Bernie Sanders and the Democratic National Convention

[Purveyor]

Led by Sanders, progressives should form a People's PAC to elect liberals

By Brent Budowsky • 03/18/16 12:20pm

The Democratic National Convention, whether the nominee is Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders, should be a decisive launching pad for the next great progressive reformation of America, the revolution in campaign finance reform that both Mr. Sanders and Ms. Clinton champion, and a new era of equal justice under law for the nation.

In my column in The Hill newspaper on Thursday I suggested that before and during the convention Mr. Sanders and other progressive leaders should launch a People’s PAC, funded by small donors, to support progressive candidates throughout the nation with the purpose of electing not only a president but a Democratic Senate and House to enact a progressive agenda.

As the Democratic convention comes closer both Mr. Sanders and Ms. Clinton will continue their campaigns, as they should. My hope is that both candidates agree to be positive about each other and champion their respective visions for America, and with great respect to President Obama, I would counsel him to avoid the temptation to opine about which candidate should be nominated or hint that any candidate should withdraw which would be both wrong and unwise.

At the same time we should all begin thinking seriously about the convention, from the Platform Committee that will include supporters of both candidates and should be a source of unity behind progressive proposals, to the choice of the keynote speaker, who I have suggested might be Senator Elizabeth Warren, to set the tone.

On the matter of campaign finance reform Mr. Sanders and his devoted army of small donors have indeed begun a real-time revolution. It was astounding and wonderful that in the month of February alone Mr. Sanders raised $42 million from small donors—a powerful progressive answer to a politics dominated by super-wealthy special interests and the mega Super-PACs and lobbyists corrupting and deforming our democracy.

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[highprincipleswork]

1. It's too bad that those same people will not work or donate for another campaign unless Progressive.

i mean it's too bad or the Democratic Party, that is if Hillary Clinton does one of her usual pivots to the Right.

If she were to get the nomination and continue as a Progressive, that might be hard to believe, hard to maintain, but it would be so much more powerful.