Bernie Sanders

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(41,505 posts) Sat Mar 26, 2016, 08:40 AM Mar 2016

Robert Reich: I don't recall a presidential candidate who has done so well with no big money

I don't recall a presidential candidate who has done so well with no big money behind him and a mainstream media dead so set against him as has Bernie Sanders. He's still packing stadiums, still raking in more money in small donations than his opponent is with lots of big donations, still gathering pledged delegates, still electrifying a large portion of America -- including an extraordinary percent of the nation's young -- who know that reclaiming our democracy and economy are the first necessary steps to accomplishing everything else.

Despite losing Arizona, he ended up taking away 57 percent of the pledged delegates up for grabs Tuesday, given his wins in Idaho and Utah. And as it happens, 58 is the percentage of outstanding pledged delegates Bernie needs to win from now on in order to finish the primary calendar with more pledged delegates than Hillary Clinton. And today he has a good shot at winning Washington state.

So despite what you hear or read in the mainstream media, Bernie still has a decent chance of getting the nomination -- and if he does, an excellent chance of winning the presidency. When New Zealand television asked me the other day who I thought would be the next president of the United States, I said "Bernie Sanders."
What do you think?

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