Sanders Press Release: I'm (Still) In It To Win It.

[liberalnarb]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Declaring that he is “in this campaign to win and become the Democratic nominee,” U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday told a rally at Purdue University that he is the Democrats’ best hope to defeat Donald Trump in November.

“If you want the candidate who will be the strongest nominee, you’re looking at that candidate right now,” Sanders told 2,267 cheering supporters at the rally in a student center. “The reason I am the strongest candidate is that our campaign is appealing not just to Democrats but to independents all over this country and even some Republicans.”

In poll after poll, Sanders fares much better than Hillary Clinton in matchups with Trump and other Republican White House hopefuls.

Sanders’ appeal to independents was evident on Tuesday when he won by 12-points in Rhode Island, a state with an open primary where independents could vote. That outcome should send a message to delegates going to the Democratic National Convention this summer, he said.

Bernie 2016

[RobertEarl]

1. Of course he is

The D party's exclusion of independent voters from the process is like shooting itself in the foot. Obama won because of huge turnouts and this primary's turnout is way down from 2008.

Well, if H makes it, in 2009, with an R as president, we will have to get rid of the party heads and put in place some pro-Bernie types. It is inevitable.

[winter is coming]

2. Nice interview. And he's right to point out that the GOP has plenty of oppo researchers

and doesn't need Bernie's speeches to get talking points from. And really--when you think about it--is there anything he criticizes Hillary for that we weren't talking about at DU, long before Bernie ever tossed his hat in the ring?

[mopinko]

3. nothing. just nothing.

they have buckets and buckets of slime to throw, going back to the arkansas project.