Sanders campaign on importance of doing well in NH

[Eric J in MN]

Make no mistake — Sanders, who represents neighboring Vermont, needs a win here. His campaign believes if he can pull off a strong victory, it can raise along the lines of $30 million to $40 million within days. That's cash it needs to compete with the Clinton juggernaut in the race for delegates and to spread his appealing message across the country, especially with minority voters. Nonwhites, after all, make up about 40 percent of the Democratic Party, but Iowa and New Hampshire are overwhelmingly white.

http://www.npr.org/2016/02/05/465652879/5-things-you-should-know-before-the-new-hampshire-primary

[bkkyosemite]

1. From what I have seen so far don't trust the election process.

[Jarqui]

2. Me neither. Maybe I'm naive but I think this is the worst I've ever felt about it

Sanders is 13 points ahead in NH, which 2 days before the vote normally means it's over.

But I would not be surprised if this board was on fire Tuesday night, like it was in 2008 when Obama was +8 and lost -2. Don't assume NH.

The DNC is owned by Clinton. The Iowa Dem Party was in the bag for Clinton. We'll probably see the same thing in NH.

These people have no bounds:

Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Seeks to Portray Bernie Sanders as a Deceptive Candidate
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/02/07/hillary-clintons-campaign-seeks-to-portray-bernie-sanders-as-a-deceptive-candidate/

For Sanders, campaign finance purity not always possible
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/sanders-campaign-finance-purity-not-always-possible

They're trying to smear the cleanest candidate in Washington I've ever known about as being a part of the same slippery crowd when it comes to campaign funds and the influence of money.

Rovian tactic - attack his strengths - lie if you have to. And the media, a paper that's been renown as pretty solid for the left along with the cable network known for being the most left, owned by the 1%, goes along with it. What a disgrace.

All that proves to me is Bernie is absolutely right. The corruption is deep and widespread. It's in the campaign committees, the mainstream newspapers (WaPo & NYT editorials), the mainstream television networks (Bernie getting minimal time on the air) and in most of the politicians running for office. We've only had one caucus and all that has popped out already.

In my view, a vote for Hillary is a vote to continue it. They're working for her and she's working for them. Bernie f**ks that up. Go Bernie!

[mhatrw]

3. Here's the thing. We need to keep supporting Sanders NO MATTER WHAT happens in NH.

In the words of the late, great Al Lewis, "Americans only knows 'the win', but the victory is in the struggle."