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2016 Postmortem

DCBob

(24,689 posts)

15. "He delivered largely the same stump speech he has been for months..."

Reply to En Garde (Original post)

Sun Jul 19, 2015, 06:43 AM

Jul 2015

"lamenting the level of income inequality in the country and railing against the outsized political influence of the "billionaire class."

For sure that's a big issue but there are so many more that need to be addressed. I think this is why he isn't connecting with people outside his comfort zone.

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Bernie Sanders draws his biggest crowd yet — in Arizona of all places [View all] En Garde Jul 2015 OP

Fantastic news. Looks like Bernie wasn't fazed at all by snagglepuss Jul 2015 #1

12,600 final number. Wow! artislife Jul 2015 #2

Even better. Where'd you hear that? En Garde Jul 2015 #5

It's in the link. artislife Jul 2015 #6

Yeah, just read it in the Comments section. En Garde Jul 2015 #7

I always love the comment section...unless it is on yahoo! artislife Jul 2015 #8

Yeah, I hear you. En Garde Jul 2015 #10

Holy Cow! TM99 Jul 2015 #14

Lucky you! nt artislife Jul 2015 #25

Fantastic, politicians usually can only dream of such crowds HereSince1628 Jul 2015 #18

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2015 #22

I completely agree with you. HereSince1628 Jul 2015 #23

"constrained by a record of earlier promises..." daleanime Jul 2015 #29

Sure. But HereSince1628 Jul 2015 #30

And isn't time we changed that? daleanime Jul 2015 #32

Hold that thought...and compare it to what we THOUGHT we were doing electing Obama HereSince1628 Jul 2015 #33

Every thing is doomed to fail, so what sense is there in trying? daleanime Jul 2015 #35

Not to be rude but you don't understand what you read. HereSince1628 Jul 2015 #36

Then please show me where I go a stray..... daleanime Jul 2015 #37

"The largest crowd to date for a presidential candidate" AGAIN! arcane1 Jul 2015 #3

Yep... this deep red state crowd beats the 10,000 in Madison. No other candidate has come close. En Garde Jul 2015 #4

Because he is a rock star! beam me up scottie Jul 2015 #9

Fantastic! cui bono Jul 2015 #11

Telling the truth works. LeftOfWest Jul 2015 #12

Thanks for the info davidpdx Jul 2015 #13

"He delivered largely the same stump speech he has been for months..." DCBob Jul 2015 #15

"People outside his comfort zone"? Multi-billionaire sugar daddies?Wall Street bankers? Divernan Jul 2015 #16

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2015 #19

Hey bob. What do you consider Bernie's comfort zone to be? Autumn Jul 2015 #20

But POC ARE in his comfort zone. Check the link. PatrickforO Jul 2015 #28

"Bernie Effin Sanders 2016"!!! Great news! RiverLover Jul 2015 #17

See... PoliticAverse Jul 2015 #21

Great article! Enthusiast Jul 2015 #24

Fantastic! Looking forward to hearing how his Texas rally goes today! peacebird Jul 2015 #26

Dallas this afternoon kenn3d Jul 2015 #38

Fantastic! Thank you! peacebird Jul 2015 #39

youtube video from Dallas rally kenn3d Jul 2015 #40

Plenty of diversity in that crowd, by all reports. PatrickforO Jul 2015 #27

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2015 #31

...but that was right next to Vermont. Wait until he gets to Oregon. L0oniX Jul 2015 #34