Sanders: ‘We Have Enormous Momentum’ going into South Carolina

[LuckyTheDog]

Despite a narrow loss in the Nevada presidential caucus on Saturday, Bernie Sanders is not slowing down, and neither are his supporters.

A report filed over the weekend with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) shows the senator from Vermont has received more than four million contributions, raising a total of $94.8 million through January 31st after his campaign launched last April.

“What this entire campaign has been about has been the issue of momentum and bringing more and more people into the political process,” Sanders told a crowd of 600 after the caucus, adding, “we will not allow billionaires and their super PACs to continue to buy elections in the United States of America.”

With less than a week to go until the next Democratic primary in South Carolina, Sanders told CNN on Sunday that the Nevada loss still proved how much progress his campaign has made in just a few short months.

MORE HERE: http://yonside.com/sanders-we-have-enormous-momentum-going-into-south-carolina/

[SidDithers]

1. He should spend lots and lots of money in South Carolina...nt

Sid

[Ed Suspicious]

2. Thanks for your advice. When he needs it I'm sure he'll be calling on you first thing.

[Feeling the Bern]

64. That was an extremely rude and disrespectful comment to make

[morningfog]

70. They responded to a rude poster who will not even vote for Democratic nominee.

[kristopher]

8. Did you see that 40 point nevada Firewall Crash and Bern?

[2pooped2pop]

11. Berned like dry grass.

[roguevalley]

48. don't engage the flame bait

Wait for the comments after the indictments

[Politicalboi]

77. I can't wait

I;ll be laughing ALL day.

[bravenak]

12. I saw him lose the black vote by fifty points

Awww! Wall held.

[kristopher]

15. I want some of those drugs you are taking...

Wait, no I don't I like reality.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1301281

[bravenak]

18. I saw him lose the black vote by fifty points

Firewall held

[kristopher]

29. I saw him close a 40 point gap while totally derailing Hillary's trajectory

Or even more tellingly this:



?w=1150&h=1453

[kristopher]

58. What, you didn't like the lesson in ballistics?

[azurnoir]

50. ya know I'd think about what the actual function of a firewall is and what happenes to it

in a conflagration

[bravenak]

55. Then picture it as a levee that did not break

[azurnoir]

63. I'm speaking of the big picture not the present show

[bravenak]

65. Aint no future without the now

[azurnoir]

66. again you're focusing on the primary that's the battle I'm looking at the war- that's the GE

[Bohemianwriter]

62. So in what way...

does Hillary deserve a single African American vote?

Or a latino vote?

What has she done for THEM specificaly since identity politics apparently is the most important thing?

Because she panders the communities perhaps?

[peggysue2]

46. No, actually what I saw was a . . .

Win. As in 6 point lead. It wasn't a tie or an almost or a 'moral' victory for Bernie Sanders.

It was a win for Hillary Clinton.

But please, keep on digging. To China if you must. Because it doesn't change the result.

[lmbradford]

52. its about delegates

If you dont include supers, with 98% of NV reporting, Clinton and Sanders are tied with 51 delegates. She needed the win yesterday. The win wasnt big enough though bc she is now only tied. After three states have voted and 47 more to go, the reporting of winning big by the Clinton camp is à bit skewed!

[Don Draper]

42. The fact that Hillary is leading in southern

States demonstrates how un unprogressive she is.

[dlwickham]

47. And southern Democrats arent progressive either

Mighty big paintbrush you're using there

[TIME TO PANIC]

76. Not true, southern democrats want a progressive.

It has more to do with poverty, and the inability to access useful information.

[Plucketeer]

57. You overlooked one small detail...

"can't be bothered to make the effort to build a ground game - like he didn't in NV and hasn't in SC"

Bernie hasn't been campaigning for eight years yet. In fact, he had NO "game" until ten months ago. But of course, ten's bigger'n eight, so I guess Bern's been slackin'!

[bravenak]

3. I think he should blow the whole wad of cash in the south. Good advice.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. Do you think he should plant his flag in the Palmetto State and go for broke? /nt

[bravenak]

10. Oh YES. Then on to GA and Mississippi.

Spend it all below the mason dixon line

[DemocratSinceBirth]

14. I have never been to Mississippi...

[bravenak]

20. You think he'd pay us to go stump for him?

I need to write a rap or paint a Bernie portrait.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

22. I rather stomp for him in Virginia.

I would be close to D.C.

