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dsc

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20. His opponent is some dude who raised a total of 24k
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 01:18 PM
Nov 2012

and spent 20k. He got no help from outside groups. http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/John_MacGovern (this is as of July)
He is also running in what is Obama's best state. Obama is up 36.5 there according to an average of polls. In short, Sanders is not doing as well as Obama is.

Contrast that with two other candidates. Sherrod Brown is running against a man who has been elected state wide. He has had just short of 15 million spent against him vs 2 million for. He is running in a state where Obama is at 2.4% win in the polls. Brown is at plus 5.8%. He is out performing Obama.

In Hawaii we have an open seat. She is at 19.4% plus which is behind Obama but she has never run statewide and is running against a former governor. She was outspent 5 to 1 in terms of outside spending. 100k vs 500k.

In short, I will take Brown as the person we might want to emulate in terms of campaigning. Liberal outspent in swing state winning.

But Vermont is sane! ananda Nov 2012 #1
my favorite senator... bootat9 Nov 2012 #11
The citizens of Vermont have their act together. sadbear Nov 2012 #2
Vermont Z_California Nov 2012 #3
Vermonters might be t hinking of Canada too! adigal Nov 2012 #23
Opponents calling him a socialist doesn't hurt him at all because he just says "yep that's right". limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #4
Sanders is the best. He spends an hour on Thom Hartmann's radio show every Friday cui bono Nov 2012 #5
Yes. I used to love listening to him on Tom H. during my 40 mile drive to work. lexw Nov 2012 #25
I had the honor of talking to Sen. Sanders breifly about the health care bill before it passed. Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #6
The. Best. Senator. n2doc Nov 2012 #7
+1000 Melissa G Nov 2012 #8
I think Franken is probably closest hootinholler Nov 2012 #13
^this PowerToThePeople Nov 2012 #27
Vermont is small and Bernie's style is perfect for retail hifiguy Nov 2012 #9
I've said for many months now that the real debate in this country should be between coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #10
+1000 FredStembottom Nov 2012 #14
The Senator has mstinamotorcity2 Nov 2012 #12
But..but..he's running as a (gasp!) 3rd Party candidate! Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2012 #15
Bernie is, by far, the best Senator. Vidar Nov 2012 #16
It will be an INCREDIBLY sad day for this nation when he finally decides to hang it up. bullwinkle428 Nov 2012 #17
not really. Vermont has an incredible "farm" team of progressives cali Nov 2012 #30
His radio show is the reason + flatlanders who are liberals flamingdem Nov 2012 #18
I don't how talented one fancies oneself, running against Sanders would scare the CRAP out of ME!! HopeHoops Nov 2012 #19
Running against Sanders is pure stupidy. Why would anyone vote for that stupid person? Auntie Bush Nov 2012 #21
His opponent is some dude who raised a total of 24k dsc Nov 2012 #20
Bernie Sanders is the Best! Catch2.2 Nov 2012 #22
Yes he is! We need 99 more Bernies! lyingsackofmitt Nov 2012 #24
435. n/t Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #36
The MAN speaks the truth. ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #26
he's running in Vermont against a guy who served four terms in Massachusetts? hfojvt Nov 2012 #28
Of the 40% of us who don't vote at all, I'll venture 80% would embrace Bernie's policies. Scuba Nov 2012 #29
I love Bernie. He's my Senator. But this is bullshit: cali Nov 2012 #31
the upper kingdom or whatever that place is called dsc Nov 2012 #32
It's the Northeast Kingdom cali Nov 2012 #33
BEST.SENATOR.EVER! RoccoR5955 Nov 2012 #34
This is what scares the crap out of all of those that advocate for and work Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #35
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