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cal04's JournalRobert Reich: I continue to be astonished by the enthusiasm of young people
I continue to be astonished by the enthusiasm of young people for Bernie Sanders (they cheered him loudly tonight during his Miami debate with Hillary Clinton and gave him a standing ovation at the end, and their cries of “Bernie, Bernie, Bernie” filled the hall as the television commentators tried to summarize). Surely Barack Obama inspired the young in 2008, but I haven’t seen this degree of passion since Bobby Kennedy ran in 1968.
Bobby was himself young then, and he was connected to the glamorous and magical “Camelot” of JFK. So how can a 74-year-old Jewish democratic-socialist with a Brooklyn accent inspire this degree of excitement? I think it’s Bernie’s authentic commitment to a bold vision of what America can do and be, and the "political revolution" animating that vision. Just as JFK and Bobby inspired a generation to dedicate itself to social and economic justice, so too does Bernie and the movement he is leading.
What do you think?
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1169630589716202
Michael Moore:Standing ovation, cheering Bernie, Bernie
Minutes after the debate is over, majority of crowd still cheering "Bernie! Bernie!" Never seen this at end of debate. Clearly Bernie won.
A standing O for Bernie's great closing statement. Don't we want to strive for that vision than just give up and say we can only get crumbs?
The Michigan Miracle gets extended tonight.
https://twitter.com/MMFlint
Michael Moore:Standing ovation, cheering Bernie, Bernie
Minutes after the debate is over, majority of crowd still cheering "Bernie! Bernie!" Never seen this at end of debate. Clearly Bernie won.
A standing O for Bernie's great closing statement. Don't we want to strive for that vision than just give up and say we can only get crumbs?
https://twitter.com/MMFlint
NPR interview: Bernie Sanders: 'Stay Tuned ... We Can Win This Thing'
Bernie Sanders was the story of Tuesday night as he beat Hillary Clinton in Michigan's Democratic presidential primary. It wasn't a walloping — he won by less than 2 points — but still a big coup considering Clinton led in most polls by double digits before the race.
Michigan is Sanders' ninth state win, though Clinton still leads in delegates overall.
That means Sanders is only partway up a steep hill to the nomination.
"I am used to climbing steep hills," Sanders told NPR's Ari Shapiro, host of All Things Considered, noting that when he began his campaign he was unknown to most Americans. "Stay tuned. I think we are going to go further and we have a good chance to pull off the biggest political upset in the modern history of America. We can win this thing."
http://www.npr.org/2016/03/09/469813523/bernie-sanders-stay-tuned-we-can-win-this-thing
interview
http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=469813523&m=469837068
Chris Cillizza Why Bernie Sanders’s win in Michigan matters so much
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Hillary Clinton took more delegates out of the primaries in Michigan and Mississippi on Tuesday night. But Bernie Sanders, by winning in Michigan, scored a massively important symbolic victory that will likely re-energize his campaign and extend the Democratic presidential race for weeks, if not months.
“What tonight means is that the Bernie Sanders campaign ... is strong in every part of the country," Sanders said in brief remarks in Florida on Tuesday night. “We believe our strongest areas are yet to happen."
Given Sanders’s remarkable comeback in Michigan — most polling had him losing by more than 20 points — there are a handful of large, industrial states, many clumped in the Midwest, where Sanders now has to be considered viable, assuming he continues to ride the trade message that catapulted him to the top in the Wolverine State.
(snip)
And so, Clinton remains favored to be the nominee. But on a night in which the Clinton campaign was hoping to take a big step forward in closing out Sanders’s uprising, they took a big step back instead. The race continues — and will continue for quite some time. That’s very good news for Sanders and bad news for Clinton. Period.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/03/09/why-bernie-sanderss-win-in-michigan-matters-so-much/
MIRS Calls: Bernie Sanders defeats Hillary Clinton in Michigan. Now AP calls for Bernie too
https://twitter.com/MIRSnews/status/707415982852145153Michigan's leader in providing Capitol news coverage.
AP calls Michigan for Sanders
https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/707423688552030208
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders wins the Democratic presidential primary in Michigan. @AP race call at 11:30 p.m. EST. #Election2016 #APracecall
https://twitter.com/AP/status/707423466463633408
Donors to Bernie: Never surrender
Sanders' wealthiest contributors don't care much about the delegate deficit. What matters to them is the senator's ability to reshape the Democratic Party agenda.Forget about the Southern losses, the struggles with African-American voters and the big delegate deficit. Bernie Sanders’ wealthiest donors want him to continue fighting on, all the way to the July Democratic convention.
That won’t come as welcome news to the Clinton campaign and its allies, who point to the nearly insurmountable delegate lead Hillary Clinton has amassed – they’d like to begin the pivot to the general election. But the relatively small group of pro-Sanders millionaires doesn’t care. In their view, it’s crazy to concede now that the Vermont senator is beginning to string together wins in places as varied as Maine, Colorado and Oklahoma.
"What people need to understand is that Bernie started off as an unknown. As more and more people learn about him he gets more and more converts. Just look at the national graph of likely Bernie voters vs Clinton voters. Momentum is with Bernie and against Hillary. Now they are just about even. Soon Bernie will surpass Hillary," said Ben Cohen, the millionaire co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream. "Clearly the mood of the country for Republicans, Democrats and Independents is anti-the-Washington establishment. That bodes well for Bernie and quite poorly for Hillary."
The wealthy Sanders supporters who have given the maximum $2,700 donation for the primary election aren’t necessarily focused on the senator’s chances of winning the nomination. Rather, like the small donors who provide 70 percent of his cash, they’re motivated by his message on economic inequality and poverty and see as playing an important role in remaking the presidential conversation – and the Democratic Party going forward.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/bernie-sanders-donors-220384
Bernie Sanders holding rally at Wings Event Center in Kalamazoo Monday morning
Bernie Sanders is bringing his campaign back through Michigan on Monday, a day ahead of the Michigan primary.
His “A Future to Believe In Kalamazoo Rally” is being held at Wings Event Center in Kalamazoo.
It is free and open to the public on a first come, first served basis. Anyone looking to attend is urged to RSVP by clicking here.
https://go.berniesanders.com/page/event/detail/rally/4g2vy
Sanders has other rallies in Dearborn and Ann Arbor as well.
http://fox17online.com/2016/03/07/bernie-sanders-holding-rally-at-wings-event-center-in-kalamazoo-monday-morning/
Bernie Sanders to Run 5-Minute Documentary Ad on Univision to Court Hispanics
In an effort to reach millions of Hispanic voters, Bernie Sanders’s campaign is running a five-minute Spanish-language ad on Univision that calls attention to the plight of a female farm worker in Florida.
In the ad, the woman chokes back tears two minutes into telling her story, one that began with her saying “Voy a luchar mientras,” or “I will always fight.” But the ad then drifts into the hardships she faces, like the low wages she earns working the tomato fields of Immokalee, Fla.
The ad is part of a “several hundred thousand dollar” advertising push that will run nationally on the Univision network, as well as on local Univision-affiliated stations in Miami, Orlando, Phoenix and Houston.
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Three minutes into the five-minute ad, Mr. Sanders is finally heard from, giving a speech at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials in 2015. He recalls what he found examining the farm workers’ plight, but it is Udelia who tells of Mr. Sanders’s actions to address the situation, including holding hearings.
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/03/05/bernie-sanders-to-run-5-minute-documentary-ad-on-univision-to-court-hispanics/?_r=0
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