Bernie Sanders speech thread

[CajunBlazer]

Post your immediate impressions here:

[Tatiana]

1. A little nervous, but remaining positive.

I hope he hits it out of the park.

[Socal31]

2. Here we go folks...

[tallahasseedem]

3. Hopefully he doesn't pull a Cruz.

[fishwax]

5. the odds of that are slim and none

[Joe the Revelator]

9. This is sander's last rodeo at this level, doing that would get him nowhere. nt

[BainsBane]

97. I share your hope.

I'll have to read about it afterward. I'm not feeling up to watching it. I did hear Liz Warren on the radio. She knocked it out of the park!

[tallahasseedem]

99. Well, he did indeed endorse!

[fishwax]

4. Bring it home, Bernie

[Joe the Revelator]

6. He needs to go mean grandpa on some folks if they act up.

[eastwestdem]

7. I so wish I was there

[L. Coyote]

8. Nice hair.

Kidding

[AwakeAtLast]

10. Getting a well desreved ovation

[Laffy Kat]

11. I'm getting teary and he hasn't even started yet. nt

[Tatiana]

12. Well, he did bring some energy to the party.

Sad to see the tears, but these people should have listened to Michelle... don't pack up your bags and go home. Get involved. And defeat Trump!

[fishwax]

13. okay, now, time to let the man talk

[tallahasseedem]

14. He needs to get this shit under control.

[Bucky]

20. he's earned this applause; he's elevated the debate

The Dems are stronger for him having run

[shireen]

15. I am so proud of him

Damn, he hasnt even started speaking and I'm in tears.

Love you, Sen. Sanders. You are a treasure.

[bigwillq]

16. Great ovation!

Well-deserved.

[ecstatic]

17. He needs to condemn the trolls acting on his behalf,

before I can absorb anything else he has to say.

[lostnfound]

133. My father died 33 years ago when I was 20. Bernie is passing the torch...

The torch that he is not here to pass. If you don't have a father who raised kids in the Depression, maybe you don't understand something about America that was lost in the 80s and beyond.

[CajunBlazer]

19. Good start...

[Socal31]

21. Uh oh he's talking up his campaign

[bettyellen]

23. In shocked!

[GreenPartyVoter]

25. Why uh oh? He fought hard and deserves to say so.

[Madam Mossfern]

28. Don't worry

Wait?
What?

[liberalnarb]

33. Hes thanking those who supported him.

Give him a break. Jeez.

[fishwax]

68. as he should

His campaign brought him here. His campaign brought thousands who will enthusiastically support and work for the ticket here.

His campaign for the nomination is over, but the task now is to direct the energy of that campaign to the next task at hand: electing Hillary Clinton. He can't do that task without drawing out that energy.

[uponit7771]

22. What is the song in the Sanders ad? tia... This has outclassed the GOP crapfest by a mile!!!

[Joe the Revelator]

31. 'America' by Paul Simon

[uponit7771]

36. thx!!! Beuatiful song

[coco77]

24. Bernie,Bernie,Bernie!

[Socal31]

26. Oh wow he's doing it....

[CajunBlazer]

27. Okay, Bernie, let's not laps into your stump speech

[femmocrat]

34. He already gave it earlier today. nt

[woolldog]

29. This is boring.

It's all about him.

[Joe the Revelator]

35. Seriously, this is as big of a stage as he will ever have. Let it flow.

He deserves to enjoy it.

[liberalnarb]

40. Oh for christs sake.

[woolldog]

46. what?

I've heard this all before and am seriously thinking of going to bed.

[Joe the Revelator]

54. Go to bed. These 15 minutes are aimed at you.

[bravenak]

58. Me too

Bored

[woolldog]

107. It's gotten better.

I still don't understand the fuss over this guy, but as long as he gets through to his supporters, it's all good.

[bravenak]

126. Ok good. I'll turn it back on now

[liberalnarb]

62. Of course. He's not allowed to be proud of his own campaign.

Or what they've accomplished in the platform.

[onecaliberal]

130. Really? Then don't sit here and comment go do something more exciting

[tallahasseedem]

30. I see he is making it all about himself.

But whatever.

[Loki]

37. It better get better than this.

[bettyellen]

42. No plane for him!

[bluedye33139]

76. +1

[Madam Mossfern]

39. He need to do that

He needs to placate his supporters and get their support for Hillary.

