I'm reminded of the old radio/TV sitcom, The Life of Riley. Chester
A. Riley was fond of saying, "Don't confuse me with facts. My head is
made up".
And so it is with the Democratic Establishment. Bernie is not
acceptable. It's that pesky word, "socialist" that scares them.
Socialism is okay when practiced by the Establishment, rewarding one
another with posh military contracts. But let's not get crazy and
pass the goodies around among the Working Class.
If being a Democrat or Republican means that you take the Party line
and follow your Party's orders, then I'm a Socialist. If being a
Socialist means that I must stand alongside my fellow Workers, and
fight together to improve our share of our nation's wealth, a wealth
we helped to create, then I truly am a Socialist.
Your Socialist friend, Carl Jarvis, still trying to get through to the
Democratic Party that I quit! You don't want my vote, because I vote
like a Socialist! If you don't want Bernie Sanders, then you sure
don't want me!
On 2/11/20, miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Sanders Pulls Further Ahead of Buttigieg in New Hampshire Poll
By Jon Keller, CBS Boston
10 February 20
his New Hampshire primary has been a rollercoaster ride, with one last
hairpin turn in the final night of the exclusive WBZ/Boston Globe/Suffolk
University tracking poll.
Bernie Sanders appears to be cementing his hold on first place with 27
percent, while Pete Buttigieg, who had surged into a virtual tie with
Sanders as the week ended, in second with 19 percent.
And Amy Klobuchar continues her momentum from last night with a 14 percent
showing, good for third place. However, she is still within the poll's 4.4
percent margin of error of Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren, who placed
within
a fraction of each other in fourth and fifth place.
In addition to these statewide numbers, Suffolk has also been polling the
city of Dover, a so-called bellwether community that has foreshadowed the
statewide order of finish in the last three contested Democratic primaries.
And their response to our poll seems to confirm the statewide trend.
The Dover polling has Sanders and Buttigieg closer together, finishing
first
and second within the 5.6 percent margin of error of each other. But
running
solidly in third is Klobuchar, an also-ran in our poll all week who has
seemingly picked up steam off a widely-acclaimed debate performance Friday
night.
Joe Biden came in fourth, just barely ahead of Elizabeth Warren, both
within
reach of Klobuchar but with a showing that has to be a disappointment for
both of them.
"This is the first time all of the survey is post-debate," notes David
Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center.
"Whether Klobuchar's spike is temporary remains to be seen. Sanders'
improvement comes in two areas: the West/North region - the four counties
that know him best - and people torn between him and Warren. If Klobuchar
were to finish third or fourth, she's going to knock someone into that
fifth
spot, a real dire place to be for Biden or Warren."
Of course, the only poll that really matters is the one in the voting booth
on Tuesday, so get out and vote and then watch your vote count with our
special primary night coverage starting at 8 p.m. on TV38 with a full
wrapup
on WBZ News at 11.
The exclusive WBZ-TV/Boston Globe/Suffolk University tracking poll is a
two-day rolling sample of 500 likely New Hampshire Democratic primary
voters.
