts at the time, and whenever I think about Gore's campaign acting as if Clinton was a deeply unpopular president who would drag the Democrats down, I still get miffed.

[BlueCaliDem]

24. Yep. Tad was senior strategist on the Gore/LIEberman Campaign.

Clearly, he doesn't know what he's doing. Bad move by the Sanders Campaign to hire him. I guess there was no one else?

[lolly]

25. Well, then, history is repeating itself

If he thinks bashing Obama and suggesting he would be better at race relations is going to help Sanders, he really hasn't learned a thing, has he?

[BlueCaliDem]

26. It sure is!

I believe that most Blacks have heard that and showed what they thought of that last night. And I'm certain his attempt at calling for a primary challenger of President Obama hasn't won him any friends, either - except, maybe, those who don't think it's a big deal.

[MSMITH33156]

9. I think she's coming to the realization

that Bernie isn't playing to win, and it's frustrating her. They continue to ignore it, but winning states doesn't matter, delegates do. And she is simply raising questions about how he can win if he abandons states resulting in blowouts like this.

Of course, the Bernie fans will say everything is going to plan, but if you lose by these margins, and barely win the states you do win, then you're not winning anything, and the writing is on the wall.

Bernie's strategy is a give up strategy, and she realized it.

[Surya Gayatri]

10. "Bernie isn't playing to win"...seemed to be the concensus among the pundits this evening.

[fleabiscuit]

12. One size fits all does not work with the American electorate.

Democrats are a minority. Republicans are a minority. Independents are a minority. You have to go broad to win the Presidency. And all three intermingle positions.

Bernie cleaved his minority even further. What's left is a very disappointed subset of registered Democrats. I don't believe he has the ability to go broad. He would have to alter his message he has been honing for decades.

[72DejaVu]

16. So much enthusiasm, so few clues

They seem to think Bernie's problem is that he isn't having enough big rallies.

[Surya Gayatri]

17. But, but, he's on an Obama-2008 trajectory, doncha know?

[Coolest Ranger]

18. I trashed GDP ages ago

I have Bernie Sanders as a key word trashed. I won't engage at all

[Surya Gayatri]

19. I only dare stick my head above the parapet on rare occasions

and have to watch my tongue very closely.

I don't like trashing and never have. For me, it's also important to know what the competition is up to.

But, I perfectly understand your move to decrease the agro and control your BP.

[Coolest Ranger]

20. It's not you

but I have learned to be very careful in what I write and post here because of the purging of not only black members like myself but Hillary supporters.

[George II]

21. His two "victories" were in predominantly (95%) white states. Welcome to America, Bernie.

[BlueCaliDem]

23. Can't post there, either. :-( But it's okay. With most supporters there, it appears reality is

beginning to set in, and that's a good thing.