The Democratic Party Has Suppressed It's Own Vote: Why?

There is an old adage in advertising: Unseen is Unsold.

In 2008, my candidate, Barack Obama became the first African American President of the United States. It was a tearful night for many in this country as it was for my wife and I as we watched the television monitor.

Victory Speech 2008 Suddenly, The First Family 250,000 in Grant Park

In that election we also took the Senate and the House dramatically. It was a mandate, and my wife and I talked of all the wonderful things that could now be accomplished. It was a time of HOPE. 

Senate composition before the 2008 elections D38 D39 D40 D41 D42 D43 D44 D45 D46 D47 D48 D49 R41 R42 R43 R44 R45 R46 R47 R48 R49 R40 R39 R38 R37 R36 R35 R34 R33 R32 R31 R27 R28 R29 R30

I1	I2	D1	D2	D3	D4	D5	D6	D7	D8
D18	D17	D16	D15	D14	D13	D12	D11	D10	D9
D19	D20	D21	D22	D23	D24	D25	D26	D27	D28
D37	D36	D35	D34	D33	D32	D31	D30	D29
Majority→
R21	R22	R23	R24	R25	R26
R20	R19	R18	R17	R16	R15	R14	R13	R12	R11
R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10

Senate composition at the beginning of the next (111th) Congress

D38√ D39√ D40√ D41√ D42√ D43√ D44√ D45√ D46√ D47√ D48√ D49√ R41O D57+* D56+ D55+ D54+ D53+ D52+ D51+ D50+ R40O R39√ R38√ R37√ R36√ R35√ R34√ R33√ R32√ R31√ R27√ R28√ R29√ R30√ I1 I2 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D18 D17 D16 D15 D14 D13 D12 D11 D10 D9 D19 D20 D21 D22 D23 D24 D25 D26 D27 D28 D37* D36* D35 D34 D33 D32 D31 D30 D29 Majority→ R21 R22 R23 R24 R25 R26* R20 R19 R18 R17 R16 R15 R14 R13 R12 R11 R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 * D36: Massachusetts seat: Incumbent Democrat Ted Kennedy died in the middle of the next Congress and Republican Scott Brown was elected to replace him, depriving the Democrats of the 60th seat.

* D37: Illinois seat: Democrat Barack Obama resigned after the elections. His Democratic replacement was appointed but not seated until after the beginning of the 111th Congress due to a credentials dispute.

Key:

* D57: Minnesota seat: Incumbent Republican Norm Coleman lost re-election to Democrat Al Franken, but the winner was not determined until after the beginning of the 111th Congress due to an election dispute. * R26: Pennsylvania seat: Incumbent Republican Arlen Specter changed parties in the middle of the next Congress, giving the Democrats a 60th seat. D# =Democratic R# =Republican I# =Independent, caucused with Democrats √=Party hold: Incumbent re-elected O=Party hold: New senator elected from same party +=Party gain: New senator elected from different party No tag=Seat not up for election this year

In 2007 — 2008 as you may recall we had quite a number of primary contenders. The candidates present at debate were Joe Biden, Bill Richardson, Dennis Kucinich, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Chris Dodd, and John Edwards.

In 2007 the debates were a production. Many vibrant locations, great time slots with media buildup, and sometimes stars showed along with big crowds. Go scan to the bottom of this link and see the times and nature of each debate in 2007 leading into 2008.

2007 — 2008 Debate Schedule

5.1April 26, 2007 – Orangeburg, South Carolina, South Carolina State University5.2June 3, 2007 - CNN 7:00pm EDT - Goffstown, New Hampshire, Saint Anselm College5.3June 28, 2007 - PBS - Washington, D.C., Howard University5.4July 12, 2007–Detroit, Michigan5.5July 23, 2007 - CNN - Charleston, South Carolina, The Citadel military college5.6August 4, 2007 – Chicago, Illinois5.7August 7, 2007 – Chicago, Illinois5.8August 9, 2007 – Los Angeles, California5.9August 19, 2007 – Des Moines, Iowa5.10September 9, 2007 – Coral Gables, Florida, University of Miami5.11September 12, 20075.12September 20, 2007 – Davenport, Iowa5.13September 26, 2007 – Hanover, New Hampshire, Dartmouth College5.14October 30, 2007 - NBC 9:00pm EDT - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Drexel University5.15November 15, 2007 - CNN - Las Vegas, Nevada5.16December 4, 2007 - NPR (radio only) - Des Moines, Iowa5.17December 13, 2007 – Johnston, Iowa5.18January 5, 2008 - ABC 8:45pm EST - Goffstown, New Hampshire, Saint Anselm College5.19January 15, 2008 - MSNBC 6:00pm PST - Las Vegas, Nevada, College of Southern Nevada5.20January 21, 2008 - CNN 8:00pm EST - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina5.21January 31, 2008 - CNN 5:00pm PDT - Hollywood, California5.22February 2, 2008 - MTV 6:00pm EST - MTV Myspace Debate5.23February 21, 2008 - CNN 7:00pm CST - Austin, Texas, University of Texas at Austin5.24February 26, 2008 - MSNBC 9:00pm EST - Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland State University5.25April 13, 2008 - CNN 8:00pm EDT - Grantham, Pennsylvania, Messiah College5.26April 16, 2008 - ABC 8:00pm EDT - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania That was then this is now.