[bravenak]

32. He looks rested and tanner

He sounds well too.

[bettyellen]

38. He understand their dissapointment... But he hopes they take enormous pride in his campaign?

Whut?

[liberalnarb]

44. I think he means what they accomplished in the platform.

[David__77]

45. I understand his statement.

It wasn't successful. One can be proud still.

[bravenak]

41. No one is more dissappointed than he is

Sounds kinda like his stump speech. People are cheering over him a bit. Revolution continues, he says.

[Recursion]

43. "I look forward to your votes in the roll call"

Hoo boy....

[liberalnarb]

52. HOW DARE HE BE PROUD OF HIS OWN CAMPAIGN

[auntpurl]

66. Yeah.

[femmocrat]

47. Uh oh.... "our revolution continues"...

I don't see any moves toward unity so far.

[Kennah]

48. He would kick Donald Trump's ass in a fistfight n/t

[zenabby]

49. He needs to do this in order to get them to Hillary..

He can't suddenly become another person. He has to connect the dots between his revolution and Hillary. He will do that. He is a smart guy.

[bravenak]

50. More stump speech time

The struggle continues he says

[Greywing]

51. I hope he makes this bigger than himself ... begin talking UNITY

please, Bernie. I caucused for you but I'll be very disappointed if you don't bring this evening to a close with a speech about for need for unity!

[bettyellen]

59. It sounds like he is trying to now....

[JTFrog]

53. God. It's just pathetic. Sure hope he turns it around.

So sick of his mememe

[IamTheNoodle]

69. How's it pathetic?

He's not a lapdog. And remember Hillary does not win without Bernie's backing, that's a fact.

[Jakes Progress]

87. Notice that Elizabeth didn't

spend the first half of her speech talking about how wonderful she was, what a great person she was. The ego here is beyond belief. He can't be so clueless.

[IamTheNoodle]

109. You're clueless.

He was thanking his supporters, you expected him to just go out and praise Hillary without giving thanks to his supporters?

[Jakes Progress]

154. Perhaps you are clueless.

That was helpful wasn't it.

He wasn't thanking supporters he was basking in ego-gratification.

I supported every one of his positions from the beginning of his campaign (except for his support of gun manufacturers). But I read some of the things that were never reported about him and his background. He was never going to be elected. Never. I would love if his non-gun proposals all passed, but the republicans would have eaten him alive. He needs to know that. He needs to understand how the county works. He will get more done if he joins the Democratic party and gets to work instead of just yelling and riding the wave of uninformed love.

I do like that he has finally made the transition. He will now be remembered as someone who helped to defeat trump or as the ralph nader who killed a generation of Americans. We'll see.

Added Comment: Nice ending. He finally got there.

[IamTheNoodle]

177. Did you listen to the speech?

It's clear he's backing and working for Hillary, and will bring MUCH NEEDED energy to the campaign.

And unless your a time traveler you don't know if he couldn't win the election, but who cares we'll never know.

[Jakes Progress]

194. Did you?

Our exchange began during the first 15 minutes of the speech. I did like the end of his speech. It still isn't clear that he will actively get his crowd out to support Hillary as much as they supported him. I'm an old guy. I still remember McCarthy and his Clean Gene army pouting through the election and giving us richard nixon. We'll see how he does.

We are all time travelers. I've been at it for almost seven decades. Most of that time I've been very politically active. So I do have really good idea about un-electable candidates. Seen a lot of them. Supported and worked for some too. The Clinton camp never used the op research on Bernie. (Not because they were so noble, but because it would piss off people whose vote they would need.) The republicans had the same op research, but they held onto it, just praying that Bernie would be the nominee. The media had the op research. They didn't run it during the Democratic primary because they needed a viable opposition to Clinton's nomination in order to run up the ratings. The stuff is out there, but you have to look for it. It's noting that would much bother you or me, but had he been nominated, it would be everywhere, and he would have posted McGovern level votes.

Doesn't matter now. trump has to run against Clinton. She has a ton of op research too. They'll run with all of it, but it's not fresh meat anymore. They've been throwing it at her for years. Let's hope Bernie is a man of his word and will help Clinton smear trump badly enough that we can scare republicans and blue dogs to the left with the numbers.

