Commentary: Can Bernie Sanders Beat Expectations? (link added)

[Omaha Steve]

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Link: http://www.wbur.org/2015/05/02/bernie-sanders-beat-expectations



Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks about his agenda in running for president, Thursday, April 30, 2015, on Capitol Hill. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

By TODD DOMKE
If you didn’t see Bernie Sanders’ short press conference announcing his candidacy for president as a Democrat, you might want to check out the video. It was a refreshing change from all the staged campaign announcements. There was no hoopla or unveiling of a slogan.

The 73-year-old Vermont senator may seem eccentric, but as a self-described “democratic socialist” he’s a true believer. And he says he is “running to win,” despite the odds.

Starting out, he is being treated as either a joke or Don Quixote.

Jimmy Fallon, host of “The Tonight Show,” showed a picture of him with unruly white hair, supposedly confusing him with a picture of Doc from “Back to the Future.”

FULL story at link.

[leftofcool]

1. I think you can expect to see many skits on SNL, funnies on Fallon, and late night comedy shows

having fun at Senator Sander's expense. They have done the same to Hillary and will continue to do so. Senator Sanders's supporters might want to put on some armor. There is more to come.

[peacebird]

2. But he is getting serious coverage on CNN, Wash Post, NY Times and other news organizations

Having pulled in 2.1 million in first two days of his campaign has not gone unnoticed, nor have his first days events - which the WaPo covered in a compare/contrast with Hillary's.
Those who underestimate Bernie are in for a shock, this country is very angry about the status quo.

[Segami]

3. Traction may come sooner than....

...most people could have predicted.


Flashback to another time (2007) when Hillary's polling numbers were crushing her opposition:

All opinion polls in April 2007 showed Clinton as the Democratic frontrunner, however with different margins: Obama was listed in third place nationwide with 17% and John Edwards in second place with 19% behind Clinton with 41% [14] according to an Angus-Reid poll, whereas Clinton was listed in first place with 34% and Obama in second place with 29%, ahead of Edwards with only 15% in a Rasmussen-Reports poll.[15] By May 2007, polls were showing the race even tighter, with Rasmussen Reports showing Obama pulling ahead of Clinton 32% to 30%.[16] But on May 24, 2007, a CBS News/NY Times poll showed Clinton, with 46%, 22 points ahead of Obama, with 24%, and 32 points ahead of Edwards, with 14%. Clinton held her lead over the summer; in September a CNN poll showed her leading Obama 46% to 23%,[17] and in October the same poll showed her commanding majority Democratic support, with 51% compared to Obama's 21% and Edwards' 15%.[17]

On May 4, 2007, a Gallup Poll report showed that since the beginning of the year, her favorable-unfavorable ratio had declined from 58% favorable, 40% unfavorable to 45% favorable, 52% unfavorable.[18]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton_presidential_primary_campaign,_2008

[sendero]

4. After 3+ decades...

... of trickle-down / tax-cut / free-trade FAIL Americans that are PAYING ATTENTION are ready for a new game.

The jokers claiming Sanders "cant' win" are whistling past the graveyard.