This is the kind of guy I want for President!

ANd not simply say "we do not have the votes" or "we cannot do that, it is actually someone else's job."

This is critical as we could see a very divided or even hostile Congress and SCOTUS even with a Dem President win.

So, he figured out other ways that were open to him.

Do not underestimate the complexity of this. If you try to do something to direct then the City is "taking" the property away from the owner and that is will land the City in court. And the City will lose.

No, Bernie is a fighter, and does not appear to simply say "I cannot do anything, it is someone else's purview" anytime he could.

will become quite popular in the US.

Compare what Sanders did for Burlington to what Brownback has done to Kansas.

It isn't a matter of business versus everyone else. It is a matter of each doing his part and working together.

Note that I emphasize working, because it isn't enough just to vote, we need to work together in America.

We don't need to stop being individualistic. You can be an individualistic person and work well with others. And we need to adopt the goal of establishing good communities.

This is exactly what government doesn't want.

Tough shit!

....is a far cry from leading a country of more than 320 MILLION people.

Your discounting of it, and the time he spent in other offices was quite ridiculous.

and positions that we'd like to see translate.

It isn't like we can use leaders of smaller democracies as a farm league and nothing we have is the same job on a smaller level even governor of California, New York or Texas (though that one would from what I hear be more like the Lt. Governor who actual does the work).

Excellent. Can we kick and rec replies?

elected him wanted. He COULD have done what other mayors have done, gone along with the privatization of the city's assets, but instead he fought against the profiteers and proved that if you are willing to fight you can win.

The man has LEADERSHIP qualities rarely seen in a politician these days.

His long record on voting shows he has the judgement necessary to be a great leader.

Positive message, thank you!

... but this morning I spilled coffee on my mouse pad, and so I'm starting to have second thoughts about her.

I'm going to try to remember this the next time I'm tempted to retaliate against someone who is dissing my candidate. I can't make any promises, but I'll try.

We can do this together, we don't need to do it at war with each other.

I don't want to alienate or offend the Hillary or O'Malley supporters who have earned my respect.

I really feel for the O'Malley folks, I'd love to see more posts about him.

Thanks for trying to raise the bar around here, Agschmid, it's both noted and appreciated.

It's a great read.

Perhaps I've seen too much of the infighting around here, but when I saw your Hillary avatar, I was expecting a very critical story but was pleasantly surprised.

Posting positive articles about all our great candidates, even our second and third choices, is something we could all be doing. Thanks for paving the way.