Where was Bernie today?

[George II]

73. His low level of legislative achievement isn't a "metric", it's a fact.

There are 100 members of the Senate, the vote of one lone Senator is not going to result in much "leverage", if any, or affect legislation. In fact, that has even been used as an excuse by him and his supporters for some questionable votes of his, "well, it would have passed anyway", etc. So much for the leverage factor.

On the other hand, writing and introducing bills puts his so-called issues on stage, whether they're passed or not. This excuse in a sense is similar to the one above, "well, it wouldn't get passed anyway so why bother introducing it".

Yes, he talks about money affecting politics, but that's about all he does - he rarely if ever follows up with any action. That has been one of the criticisms of Sanders - a lot of talk, no action. And you're here saying exactly that. Yes, he's talking about social improvements but what has he ever done to actually implement any of those improvements? Again, rarely if ever.

You're right, partially, New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed a plan for free tuition at state colleges (they didn't "adopt" it!), and characteristically who was by his side trying to take credit for it? Senator Bernard Sanders!!!

( http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/03/nyregion/free-tuition-new-york-colleges-plan.html?_r=0 0

So tell me, why wasn't Sanders in VERMONT working with HIS governor to come up with a plan for free tuition for state colleges? Was that stage not big enough?