[JTFrog]

115. Exactly. nt

[Jakes Progress]

155. How elegantly put.

See the reply above.

[chascarrillo]

117. I look forward to your criticism of Clinton on Thursday.

[Jakes Progress]

160. You don't seem to understand

how elections and politics work. The primary loser, loses and turns to help the winner. Or they become an impediment to change rather than a promoter of progress.

His speech now is getting there. A little late, but we'll see how he ends up.

[chascarrillo]

190. Half of his speech was about Clinton. Yet you trash Bernie.

Curious.

[Jakes Progress]

196. The last minutes were.

Our exchange began before that part of the speech. Curious that you didn't consider that or address the first half of his speech.

I didn't trash Bernie. I gave my opinion. I think he has had great proposals. I also think his ego got in the way of moving that agenda sometimes.

I'm glad he says he will campaign for Hillary. Let's hope he doesn't pull a Gene McCarthy. nixon was horrible. trump would be worse.

[fishwax]

173. Of course she didn't. She doesn't have a delegation to whip into line for the ticket.

Do you really think his speech would have been in any way effective if he hadn't acknowledged their work and their passion and their ideals?

[Jakes Progress]

183. He did finally get there.

But my initial turning away from Bernie (aside from his being un-electable) was his ego. I followed the first part of the primary wondering, but as he began to lose, he began to lose his ethos, his center. I guess a lot of it has to do with how much he reminds me of the old cranks who always crave the adoration that they used to get in their younger days, holding out for the glory.

He really knew that he couldn't be elected. He could have moved the party left sooner if he had stopped the whiny tit-for-tat and made a deal. The line between ego and moral certitude isn't all that fine.

[CajunBlazer]

192. As a Hillary supporter....

Bernie needed to structure his speech exactly as he die. He needed to embrace his people, transition them gently and then show them that Hillary is there very best choice to achieve all of the objectives of his campaign.

Let's quit trying to refight the primaries, we have a general election to win.

[Jakes Progress]

211. I applaud your faith.

I hope you are right. I remember when he country needed some humility from a reformer before and when it wasn't made available, we got nixon. I hope my fears are unfounded.

[CajunBlazer]

212. I just wrote this in response to another Hillary supporter...

.... who is worried about the 200,000 far left wing zealots on line:

There are 156,000,000 registered voters in this country. 200,000 zealots amounts to only 0.13% (a little more than one tenth of one percent of those voters). They are the people who would never have considered voting for a Democrat had someone like Sanders had not challenged for the nomination and they don't take orders from Sanders and never did.

Since Sanders stirred them up the zealots and gave them unfounded hope I expect the Green Party's share of the votes in November to climb from 0.36% of the total in 2012 to somewhat above 2% in November, maybe even 3%. But remember, had Sanders not appeared on the scene they would have probably sat on their hands and not voted. Well, voting for the Greens is exactly equivalent to not noting - so they will not be a factor one way or the other.

This election will not be affected by the zealots - what will affect this election is our ability to get out the vote. So forget about the zealots, contribute and work your ass off to GOTV.

If you are worried get out your pocket book or wallet and work your butt off and we will be fine.

[Jakes Progress]

214. I'm not worried.

My pocket book and shoes are already in the game. I hope yours are too.

I just have a thing about willful ignorance.

[baldguy]

55. Time to pivot, Bernie.

Stop patting yourself on the back & start with the support for Hillary.

[Tatiana]

56. So... now would be about the time when we circle around to unity. n/t

[Beantighe]

57. ugh

stoking the fire

[Beantighe]

122. and 10 minutes later...

a fine job! Excellent.

[Satch59]

60. Impression?

Still an angry old man spewing his stump speech and waving his fingers...

Bring the right message soon Bernie...

[L. Coyote]

61. The struggle continues. Next, let's overthrow Congress. Say it Bernie. Say it.

[bettyellen]

70. Yes congress and the future.... This is a rehash of the primary speech.

[L. Coyote]

189. Imagine how many are watching him for the first time, esp. Republicans.

We should have counted the head explosion moments ... I'm rating parts of it a head explosion per minute speech, at least.

[Madam Mossfern]

63. This election is about the needs of the American people!

[liberalmuse]

64. Go Bernie!

"This election is about and must be about the needs of the American people" right after he called out the media!

