08-30-2015, 02:24 PM
(08-30-2015, 01:35 PM)Jimbone Wrote: Feel the Bern!
I've started seeing bumper stickers recently.
It's pretty amazing that he's grown such a following in only a few months, and not by bashing his competitors or pretending to be anything other than a socialistic. Good on him.
He was just asked by a reporter whether he thinks his surge in the polls signals that Clinton's campaign is in trouble. He said, "I don't know, but MY campaign is doing great."
Polls seem to indicate that he's right. Only 2% of his Democratic base indicate that they support Sanders in opposition to Clinton; the rest support his ideas.
A 73-year-old Independent who's getting a lot of young people revved up about politics for the first time. It's interesting to watch.