She was one of the main cheer leaders for invading Iraq. The Republicans would probably like that about her, but it's the reason she wasn't an option for me in the 2008 Democratic Primary and the reason I wish she wasn't a shoe-in for the nomination this time.
The Clintons pioneered a strategy called "triangulation" which meant they would mix together policies/talking points from the left and the right when convenient to cobble together a majority. This would usually work for a while but eventually both sides would decide they were full of shit.
Not happening. I used to like Sanders more a few years ago but he just rubs me the wrong way now for some reason.
Party registrations are handled on a state basis so technically none of the candidates running are registered Democrats in any of the primary states unless it happens to be their home state (i.e. Hillary Clinton is legally a Democrat only in New York, etc.). They will probably have to sign off on a form in each state saying they are a Democrat or identify with the party but there is no legal framework beyond that since Vermont's party registrations or lack thereof don't carry any water outside Vermont. Officially, the DNC doesn't care and will presumably let him keep any delegates he wins without registering with the party.
US Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Chair of the Democratic National Committee, brought this up a few months ago. I think she said that they wouldn't open up the debates to him if he weren't a registered Democrat, but they can't really keep him off the ballot or anything.
They could block him from a few debates, but the vast majority of them won't be sponsored by the DNC so they won't have any say in the matter. The ballot issue will be determined entirely on a state-by-state basis with no input from the national party.
I'm talking about the primary debates. They haven't set up debate schedules or anything, really, for those yet, and the DNC, if they wanted, could set the criteria.
Most of the primary debates will be held by local parties, newspapers/TV stations, universities, and civic groups in early primary states. If Bernie Sanders is a viable candidate he will be invited to attend by the hosts regardless of how much Wasserman Schultz wants to complain.
Yes, but they have the option of taking the same steps that the RNC did and stripping delegates, among other potential enforcement mechanisms. I don't necessarily see it happening, but, until they say so one way or the other, it's a possibility.
That they're recruiting him, or that they probably won't get him? The fact that they're recruiting him has been going around several third party circles. I don't think they'll get him because Steve Stockman only runs for office if it can get something for Steve Stockman. Running as a third party candidate after getting laughed off of the national stage in 2014 when he ran for the US Senate (which I still believe was an attempt to both retire his campaign debt and collect an email list to sell) won't really get him much of anything. (If congressmen could be lolcows, Steve Stockman would be close to one.)
There was some guy from Florida (Capone or something like that) who had talked about running, but I'm not sure if he still is.