[nolabear]

65. I have to say, these people are all "big picture" speech makers and that makes me proud.

If you can envision a big picture you can work together.

[CajunBlazer]

67. Okay, he has them riled up, now he needs to bring them with him

[ericson00]

71. can he endorse already? Its late.

[IamTheNoodle]

73. Nah, your ass can wait

[mucifer]

72. GO BERNIE!!!

[CajunBlazer]

74. Okay, this is the transition - smooth

[femmocrat]

88. Finally. "Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States."

His people are still yelling, "Bernie, Bernie".

[CajunBlazer]

114. Okay, I am now a Bernie Sanders supporter again!

Wonderful transition

[bettyellen]

75. Silence as he gives Obama credit ...

[forjusticethunders]

77. I heard pretty lavish applause

[bettyellen]

82. After an uncomfortable silence

[bravenak]

78. I wish the crowd would let me hear him

This is a speech that is familiar to me.

[RazBerryBeret]

79. Go Bernie, Go!

great, as usual.

[helpisontheway]

80. He is too selfish to fully

endorse her. I wonder if he really wants them with her. Booker should have been the last speaker.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

106. Guess you were wrong..

[CajunBlazer]

202. My appoligies for the remaks of my fellow Hillary supporter

Some people don't know when to quit re-fighting the primaries. Seem my post below.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

204. Thank you. We should be done with all that,

let bygones be bygones, and get busy and kick Trump's ugly orange ass.

[CajunBlazer]

206. Hardily agreed!!!

[chascarrillo]

138. The whole second half of his speech is about Clinton. So goddamn selfish of him!

[CajunBlazer]

203. My apologizes for the remarks of my fellow Hillary supporter

Some people don't know when to quit re-fighting the primaries. Seem my post below.

[onecaliberal]

151. You are why people won't come to her side.

[CajunBlazer]

205. My apologizes for the remarks of my fellow Hillary supporter

Some people don't know when to quit re-fighting the primaries. Seem my post below.

[CajunBlazer]

200. As one Hillary supporter to another - STOP IT!!!!

The fricking primaries are over - give it up! We are trying to win over Sanders supporters, not alienate them!

[Tatiana]

81. "We needs leadership that brings us together and makes us stronger."

So this is his transition...

[uponit7771]

83. Go Bernie!!!!

[2theleft]

84. "Hillary Clinton MUST become the next president of the United States"

Good. He said it.

[Madam Mossfern]

89. Was there any doubt that he would?

[bettyellen]

92. Finally!

[Ellen Forradalom]

93. Thank you Bernie

Greatly appreciated by every Democrat.

[2theleft]

100. For sure!

I was 99.999999999% confident he was going to, but there was that tiny lit bit of "oh god, what if he doesn't?" We did not need a Cruz 2.0

[fishwax]

101. what else would he say

I have a hard time seeing how anyone who isn't driven to delusion by either hatred of HRC or hatred of Bernie could believe he would do anything other than endorse Clinton heartily.

[2theleft]

108. I voted for him in the primary

I love him. See my post 100. I was almost completely positive he was going to, but I also tend to be a worrier.

[fishwax]

123. Ah, I see ... I didn't mean to sound overly snarky

and apologize if it came off that way.

I voted for him too. And I think what he's done in the last eight months has the chance to truly make our party and country much, much better.

[2theleft]

140. No apologies needed...

Writing vs. talking is hard to get across nuances. I reread my post and could see where it could be taken negatively. I was just so happy when he got it out there and everyone could quit fretting.

Cheers right back!

[bullwinkle428]

85. BOOM!!! There it is! So much for Cruz v2.0.

[mcar]

86. Nice credit to PBO and VP Biden

[tallahasseedem]

90. They still won't accept it...

Ridiculous.

[Evergreen Emerald]

91. He is doing well.

[jzodda]

94. What a great speech!

I love Bernie!

[nolabear]

95. Thanks, Bernie. It wasn't emotional but it was sincere.

[Tatiana]

96. I wish someone would just ask who wants to elect Trump. n/t

[Whimsey]

98. oblique endorsement

almost like someone is pulling out his teeth

[auntpurl]

103. I agree.

They should have ended with Cory Booker. He was much more uplifting. This is angry and shouting.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

112. He could have come out with a million dollar check for Hillary.

And you still would have complained.

