On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 7:55 PM, Charlie <[email protected]> wrote:

> Robert, do you think David Axelrod criticized the dishonesty of the
> Clinton campaign more because he is for Sanders or more because he like
> so many of us just can't stand the Clintons, or ...?


I don't know Axelrod personally, I can't say with confidence what his
motivations are. But: 1) he worked for Harold Washington in 1987; for sure
he has relationships with people who are all in for Sanders right now; 2) a
lot of Democrats are very pissed off right now, not just Sanders
supporters, at Clinton's attack on Sanders over single payer health
insurance, because they see this as essentially a right-wing attack against
universal health insurance that she is cynically deploying to the detriment
of future Democratic efforts to ensure universal coverage. So, for example,
there are a bunch of House Democrats who have long been co-sponsors of
Conyers' single payer bill, who are currently signed up as Hillary
endorsers. Behind closed doors, those people are now screaming and pounding
the table. Axelrod is a free agent right now so he can go on TV and say
things that other people are saying in private.
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