[bravenak]

24. He should share the wealth and pay us to go

No oligarching. Distribute that monie to me

[DemocratSinceBirth]

26. I already graduated from college and get Medi Cal

But I don't have a car... A state issued car would be nice or maybe a free bus pass.

[bravenak]

27. Spot on!!

I want a state issued car too. A chevy.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

30. I would like a green car like a Prius...

Bu I am not selfish. I have learned to live without a car...I rather some poor single mom in East or South L A get a car instead of paying for some rich Hollywood producer's son or daughter getting a free ride at UCLA.

[bravenak]

35. Yeah. But I have to have a car cause its cold

So i wanna chevy now!!

[enid602]

28. for life

Metro pass for life. Yeah, that's the ticket. Seriously, that could buy my vote.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

34. There is a serious conversation to be found...

Government has limited resources. It should help those in need and not everybody. It can't afford to do the latter...

If you can't afford college the government should help you. If you can't afford medical care the government should help you. But providing free medical care and college to folks who don't need it strikes me as wasteful.

[Juicy_Bellows]

4. Keep on keepin' on.

[kristopher]

6. Make that $94.8 million and $50 as of an hour ago.

[kgnu_fan]

9. Go Bernie! nt

[nc4bo]

13. People Power and I don't mean like that Corporations Are People Too schtick. Go Bernie! nt

[MohRokTah]

16. BWAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

[bravenak]

21. +1

[Rosa Luxemburg]

17. Yuge momentum!

[MohRokTah]

23. If only Warren would just endorse already!

[bravenak]

25. +1

[DefenseLawyer]

19. Those transcripts will change the conversation.

Somebody has them.

[democrank]

31. Actually I heard that on MSNBC either Friday or Saturday morning.

Mika said she knows the "print journalist" who has the transcripts.

[Ed Suspicious]

72. I hope they save it for Monday.

[brooklynite]

32. Funny, asked about Super Tuesday, he didn't project a win in ANY Southern State...

...but maybe South Carolina is different.

[kristopher]

56. First Bernie gets Vermont, Colorado, Mass., Minnesota, and Oklahoma(?) on 2/27

Super Tuesday has significance because it was designed to help preserve the power of the blue dog caucus. It's unarguably serving that function this year.

[Metric System]

60. None of those states are voting on 2/27.

[kristopher]

67. Thank you for the heads up.

For the past 2 weeks or so I've been going by that 538 schedule posted upthread. Got it now. Again, thanks.

[democrank]

33. Bernie`s money represents a lot of support from the ground up....best kind of support.

Clinton will have to go back to Wall Street.

[Gothmog]

36. Please spend a ton of money is South Carolina and Texas

[Tarc]

37. Oh, your poor, poor deluded soul

[Skittles]

69. why do you need to act like that?

this is a posted link, and no matter what the outcome, it's not like the man did not have a good showing

[libdem4life]

74. A bit irritating...and you forgot a period at the end of the insult and

wrote "your" when it should have been "you". I only do grammar police with negative posts...yours qualified.

[George II]

38. Momentum carries in both directions.

[Sufficient Voice]

39. An Anology

You are in a car, racing towards a cliff. There isn’t long left. Two people are fighting over the wheel and the driver’s seat.
The first person, who is a little more planted in the driver’s seat at the moment, is one of the best stunt drivers of all time. She has driven over rocky terrain before and has done a good job. If anyone could prevent total destruction while on the current course, perhaps it’s her. This cliff could be like nothing we have seen before, but she has driving experience. She has promised to keep you safe, while racing towards the cliff. You know that her biggest funders and supporters have helped steer her in this direction.
The second driver, who looks like he just might grab the wheel, is a person of remarkable integrity. He has promised one thing: that no matter how difficult, he will turn this car around.
Who do you help? Who do you support?

Oh, by the way. There’s another driver in the back seat waiting for his chance to wrestle with the driver you support. He’s a famous stunt promoter that has promised to slam his foot on the gas and create the biggest-most-beautiful-most-grandiose explosion ever! It will be huge!

[DrBulldog]

40. Thank gawd I live in Oregon, the "American Oasis" as Canadians call it.

And booming blue thriving Oregon - home of the future $14.75 minimum wage and the top family moving destination in America - is the most pro-Bernie state outside of Vermont.

[artislife]

41. Or Southern Cascadia as this Middle Cascadian likes to say!

[Bluenorthwest]

44. Vote by mail, massive turnouts, legal cannabis....

Stephen Colbert has called Oregon California's Canada.....

