[quote=enron_by_the_sea]Bernie couldn’t get Zaphyr Teachout elected in Blue NY.
He could not get prop 61 passed in blue CA.
He didn’t do particularly well yesterday either
I was very surprised by Teachout’s loss. Not sure what happened there, as she has a tremendous reputation and is far more likely to “drain the swamp” than Trump would be.
The pharmaceutical industry threw a lot of money at opposing Prop 61. That being said, I spoke with an attorney — a very liberal/progressive person — who manages claims at the VA, and she said that Prop 61 could just as likely raise prices at the VA, so that would have forced the govt to pay more there, and forced regular patients to pay more, too (but maybe less than now?). I voted for it, but know that it wasn’t as clear-cut as some might think.