[GreenPartyVoter]

139. All too true. Bernie haters gotta hate!

[Whimsey]

191. Green Party voter?

Yeah, well I was a green party voter 2000, 2004 and 2008, the first two times for Nader who was preaching getting money out of politics. He was a purist. Obama in 2008 was the first democratic candidate to eschew federal matching grants which accelerated the race for campaign funds which both Bernie and Hillary have embraced.

I also had the luxury of living in Illinois so my vote for a third party candidate would not affect the electoral vote.

But I understood the numbers and (as a math major undergrad and an attorney) I could. Voting is strategic, not gut. Unfortunately, there are far too many on this side who are political instead of strategic. I voted for Obama in 2012 when I felt there was a real chance Romney could win.

Purity is just bullshit.

[GreenPartyVoter]

193. Voting should not be strategic, and there is no reason that it should be with ranked voting ballots.

The issue here is plurality voting in multi-candidate elections, not purity.

[Whimsey]

195. I do not understand your post

The issue NOW is getting a democrat elected. The primary is over. Vote democrat, republican, green or libertarian. But if your vote allows another party than your choice to win your state, than it is a strategic vote.

We do not have a parliamentary system. That is a fact.

[GreenPartyVoter]

198. Let me explain. I live in Maine, my Governor, the illustrious tea partier Paul LePage gained

office twice because the left split the vote. Had we been offered ranked voting ballots, he very likely never would have won, because one of the center left candidates would have won, if not in round one then in round two.

My point is yes, right now we need to vote against Trump, but rather than live with the constant fear of split elections, let us address the issue in the future with ballot reforms.

[Siwsan]

150. Oh, for pities sake!

Sometimes all I can do is shake my head. Maybe you should just change the channel.

[fishwax]

105. lol -- yeah, whatever

(Or did I miss the sarcasm?)

[Madam Mossfern]

110. Would you like a pound of flesh?

He's endorsing her, do you want him to cry?

[coco77]

181. Yes,they do..

When she accepts the nomination they want us to worship her. A vote is all she gets from me.

[riderinthestorm]

187. Personally I was waiting for wailing and rending of cloths

Im pissed he didn't self flagellate.

[BeyondGeography]

102. It's an extremely well-crafted speech

[VOX]

104. Bernie has a huge heart. HUGE.

Note for note, everything he speaks is hard truth.

[Greywing]

111. Lay it out Bernie! Tell them exactly what this election is about!

He is telling his supporters why Hillary Clinton should be elected ... and explaining the Democratic platform is all about!

[L. Coyote]

128. He is doing a great job of it.

We are so going to bury the Republicans. They got nothing but Hillary fear, which is paranoid, and psychotic hate. And lies.

[Greywing]

149. I think he's doing a great job too

[TeddyR]

113. Not a particularly great speech

But hopefully will do the job.

[nolabear]

118. He's no Michelle Obama.

But hell, who is?

[uponit7771]

127. Right, ... I don't think Obama could follow that speech ... it was very moving

[nolabear]

134. 2020, Baby.

[CajunBlazer]

129. I think it is a great speech - a great speech is one who moves people

and you are not the type of person he is trying to move.

[onecaliberal]

159. Go away

[TeddyR]

170. Really?

That's rude. Booker, Michelle and Warren all gave better speeches.

[onecaliberal]

174. 14 million people did NOT vote for warren Michelle or booker.

You want Bernie or bust to grow up, look in the mirror.

[oberliner]

116. He's trying

A lot of his supporters though do not seem to be willing to go along with him (on supporting Hillary).

[chillfactor]

119. Bernie doing a good job....

of pulling the factions together...

[Socal31]

120. He just proposed near universal college...

Says it is a joint proposal.

[still_one]

121. Good speech. Acknowledging all the work of his supporters, and realizes what the stakes are, and is

telling his supporters to do the right thing vote for Hillary in the general election

[LostOne4Ever]

124. AMAZING. Nothing else can be said! nt

[Tatiana]

125. Bernie is making the best case he can in support of Clinton, I guess.

I'm in favor of anything that will calm his supporters.

[CajunBlazer]

137. Without inciting his supporters to riot

[CajunBlazer]

153. He is tying Hillary into every plank of his campaign

He is telling his people that if you want to achieve his the aspirations of his campaign, you MUST support Hillary enthusiastically. He isn't a great speaker, but he is doing the job.

