Yes it’s only a straw poll in one state, but with every bit of news like this Bernie Sanders becomes more viable as a candidate for president of the United States.
So far, he’s:
• doubled his support in Iowa
• been discussed on Sunday morning talk shows every weekend
• had huge and overwhelming crowds at his rallies, including 4000 people at a rally in
Portsmouth, NH
• raised well over $4 million in two weeks from small donors, signing up 200,000
supporters and volunteers.
And, lest we forget, viability in presidential campaigns begets viability.
The more people who support Sanders, the more are drawn to his candidacy.
The reason more and more Democrats are drawn to Bernie’s candidacy is not ideological. It is common sense.
Bernie Sanders is the Common Sense Candidate to save America and her people.
He knows the top .1 of the top 1% are taking any and all gains from growth in the economy.
Bernie knows the mega Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal is a disaster for working people here and around the world. The TPP would be just as disastrous as every mega trade deal negotiated in secret by corporate attorneys, and passed by a Congress that doesn’t know what’s in it.
Bernie wants to get off defense and start playing offense on benefits for our elders. He refuses to debate cutting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. He will fight to expand them.
He wants public college and university to be free for students who work and keep up their grades–not just so those individual students do better, but so America does better. Bernie knows that with a better trained work force, America will have a more educated citizenry, which is necessary for democracy.
And perhaps most importantly because it is a prerequisite for everything, Bernie wants to better the lives of average Americans. He wants to change labor laws and open up the opportunity for people to join unions and bargain collectively. He wants to make sure workers are not intimidated, retaliated against, or terminated for exercising the First Amendment on the job.
Bernie Sanders is the common sense candidate for the Presidency of the United States.
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