Tonight I stood in a line of over 20,000 people to see the next President speak

Tonight I stood with over 20,000 people in a line that stretched for blocks to hear the next President of the United States deliver a powerful speech.

I have been to many political events before but I have never seen this many young people at any of them. Thousands of young people turned out to see a candidate that respects their intelligence and speaks to them just like he speaks to everyone else. He is a candidate that realizes you don't win the votes of young people by playing them a Katy Perry or Demi Lovato song, but instead you treat them with respect and engage them on the issues that matter to them.

Bernie's speech was great, it was filled with substance and covered as many issues as he could possibly squeeze into a single hour.

By the time he finished most people in the arena had been on their feet for two to three hours between their time standing in line and continuing to stand through the speech, many people were no doubt sore by the end of it but that did not dampen the enthusiasm one bit.

People are sick of the status quo, we need to move away from the Third Way politics that have left progressives feeling that not even the people they vote for can be trusted.

It is time to reject the people who are so cold that they would tell a family that lacks health care that their desire to see a doctor is as absurd as wanting a unicorn.

It is time to reject a party leadership that seems to value contributions from the big banks more than they value the people who vote for them.

It is time to embrace real change in this country, and it is time to elect Bernie Sanders to lead us in bringing about that change.