[Duckhunter935]

131. Great speech

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

132. I think he's doing great

He's weaving a tapestry to bring along his fans. I'm sorry if people dislike him so much that instant gratification is what they seek.

[mvd]

135. Very good speech and a nice, clear endorsement

He is making a strong case to his supporters how Hillary would be a lot better than Trump.

[uponit7771]

147. +1

[elleng]

136. Enumerating elements of the platform?

Sounds good. So keep her feet to the fire?

[Madam Mossfern]

152. Exactly

[flamingdem]

141. community Health centers

bernie pushed this through

[Hekate]

142. He's bringing them home. Thank you, Bernie.

[True Dough]

143. Bernie has moved Hillary further to the left

He's entitled to recap his campaign planks and the priorities he set with his supporters. Some call it ego, others call it passion.

[lostnfound]

148. He's explaining to supporters ALL of the REASONS she should be supported.

Might be hard to understand but some of us are issues voters.

[tallahasseedem]

144. No Republican was able to talk about Trump like this...

Hillary has had all of her speakers back her up...including her opponent! Trump's speakers could barely utter his name.

[uponit7771]

145. +1, GOP treated him like he stunk

[tallahasseedem]

158. Well, he does!

And soooo much more!

[Lord Magus]

209. They felt compelled to kinda-sorta support him but wanted to keep the stench off.

Fortunately it doesn't work that way and the entire Repug Party has the stench of Trump on it.

[GreenPartyVoter]

146. Great speech! Bringing the fire as always!

[katmondoo]

162. He is doing much better

Will it be enough to stop the booing for the rest of the convention, and have his supporters help Clinton and give her the credit she deserves.

[GreenPartyVoter]

167. I think once we get past the vote, things will get better.

[Chimichurri]

156. Amazing as always

Bernie is my homie!

[CajunBlazer]

157. His people need to understand that they aren't strong by themselves

[LongTomH]

161. Kicking for Bernie!

[NWCorona]

163. Was Bill just chewing on his fingernails?

[onecaliberal]

164. Those people sitting here and continuing to disparage are NOT helping her cause.

[femmocrat]

165. "Hillary will make an outstanding president and I am proud to stand with her tonight."

Good closing line.

[LoveMyCali]

166. Thank you sweet Jesus

He finally finished.

[riderinthestorm]

168. Strong endorsement, he'll still be blamed when/if she loses

[CajunBlazer]

178. I don't think so

But if Stein steals away enough votes in key states to cause Hillary to lose, the Green party will have signed its own death notice

[riderinthestorm]

179. Lol, yeah the meme is already set. Bookmarking nt

[CajunBlazer]

182. Let's hope you never have to pull it out of the archives

[CajunBlazer]

169. Final thoughts?

[bluestateguy]

171. Very very strong

He's the team player that I knew he would be.

[tandot]

172. I was really getting pissed off by the BoB people

But hearing Bernie tonight, I think he'll be a great asset to the Democratic Party

[Ellen Forradalom]

184. I hope so.

The choice is stark.

[yuiyoshida]

175. tears

[LongTomH]

176. Me too, Yui!

[CajunBlazer]

180. Tears? There are many kind of tears. Why were you moved to tears?

[yuiyoshida]

185. Its called emotional investment

in someone who I believe had our best interests at heart. I supported him all though the campaign, and now I will follow him to help make Hillary our next President.

[LongTomH]

186. I was moved to tears by the power of Bernie's speech as well as by sorrow that we.....

......didn't get Bernie as our candidate.

[hollowdweller]

188. I thought it was a pretty classy speech

Considering some of the crap he just found out about.

He could have taken it personally but instead he cared more about the issues he supported than the way the DNC treated him.

[onecaliberal]

197. To all you Bernie bashers, you are NO better than the Bernie or bust people.

Grow the fuck up and take yes for an answer.

[B Calm]

199. +1

[Beausoir]

201. I doubt we'll hear from him again during the election cycle.

Thankfully.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

207. Be kind. Don't judge.

[Beausoir]

208. Yes! Like..don't heckle Liz Warren!

[StevieM]

210. I was very happy with his speech. Great job, Bernie!! (eom)

[MelSC]

213. I thought he did great

He ran a great campaign. I think he's a genuine man.