I don't want a moderate! I especially don't want a centrist! I want a human leader that is working for the best interest of us and the environment. It's very simple and plain. Have the integrity, guts and convictions to make a real difference and SCREW the status quo!

Viva la revolution! Bernie Sanders 2016!

I love it when Bernie stands up to the billionaire class and says: "You can't have it all!" and "If you can't stop your greed, we will stop it for you!" I’ve waited all my life to see a candidate in a run for the White House who sounds like that.

Now that's what I call presidential. Here's a man who loves his country, a real patriot whose ambition is nation-building not empire-building. This is a leader who aspires to wage war on poverty instead of a war on the poor. To those kleptocrats and entitled brats who benefit from this toxic quagmire, extracting profits off our sweat, our hide and our flesh, Bernie’s message is blunt and direct. “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!”

There's no better example to illustrate what a great statesman looks like and sounds like. Real leadership isn’t for sale. Someone like Bernie, not beholden to the almighty Koch Brothers for example, or to Big Pharma’s CEOs or the OILgarchs; someone in a position of influence both willing and able to fight for us. That is a rare moment, the kind that makes history. It is nothing to take for granted. Quite the contrary, they are to be savored, amplified and played out to their fullest potential, maximizing their positive impact on people’s lives and those of future generations.

This is what visionary leadership is really about: supporting the struggles of “ordinary” people towards social mobility, economic justice and a fair share of the wealth they’ve created. The kind of leadership that sees to it our hard-earned tax money is used to OUR benefit and not transnational corporations and/or a tiny clique of billionaires. Leadership whose mission is to protect the rights and interests of the majority who are not wealthy or privileged and must work to survive…. What we want is to live the kind of life that can only be had with wages that actually support families, along with a robust commons and reliable, secure social safety net. For these are the things that provide the very foundation each of us needs, just to make a life, and that keep societies civilized.

When government is hijacked by anti-government imposters who claim no one has basic rights to anything- not even necessities like water, sanitation and healthcare- and legislate accordingly; when these same political hacks outsource middle class manufacturing jobs while “every man for himself” is a creed those in power want us small fry to live and struggle by... well then, we’ve got a problem. And I call it "taxation without representation".

Despite whatever stability, comforts and conveniences you now enjoy, that “stability” is just one injury or illness away from imploding. You could be among those next unfortunate souls destined to lose everything you ever worked for, maybe even life itself. I know this sounds extreme, but we are living in extreme times. And Bernie Sanders is that once-in-a-lifetime candidate both willing and able to combat this problem at its very source, and fight for us so we can create and have the kind of society we Americans deserve.

Well said, Brogs!

Over here in the UK I voted in 97 for Labour led by Tony Blair, I remember my late Brother phoning me and saying " it was a great day" and he was right , the relief the Country felt after the dark years of Thatcher was palpable, how wrong we were, Blair was a Centrist and we finished up with a Government no different in essence to what we have now with Cameron, So thank heavens for Jeremy Corbyn a real Socialist and hope for the Left in this Country, and he was elected mainly by the young members of the Labour Party, much to the chagrin of the remaining Centrist MPs in the Party, I see parallells with Bernie Sanders and his support among the Millennials in the US , the young are our hope for the Future , they can see through the bullshit and have had enough, you have a movement going in the US that terrifies the Establishment and the Corporations and long may it continue. Maybe we can finally get rid of all the selfserving money worshipping ,snake oil salesmen , that pass for Politicians in both our Countries.

Bernie should be really nervous with H as a VP, even more than JFK with LBJ at his back.

In fact, after the NH primary, I sure hope Bernie has some real and serious Secret Service protection, or his own loyal security in place.

Suspect he's worrying the rest of the field enough already.

Really needs someone watching his six!

Hillary is "moderate" only if you're being charitable. I would call her center right, at best.

She & The Big Bubba have a history of being nearly as corporatist as the Repugnicans. If she's the nominee, considering the altrenative, I'll hold my nose & vote for her. But I would certainly prefer that she not win the nomination.

Another Great Article Thom, Thanks ! ! !

Spot On Thom ! ! !

Great Article ! ... Yes, Centrists or Moderates do throw a Bone out to us Progressives once in awhile but over all, I've been Very Frustrated with the Oboma Presidency because he would Fold in compromise, like the ACA, which should've been a Medicare for all Bill.... and there are many more examples of Lousy compromises.

I'm SOoooooo Sick of Moderates & Centrists ! It has done the Party Harm to Embrace such a Philosophy !

Thanks Buddy!

Thanks for the advice, but the focus on a Sanders Presidency is well placed and in fact essential if we are to begin the changes to the Assembly immediately for the two year later takeover.

Bernie will laying the groundwork and setting the table, and those ignoramus will be dug in against doing what the people want. Which is where we want them. Can't do any of that with Prez Hill and Bill.

THAT is how you change the system

Every state, every seat.

Bernie is great, though far from perfect.

He alone is willing and capable of taking them all on like they need to be done.

Go, Bernie.

Capehart thinks Dems should move to the 'center?' Oy! The center has been shifted so far right in recent decades that it's no longer the center. Consider this-- when polled on specific issues, voters consistently support progressive policies, yet the Democratic party keeps waffling and triangulating and accommodating the Right. Dems like Clinton, Schumer, McCaskill, Lieberman and Clinton have abandoned FDR's legacy and have become a extension of the corporate sector. Certainly Dems are better on social issues, but on kitchen table economics they have dropped the ball, and that is the reason for their abysmal performance in elections. Bernie is absolutely right to present himself as an unapologetic progressive. It's the only way to drive turnout to the polls, which has an impact on all the down-ballot races. We aren't going to bring about significant change by saying, "Hey, let's move to the center."

From listening to the debate, I honestly feel Senator Sanders is not only a progressive but a true gentleman. This is what the country needs. Ms. Clinton, well, I was taught if you can't say something nice, don't say anything. So, I'll leave it at that.