{"id":23623,"date":"2016-08-24T13:49:30","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T20:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=23623"},"modified":"2016-08-24T13:49:30","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T20:49:30","slug":"are-some-berners-burning-bernie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/24\/are-some-berners-burning-bernie\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Some Berners Burning Bernie?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve looked forward to the kickoff to Our Revolution<\/a> for some time and will watch what I can of it tonight, but I’ll be tied up with home care.  I was very disappointed to learn that several of his aides abandoned him at the last moment and hope he can proceed with it. I’ll reserve judgment until more info comes out, but fear that some Berners are burning Bernie.<\/font><\/p>\n

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A week before its launch, a liberal advocacy group started by former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ campaign staffers as the next stage in the "political revolution" is facing a liberal civil war.<\/p>\n

One-third of the 15-person team Sanders put together to run a nonprofit advocacy group focusing on issues of election reform and economic inequality have quit amid a heated internal debate about how the organization should be structured, who should run it and whether its existence as a nonprofit violated campaign finance laws prohibiting electioneering by such groups.<\/p>\n

ABC News reported last week<\/a> that former Sanders campaign manager and longtime adviser Jeff Weaver was tapped by Sanders’ wife, Jane, to lead the new group "Our Revolution." Weaver’s presence reignited an internal rift between old guard Sanders advisers like Weaver and the younger generation of political operatives who helped make Sanders a political sensation in the age of digital campaigning…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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It seems like a power play, as Rachel Maddow pointed out.<\/font><\/p>\n