[Trust Buster]

43. Nevada was Bernie's "canary in the coal mine moment" IMO

The best case scenario for Bernie's campaign is high turnout in a small election. The Nevada Caucus IS a small election and the college kids seeking free stuff flocked to the polls. RESULT: Hillary still beat Bernie's dream scenario. Can't ignore that canary.

[OhZone]

53. Well said. nt

[Ed Suspicious]

73. "College kids seeking free stuff." What a shameful thing to say.

I'm sure you'll have their votes for Hill in the general, should it come to that. Might as well call them moochers or better yet, useless eaters.

[libdem4life]

75. Don't forget "living in their parent's basement"...you know, where parents put

kids who can't afford to go to college, or who can't find a decent job.

Not.

[Politicalboi]

78. But she don't beat the GOP

Great. Free stuff, you sound republican.

[Trust Buster]

81. Excuse me but

Bernie Sanders himself uses the term "free college tuition". If you have a problem with the word "free", then you must have a problem with Bernie's use of the word as well. My point was that Bernie's college age supporters flocked to a small caucus and Hillary still won. They will have less of an effect on a larger primary.

[liberal_at_heart]

80. "seeking free stuff"? That's all I need to know about you. Ignore list.

[Art_from_Ark]

83. Why should college kids of today not have the same opportunities that I had

back in the '70s and '80s for enough grant and scholarship aid to cover in-state tuition and books? Yeah, "free stuff".

[Trust Buster]

85. I share your concerns Art.

The cost of a college education and the costs associated with financing a college education are simply deplorable. 30 years ago I worked in a union grocery store. Upon high school graduation, the contract called for a full time rate of $9/ hour. I worked 8 hours a day for 6 years and attended night school to earn my undergraduate degree. Today, 30 YEARS LATER, the kids are STILL earning $9/hour but the cost of college has increased five fold. It's an impossible situation. But Bernie has college kids believing that he can move free tuition legislation through a Republican controlled House. How many students are deciding to take on the debt of Graduate school based on promises that Bernie knows he cannot deliver upon ?

[Art_from_Ark]

86. You have to at least fight for things

If anyone is a fighter, it's Bernie.

I'm sure Lyndon Johnson was told that he wouldn't be able to get civil rights and voting rights legislation passed because too many people from his own party were against it. But he fought for it anyway, and he got it.

[appalachiablue]

49. Momentum for a marathon campaign led by an exceptional and courageous man

who millions are following and supporting. A Great American Classic, it's wonderful!

K & R Great post!

[OhZone]

51. ** stifles laugh ** nt

[mikehiggins]

54. The point is that the campaign has the money and volunteers to go all the way

to Philly.

So, that's the game plan. It's up to the HRC campaign to WIN enough delegates to get the nomination. Letting the party pros hand it to her via the superdelegates will pretty much destroy any hope of beating the GOPukes, even if he is the Chump.

The disaster will be YUGE!

[Metric System]

59. Is this bizarro world?

[BigBearJohn]

61. the Bon Secours Wellness Arena was PACKED and it holds nearly 16,000 people that came for Bernie!!

[Cassiopeia]

68. Never forget.... We have Hillary.

Every day she or her family says or does something to alienate the voters. Every day, she or her family ignores serious questions and tries to turn to attacks instead. Every day, the Clinton campaign tries to steer this campaign away from the issues.

This season is different and every day we get more people signing up for Bernie while they drift away from Hillary.

Only 3 states in on a 50 state election.

[sadoldgirl]

71. When, since the seventies have

the Southern states made a huge difference in
getting a dem into the WH?

2) Does she really think that during the GE
she will get the support she needs from the
indies and the millennials?

If so, she is sadly mistaken in a yuuge way!

[Politicalboi]

79. Yes she is

[Art_from_Ark]

87. As you implied, the Southern states haven't been a major force

for Democratic presidential elections since the 1970s. Bill Clinton got about half of the Southern electoral votes in 1992 and a little less in 1996, but he didn't need them to win either time. And of course, Obama would have won without any Southern states, too.

[RiverLover]

82. $94 million from us! WE are the Super PAC for Bernie.

Guess he'll have to represent US over Moneyed Interests.

[workinclasszero]

84. The State: Bernie Sanders acknowledging reality; blowing off South Carolina

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1305580



Sanders: ‘We Have Enormous Momentum’ going into South Carolina

Two days later.....

Nevermind

[Cali_Democrat]

88. Really?