Post by pavel on Feb 24, 2016 4:31:46 GMT -6
WASHINGTON -- If the Democrats hand the presidential nomination to a self-described democratic socialist named Bernie Sanders, they'll pay for it come November, former U.S. Sens. Mark Pryor and Blanche Lincoln said Tuesday.
The "democratic socialist" label is "a major problem," Pryor said, predicting it will be an ugly Election Day with the senator from Vermont at the top of the ticket.
"I think Bernie Sanders would be a disaster for Democrats in Arkansas. I think that you'd see that because of him we'd lose seats in the House and the Senate, and I think that's probably true nationally, too," the Democrat said. "I just think if you call yourself a democratic socialist, then you're basically unelectable, not just in Arkansas but around the country."
Pryor, a Hillary Clinton supporter who lost his seat in 2014, served on Capitol Hill alongside the two Democratic presidential contenders.
Read more: www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/feb/24/if-socialist-leads-ticket-democrats-los/?f=news-arkansas
The "democratic socialist" label is "a major problem," Pryor said, predicting it will be an ugly Election Day with the senator from Vermont at the top of the ticket.
"I think Bernie Sanders would be a disaster for Democrats in Arkansas. I think that you'd see that because of him we'd lose seats in the House and the Senate, and I think that's probably true nationally, too," the Democrat said. "I just think if you call yourself a democratic socialist, then you're basically unelectable, not just in Arkansas but around the country."
Pryor, a Hillary Clinton supporter who lost his seat in 2014, served on Capitol Hill alongside the two Democratic presidential contenders.
Read more: www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/feb/24/if-socialist-leads-ticket-democrats-los/?f=news-arkansas