Bernie fever will haunt vulnerable D’s

“Be it resolved we adopt in total Senator Bernie Sanders campaign platform for our legislators to work toward.”

Idaho Democrat Resolution – June 17

Now, that’s a break from tradition for Idaho Democrats, who for years have assured voters that the Gem State variety of Democrats were far different from those liberal kooks on the East Coast. That’s not the case this time around. Delegates at the state convention, inspired by Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders’ spirited presidential campaign, have decided that Democrats here should move left of the national ticket. As if Hillary Clinton is not “left” enough. But Clinton, who lost badly to Sanders in the Democratic caucuses and was perhaps even more badly outnumbered in the party’s convention earlier this month, is not the guiding light for the new wave of Democrats in Idaho that showed up for the convention. Bernie is. And this new wave of Democrats wanted a resolution reflecting their sentiments/ Chuck Malloy , Idaho Politics Weekly. More here.