We live in a time of revolving door politician/lobbyists. Our government is an extension of the multinational corporate system. That is one of Senator Bernie Sanders main points. We no longer govern ourselves but are controlled. 

This election season we have had a person running our Democratic Party, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who is receptive only to the multinational corporations. In a stunning betrayal of Democracy itself she has autocratically worked toward the destruction of the Democratic Party. To the Sanders campaigns credit they knew it would be this way. They knew the multinational corporate media conglomerates would control the process and they would receive none of their help and would be a hindrance if anything. 

Despite all this the Sanders Campaign, in effect in eight months time, has built their own media system out of social media and carved out their own Democratic branch of the Democratic Party. It is growing exponentially everyday. The Sanders Campaign has built, and are currently fine tuning, their own people funded mega monetary political force. 

In a matter of months, despite little attention from the multinationally owned corporate media conglomerate, the Sanders campaign has fought the Democratic establishment to a standstill. Not only that but their funding apparatus has proved they can fund national, and local elections, like never before. Candidates beholden to citizens and not multinational corporate interests.

If you look at the two caucuses so far where the popular vote is not tallied, but politically worked, Sanders has against all odds basically forced the establishment to use all the power and tricks they have to contrive media messages. As I watch the pundits and Clinton campaign surrogates massage the messages in every way possible. 

Despite the Sanders campaign needing to create, and then turn out, each and every voter themselves, they managed to attain the highest vote total 151,256 in the history of the New Hampshire primary by either party. Add to this the fact that they also had 2,095 write in votes on the Republican side (a record). It wasn’t close. The Senator won 40,000 more votes then anyone in either party when he made history last week. This “history” was downplayed and drowned in a bathtub by the multinational conglomerate media. Don’t worry. We the people are well aware of what we accomplished through hard work all on our own. It is becoming more and more known EVERYDAY.

New Hampshire was the only counting of public votes that has taken place this year on the Democratic side. 

On the Democratic establishment side Secretary Clinton, despite a huge monetary, and total entrenched political establishment party backing, managed to inspire 17,000 less voters then she did in 2008 when she was competing for votes against five more candidates.

It would appear that the Bernie Sanders “people driven” side of the Democratic Party is outworking and outdrawing both the establishment side of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party too.

What the establishment Democratic Party has done is suppress their own vote. The negative tone of the establishment’s “No We Can’t” messages is not helping either. Not “being out there” in vigorous debates combined with the non-inspirational message is basically destroying any chance to win the house and senate.

My question is WHY?

Certainly the leadership knows what I have stated. It is common sense. Has the leadership in this party turned contrary to the interests of we the people? If so, why is that?

Next week we will be in South Carolina where the politics is such that Bernie Sanders should be defeated in excess of 20% of the vote, minimally. If Secretary Clinton should win by less then 15%, not an easy feat to accomplish, she will be in very serious trouble, I feel. There is no better state for her and ALL stops have, and will, be pulled out for her to “send a message”. 

After that regardless of the South Carolina results, and despite the chattering of talking heads, it becomes much more doable for Bernie Sanders.

It’s all good, his message is getting out, and the establishment is on their heels.

We got this members of the Bernie Wing of the Democratic Party. The NEW and Future Democrats.

At some point all Democrats will realize what platform the new party needs to be built with. And that is the ideas of Bernie Sanders with him fighting for them. Work hard. We Will Get This Done. 

                                                If polls like this won’t move folks nothing can. 

Bernie’s ideas are the foundation, the present, and obviously the future, of the Democratic Party .

2015 — 2016 Debate Schedule

3.1October 13, 2015 – Las Vegas, Nevada3.2November 14, 2015 – Des Moines, Iowa3.3December 19, 2015 – Goffstown, New Hampshire3.4January 17, 2016 – Charleston, South Carolina3.5February 4, 2016 – Durham, New Hampshire3.6February 11, 2016 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin3.7March 6, 2016 – Flint, Michigan3.8March 9, 2016 – Miami, Florida

Current Congress Created under the watchful Eye of Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Senate

Composition of the U.S. Senate at the beginning of this Congress.

Affiliation

Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus) Total Vacant DemocraticIndependentRepublican End of previous Congress 100 Begin (January 3, 2015) 100 Latest voting share 46% 54%

53	2	45	0
44	2	54	0

House of Representatives

Composition of the U.S. House of Representatives at the beginning of this Congress.

Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus) Total Vacant DemocraticRepublican End of previous Congress 435 Begin (January 3, 2015) 435 January 5, 2015[note 1] 434 February 6, 2015[note 2] 433 March 31, 2015[note 3] 432 May 5, 2015[note 4] 433 June 2, 2015[note 5] 434 September 10, 2015[note 6] 435 October 31, 2015[note 7] 434 Latest voting share 43.2% 56.8%Non-voting members 6

201	234	0
188	247	0
246	1
245	2
244	3
245	2
246	1
247	0
246	1
5	1	0