Bernie Sanders Will Win Wisconsin

Forget the Hillary-bots.

They follow orders.

Vote for the true progressive Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders.

At some point, later I'm guessing, it will dawn on the so-called superdelegates Hillary Clinton is not worth it.

Racketeers, Hacks and Followers

The Greenpeace A.E. Bates thermal airship flies over Seattle,
Washington on March 25, 2016, urging Hillary Clinton
to reject fossil fuel money in her campaign.
Photo by Marcus Donner, Greenpeace.

From Greenpeace: "According to data compiled by Greenpeace’s research department, Secretary Clinton’s campaign and the Super PAC supporting her have received more than $4.5 million from the fossil fuel industry during the 2016 election cycle. Eleven registered oil and gas industry lobbyists have bundled over One million dollars to her campaign"

But Hillary Clinton persists in her lies, assuring all of her noble intentions, as congressional democrats fall in line. The latest: Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), (Madison.com).

Baldwin fails to note in her piece Sanders consistently outperforms Clinton in match-ups against Repulbican general-election opponents, concluding nevertheless, "To me, the choice is clear. I voted early for Hillary this week. On Tuesday, I hope you will vote for her, too. There is simply too much at stake."

Not persuasive, and a worse argument than Wisconsin citizens have a right to expect from Baldwin as Sanders has a consistent progressive record, and Clinton certainly does not. Baldwin certainly knows Sanders is the progressive, civil rights activist in this campaign against the corporatist Clinton who on the campaign has moved towards Sanders' positions across the board.

As Rob Ganson put it this morning: "A note for (Wisconsin) superdelegates. Superdelegates who wait for the primary and reflect the vote of their constituents are representatives. Those who pledge their super-duper votes prior to their primary are racketeers," (Facebook).

Or one might say, hacks or followers.

Politically, Tammy Baldwin has sold out. This is what D.C. does to people and it took Tammy Baldwin all of three years.

Madison and Obama Rock On, Record WI Primary Crowd

Crazy-great scene last night as Obama speaks before some 19,000 people in Madison, with overflow rooms housing the latecomers.

The UW-Madison art history emeritus prof next to me said the passion reminded him of RFK and the Vietnam Moratorium event in Madison in 1969, except a less angry, more clean-cut crowd.

Waiting over two hours, much of it in the cold, the crowd was electric as Obama entered, as flashes from cameras made a political moment that one feels you had be there to fully capture.

See the following reports:

Obama at the Kohl Center

Barack Obama in Madison, Wisconsin (Good video on Youtube)

Barack Obama: Potomac Primary Night (Full coverage on C-Span 2; Great video)

Obama rallies at Kohl Center: Over-capacity crowd waits two hours to hear presidential hopeful

Obama packs Kohl Center

Obama energizes 17,000+ at Kohl Center

Obama inspires crowd at packed Kohl Center rally

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Dem Insiders’ Deciding Primary Could Defeat Dem Nominee in Wisconsin in General Election

Madison, Wisconsin — “If the Democrats want to make this a brokered convention with a bunch of insiders (super delegates) deciding the nominee, the hell with them, I’ll vote for McCain. And I don’t even like McCain,” said a Barack Obama supporter over the weekend.

It’s a sentiment being echoed over Wisconsin as its primary next Tuesday, Feb. 19, is garnering national scrutiny.

A brokered opinion is a suicide pact for the democrats.

The same gruff, independent sentiment with which Obama has successfully made common cause, has spurred Obama to the precipice of frontrunner status in the Democratic primary.

But that sentiment would result in many Wisconsin voters abandoning the Democratic Party in the general election should their primary be decided by the 796 Democratic super delegates—ex-presidents, 20-something-year-old Young Democrats and other insiders—no matter who the nominee is.

Clean and fair elections, though the bane of the Republican Party here, have assured voters that their vote will count, and should their primary votes go down the drain leading to insiders calling the shots, you can bet this will not sit well.

Though Wisconsin has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 1984, it is a swing state in presidential elections, narrowly handing Democrats a victory in 2004 (some 11,000 votes) and 2000 (some 5,000 votes).

In a closely contested general race, Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes could prove decisive.

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