A cautionary word to Sanders supporters..

[Peacetrain]

I would also add E. Warren supporters, but she is not running.. and Bernie Sanders is a declared candidate

All candidates at the level of office Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are running for will at some point in time ,if they are successful, embrace big money.

Big money is in every big campaign now..(thank you for nothing SCOTUS)

Just know money will follow if the candidate is successful, big money is going to be a factor no matter who is the candidate.

Hillary Clinton has big money behind her, because she has been at this level of office seeking before.

In the end, judgements have to be made on the policies the individual candidate embraces.

Maybe some day we can get Citizens United overturned.. but not this year..

[arcane1]

1. "They" will definitely throw as much money as they can to the nominee

Sad but true

[Peacetrain]

2. Yes they will

and it is a very sad state of affairs.. I know one of the things that will factor in on where what few dollars we have to donate, will be support of candidates in any state who are willing to work to over turn citizens united..

[arcane1]

3. Shrewd. I'm also trying to only donate directly to a candidate, not a Super-PAC.

Which reminds me: today is payday and Sanders has some money coming to him!

[Peacetrain]

4. Thats how we feel..

These senators and congressmen in other states fighting the good fight deserve as much support as we can whittle out of our retirement budget.. I am trying to look at a very big picture here and hope we can get some movement to get all this corporate money out of politics..

[think]

5. All "big" money is not created equally. There's Koch money, Oil money, Wallstreet money

and then there is money from corporations, unions, and individuals like these examples:

http://credosuperpac.com/about/

http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2014/10/24/revenge-of-the-democrats/

Money from corporations, unions, environmental groups, & individuals that follow the rules and don't actively try to exploit their relationship with the US government shouldn't be arbitrarily lumped in with companies that have a track record of behaving in a manner which is detrimental to the American people.

JMO....

[GeorgeGist]

6. Wouldn't it be wonderful if there was a medium that was nearly universal and almost free.

[tech3149]

7. Now Now, Don't get too real!

Just think if all of the Bernie supporters were out on the street with a Bernie T shirt bypassing the commercial media freeze-out and telling people who Bernie is!
How about putting up business cards at the local grocery store promoting a pro-democracy candidate that had a plan for helping working people?
I even take it a step further, I have my own FM transmitter broadcasting commie, liberal, progressive shows pretty much 24/7. My tag line for the broadcast is "Open Your Mind What You Don't Know Could Kill You"

[AtomicKitten]

8. Compare top donors for Bernie and Hillary.

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A cautionary word to Hillary supporters: Speak for yourself when it comes to taking corporate money. Bernie is running a very different campaign.

Edited to say I'm not speaking to or about the author of the OP; I just disagree with the premise.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

9. The other candidates should be chastised for taking big money

[libdem4life]

10. You've written it well, and it is likely so. That doesn't mean we have to like it, though.

[cali]

11. I believe he has given his word that he will not accept "big money"

Historically, over the 25 years that he's represented me in Congress, I've disagreed with him on several issues, but he has never broken his word, once given.

I know that shocks people, but it's a fact.