It is my opinion that Sanders is largely reiterating points from his standard campaign speech...

[brooklynite]

...If the goal was to expand his appeal and his message to a larger pool of voters, as opposed to reinvigorating his existing supporters, I think he's going to find this speech won't have a lot of impact.

[Walk away]

1. When is he going to make the "Game Changing" speech?

Is that tonight?

[Eric J in MN]

31. Bernie Sanders' speech on democratic socialism was this afternoon at Georgetown.

[Capt. Obvious]

2. In my opinion I like Tennessee to cover the spread tonight

[Cosmic Kitten]

3. In my opinion, some opinions are less than useless

[NurseJackie]

14. Sheldon Cooper, is that you?

"In my opinion, some opinions are less than useless."

[Alfresco]

18. Good one.

[tishaLA]

4. It does feel that way in many respects

but it's a good speech and the audience is receiving it well.

[HerbChestnut]

5. Well, that wasn't the goal.

The goal was to define what he means by democratic socialism. That's it. If it brings in new supporters, great. If not, at least people will (or should) stop asking him about it. In either case, hopefully it undemonizes the word 'socialist' just a little bit.

[brooklynite]

6. Are you saying he decided to give speech for the heck of it?

Speeches as part of campaigns have goals; ultimately that goal is to attract new voters or retain old ones.

[HerbChestnut]

13. He's been pressured to make this speech for quite some time.

Ultimately, you're right. The goal of any campaign is to win over voters, but there's a variety of more effective ways to do this that don't involve huge speeches. I think the hope of this speech is to appeal to people who might be afraid of the term 'democratic socialism' because they don't know what it is.

[riversedge]

23. Aside from the FDR lines, much of Sanders' speech has so far been pulled from his stump: Billionaire

Dan Merica ?@danmericaCNN 2h2 hours ago

Aside from the FDR lines, much of Sanders' speech has so far been pulled from his stump: Billionaires, super PACs, fall of the middle class.

[Bread and Circus]

16. I think you are just acting willfully ignorant.

Given what you say about yourself in real life is true, I doubt you fail to understand one of the many purposes of Sanders' campaign. Thus I take much of what you say here as sounding ignorant but not being ignorant. So what you are is disingenuous.

That is expected.

What is odd to me for all of you self-proclaimed "realist" politicos is how insecure you all seem with Clinton's lead in this race.

You sound scared, petulant, and arrogant.

[marble falls]

20. Sounds accurate to me. Good luck with the alert on this.

[marble falls]

21. Ya done good! .....

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[Walk away]

36. Wow! I didn't get any of that! You have quite the imagination!

Some of us just expected the great game changing speech that has been promised for weeks now! I actually thought this was a lecture he was giving at GWU before he gave his televised speech that was going to rock the world.

I'm a big fan of FDR and all of the social programs he instituted but that is not the definition of Socialism There was no explanation about how any of his "add-ons" to existing programs would be accomplished. It just seemed like a lecture since it was basically a bunch of nice ideas without telling us who is going to pay for it.

Then he said he would go to war but not like George Bush (the seems to be a universal sentiment among all candidates)

I'm still waiting for that speech.

[valerief]

7. Isn't he terrific? I love his speech!!! nt

[nc4bo]

8. Stepping on those necks.

Too bad he isn't wearing stilettos!

[DianeK]

9. I think that is the point actually..

Bernie's speeches are not poll driven ...he has had the same speech and the same passion for 30 years...when he speaks..he speaks from his heart and he speaks truth!

[Autumn]

10. It's my opinion that since his speech is to show the meaning of Democratic Socialism

Bernie is doing just fine. Thanks for your concern though.

[brooklynite]

11. I don't personally mind what he says in this regard...

...my candidate seems to be doing perfectly well attracting voters. It appears that Sanders still needs some.

[Autumn]

12. He's doing just fine. He will gain new voters from this speech and retain the ones that support

him now.

[merrily]

24. Youth volunteers more, too.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/128073142

[Autumn]

28. Awesome OP

[merrily]

30. Thank you, Autumn. Coming from someone I respect, that means a lot.

[bluedigger]

15. I had a very positive reaction from his appearance at Georgetown today.

And now that he has finished, I feel happy to share that with you.

[litlbilly]

17. To you maybe, not to thinking people however

[brooklynite]

19. Personal insults are always productive

[litlbilly]

35. Im not the one trying to produce anything here. It's not personal really.

[ColesCountyDem]

32. I guess personal attacks are acceptable in GD-P now.

[riversedge]

22. Sanders is using a teleprompter for this speech. That is new: He usually doesn't use notes and speak

Dan Merica ?@danmericaCNN 2h2 hours ago

Sanders is using a teleprompter for this speech. That is new: He usually doesn't use notes and speaks extemporaneously.

[moobu2]

25. If you've heard one, you've heard every last boring

and monotonous catch phrase.

[drray23]

26. its downhill from there

He generated a lot of enthusiasm at first with his populist message. I suspec he has reached his peak. He is stuck in first gear repeating the same stump speech over and over. He is absolutely impervious to what is happening in the world, unable to articulate any policy in details, especially foreign policy. While both O'Malley and Hillary incorporate and comment on a wide range of issues as they are presented to them (i.e like it would be for a president during a time if crisis), Bernie just pivots back to his standard lines. I would not feel confident with him at the helm.

[Eric J in MN]

33. A big part of the speech was about fighting terrorism.

[bravenak]

27. This speech is pretty much just like the other speeches.

Many will just not notice.

[Eric J in MN]

29. Bernie Sanders added points about FDR to his stump speech.

- The New Deal was denounced as "socialist" in the 1930s.

- FDR proposed a Second Bill of Rights because economic security is needed for freedom. Democratic socialism is about economic security & an economy which works for all of us.

Those additions are fine by me.

[Kalidurga]

34. If Hillary had given speeches like this for her entire political career

she would have been President 8 years ago.

[Walk away]

37. Why? Because she would have bored Barack Obama to death?

[Kalidurga]

38. No because Obama

would have had a hard time going to her left. As it was he did that easily with not supporting the IWR.

[Walk away]

39. My Social Studies teacher gave that same basic speech 40 years ago and....

he couldn't even get tenure! I think Hillary will be a great POTUS for 8 years and she will do it with her own speeches. FDR was a Democrat and so is Hillary. Trying to claim that social programs created by a Democratic President and the Democratic party are owned by Socialists, is typical Bernie. He really thinks he invented the wheel!

[Kalidurga]

40. Nice I had a professor that had Bernie's philosophy as well

Only he never ran for President. Did your social studies teacher do that? Run for president?