The Myth of Sanders' November Advantage by David Corn Mother Jones

The Bernie Sanders team argues that the logic for overturning millions of primary votes and pledged delegates earned by Hillary Clinton is that he polls better against Donald Trump.

That statement is accurate, but as Corn states correctly -- Bernie Sanders has never been on the receiving end of a national, negative ad campaign. Bloomberg Politics made the same argument earlier this week.

Bernie's Tad Devine argues that Bernie's socialist background and current economic philosophy is no problem. Devine cites the Obama presidency as an example of America's rejection of old stereotypes.

Devine's logic goes against last year's June Gallup poll in which being a socialist outweighed every other criteria for making a presidential candidate unappealing.

Being socialist lost to Catholic, a woman, Black, Hispanic, Jewish, Mormon, gay or lesbian, an evangelical Christian, Muslim, and atheist.

It would be great if pundits asked the Sanders campaign about that poll and the ad campaign that would be unleashed against Bernie. If he's lucky, they would just call him a socialist.

Google, Apple Employees Love Bernie Sanders Fortune

In his RECENT interview with the New York Daily News, Bernie Sanders accused businesses like General Electric of destroying "the moral fabric of America', with their pay little taxes and sending jobs overseas.

Bernie was asked in the same interview if Apple was equally destructive, and Bernie said "no, of course not." Knowing the massive tax dispute that Apple has over UX tax rates -- which Bernie wants to raise -- we found his answer strange and inconsistent.

If Apple didn't hold $181 B offshore, it would owe $50 B in taxes. Apple employees are among the top five contributors to Bernie's campaign heading into the California primary, based on first quarter 2016 reporting. Silicon Valley ponied up for Bernie in fourth quarter 2015 as well.

Could this be the reason why Bernie chooses not to say anything negative about Apple, even though it's among America's biggest tax avoiders and outsources almost all its manufacturing to China?

Strange reasoning, Bernie Sanders, unless you're just another Democratic politician.

Sanders Refuses to Condemn Rosario Dawson's Lewinsky Reference at Rally Slate

Rosario Dawson is a piece of work. First she rips into the irreplaceable co-founder of United Farm Workers Dolores Huerta, publicly shaming her on stage for supporting Hillary, and now she takes the stage saying that like Monica Lewinsky, Bernie supporters are being bullied.

Check out her Twitter feed. There is NO bullying going on. The Hillary campaign is not dominated by young white men, as Bernie's is. The only group Bernie won in New York state was single white men. They are Reddit rebels and the Hillary campaign had no real voice to compete and comment, getting the facts out there. Making up non-facts about Hillary has become a natio nal pasttime for these guys.

Dawson comments on bullying refer to a Super PAC called Correct the Record, which has vowed to engage with users on social media who post negative things about Hillary Clinton. The Super PAC rejected Dawson’s characterizations of its actions. "This is the farthest thing from bullying—posting positive graphics about Hillary is our job," said Elizabeth Shappell, communications director for Correct the Record.

Reddit users who support Bernie are complaining that their experience is going to hell, with commentary from Hillary supporters. Contrary to what the melodramatic Dawson claims, this is not bullying but online dialogue.

Dragging Monica Lewinsky into the discussion tells us more about Rosario Dawson than we want to know. She lost us already over her Rosario Huerta. Susan Sarandon lost us totally for many reasons, but her confrontation with Huerta in Hillary space at the Nevada caucus was totally out of line.

As for Bernie, he thought Dawson's comments were just fine

Westward Ho

Hillary Clinton Announces Powerhouse California Leadership Team LA Times

State Director Buffy Wicks ran state operations for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign in California, Texas and Missouri. Wicks later worked as deputy director of the White House Office of Public Engagement and is currently the campaign director for Common Sense Kids Action’s California Kids Campaign.

Political Director Peggy Moore organized a get-out-the-vote campaign for Obama in 2008 as deputy field director for Northern California. She also has worked with Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland), and for Oakland Mayors Ronald V. Dellums and Libby Schaaf. She was political director at the Organizing for America group that spun off from the Obama campaign.

Communications Director Hilda Marella Delgado has worked on public relations campaigns for Southern California Edison, Coca-Cola Company, Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn and the Los Angeles Federation of Labor AFL-CIO.