Bernie Sanders Absolutely Glowing in Interview on CNN - Even Goes After Establishment Media!
Saying he is stunned to be ahead of Hillary Clinton already in current polls in both Iowa and New Hampshire, Bernie Sanders speaks to the resonance of his message, and how surprised he is that the message is being felt so fast across the spectrum. He discusses how people want a revolutionary change in the system and should represent everyone, not just large campaign contributors and corporations.
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Bernie's message, hard work and campaign are doing very, very well. Go Bernie Go! 
Time for a little celebrating! Have some Bernie Cupcakes, yum!
They do look delicious.
I am so fricken tired of hearing stories about Donald Trump and all of those dimwits on the right. 
Most every story reported on MSNBC is about candidates in the GOP. I don't even watch MSNBC anymore. Let me hear what's going on with O'Malley, Sanders, Clinton...anybody in the Democratic party.
Is that how MSNBC is trying to get us caught up in the Republic0n party.
I'm right with you, azmom! I have done the same thing. Watching him on CSPAN, hearing him on Thom Hartmann, wishing he was my rep, my senator. Never thinking he would run for POTUS. Wishing he would, and dismissing the idea. He didn't seem to entertain the idea himself, he just did his job, focused on the work of governance and representing his constituents with reason , common sense and critical thinking. I'm so glad he's running and forcing a discussion of real issues. It's so much fun to watch him circumvent the media games and get his message out. He has passion and fire, and he's so genuine. And he's the same Bernie he's always been. I love it!
He simply states Joe is not running and therefore, he's not going to discuss Joe's politics, and then goes on to discuss how his policy positions differ from Clinton's.
I'm not Wolf Blitzer fan by any stretch, but this is a positive interview and great exposure for Sanders. Glad to see it and hope to see more!
Go Bernie!
Which allowed Bernie to effortlessly parry those into policy discussions
Blitzer never asked a question or made a statement regarding the actual, critical, substantive issues affecting the American People.
Does the corporate media give a rat's ass about the people?
Hell No!
It's all about the horse race, these people are clueless, tone deaf and/or bought and paid for.
Kudos to Bernie.
Thanks for the thread, tomm2thumbs.
He knows it's Wolf's "job" to phrase the questions in a certain way, always pushing the horse race instead of the policies that matter. Looking for devisive angles the media can exploit for ratings while keeping the real issues out of the frame of discussion.
But the part many here are missing, is Bernie knows that it's NOT Wolf's job to elicit any certain response from Bernie. Wolf didn't fail, at all, in this interview, he did exactly what he was supposed to do. Wolf just has to provide the framing, then he's done his job, and he doesn't appear particularly invested in where it goes after he asks a question.
This frees up Bernie to respond however he wants to. Bernie chooses to stick with the issues, ignoring the empty horse-race stuff. Bernie is all about the issues. And he's a pro, as is Wolf. Two pros, each doing their task well. I can't stand Blitzer, but he is very good at serving certain interests, in a seemingly transparent way. Not a problem for Bernie, Wolf gets to ask his stupid questions, Bernie gets to make his points, and no hard feelings either way. Bernie's very very good at this game, he's been doing it for a long time, and pretty much every time Bernie is dealing wiith someone ideologically to the right of him, so he's got this down to a routine exercise.
