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Ralph Nader: It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over for Bernie Sanders

June 10, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

alph Nader: It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over for Bernie Sanders
By Ralph Nader, Time

(June 10, 2016 16:30 p.m.) — The Democratic candidate has many good reasons not to descend to the bended-knee posture of a toady

Quo Vadis, Senator Bernie Sanders? For months Sanders has scored higher in the national polls against Donald Trump, than Hillary Clinton, highlighting some of her drawbacks for the November showdown. Yet, with one primary to go next Tuesday in the colony known as the District of Columbia, the cries for him to drop out or be called a “spoiler,” are intensifying. Don’t you understand that you have been vanquished by Hillary? You must endorse her to unify the party.

No, Bernie has other understandings beyond his principled declaration in speech after speech that his campaign is going all the way to the Democratic Party Convention. Between the June 14th D.C. Primary and the July nominating convention, lots can happen. As Yogi Berra said, “It ain’t over till it’s over.” (The run-up to the primary is a perfect time for Sanders and Clinton to forcefully advocate for DC Statehood.)

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Bring Their Battle to Brooklyn

April 8, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Bring Their Battle to Brooklyn
By Yamiche Alcindor, NYTimes.com

(Friday, April 8, 2016 6:00 pm) — In Brooklyn Heights, on the 11th floor of an office building, Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign headquarters was humming on Monday. Staff members and volunteers were working the phones in spacious offices with windows that look out on the Manhattan skyline. Photos of supporters, an array of campaign buttons and a hanging gong, with the names of states she has won scribbled onto it in marker, adorned the sleekly designed space. A retired New York police officer stood guard.

Two miles away, in a gritty open-floor office space in Gowanus, Brooklyn, that smelled of fresh paint, an army of mostly young Bernie Sanders supporters began gathering two weeks ago to spread his message. Last weekend, they nibbled on orange slices, perched on plastic folding chairs and sifted through mountains of newly delivered cardboard boxes filled with Bernie for President pamphlets. Visitors walked up a driveway and through a half-open side door to enter.

Bernie Sanders Wins Washington State and Alaska; Hawaii Democrats Are Also Voting

March 26, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Bernie Sanders Wins Washington State and Alaska; Hawaii Democrats Are Also Voting
By By AMY CHOZICK, New York Times

(Mar. 26, 2016) — Senator Bernie Sanders handily defeated Hillary Clinton on Saturday in the Washington State and Alaska caucuses, infusing his underdog campaign with critical momentum and bolstering his argument that the race for the Democratic nomination is not a foregone conclusion.

Mr. Sanders found a welcome tableau in the largely white and liberal electorates of the Pacific Northwest, where just days after routing Mrs. Clinton in Idaho he won another resounding victory in Washington. The Associated Press declared him the winner after early results showed him beating Mrs. Clinton by more than 50 percentage points. In Alaska, he had a nearly 60-point lead.

Thousands turn out for Bernie Sanders rally at Safeco Field

March 25, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Thousands turn out for Bernie Sanders rally at Safeco Field
By Jim Brunner, Seattle Times political reporter

(Mar. 25, 2016 23:29) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders drew thousands of supporters to Seattle’s Safeco Field on Friday, making a final push for a decisive win over Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton in Saturday’s Democratic caucuses.

Taking the microphone shortly before 8 p.m., Sanders joked he’d dreamed as a boy of being at home plate at a major-league ballpark. “But I didn’t know I would be giving a speech. I thought I would have a bat in my hand,” he said.

Media Silent as Bernie Sanders Packs Seattle Arena Beyond Capacity (LIVE VIDEO)

March 21, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Media Silent as Bernie Sanders Packs Seattle Arena Beyond Capacity (LIVE VIDEO) by Tom Cahill, USUncut.com

(Mar. 21, 2016) — Tonight’s Bernie Sanders rally in Seattle, Washington is one of the biggest ones to date.

The Vermont senator will be speaking to a capacity crowd at Key Arena in Seattle, to excite his base in Washington State before voters caucus on March 26. According to tweets from the scene, the overflow crowd watching Sanders’ speech on screens outside the stadium might be bigger than the crowd inside, where capacity is 17,854. Not long after Secret Service started letting Sanders supporters inside the venue, the campaign already started preparing overflow space.

Undaunted Bernie Sanders Fans Pack Washington Rally

March 20, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Undaunted Bernie Sanders Fans Pack Washington Rally
by Winston Ross, Newsweek
(Mar 20, 2016) — VANCOUVER, Washington—If it’s too late for Bernie Sanders to catch his rival Hillary Clinton and win enough delegates to become the Democratic Party’s nominee for president, someone forgot to tell Bryan Anaya.

Anaya, a 27-year-old construction worker from Vancouver, awoke at 5:30 a.m. Sunday because he’d heard on a radio talk show that Sanders had planned a rally in his city, in advance of Washington’s democratic caucus on Saturday. He and his girlfriend, 28-year-old Nichole Vega, dressed her two children, 6-year-old Julissa and 2-year-old Julian, and headed to Hudson’s Bay High School to wait in line in a blustery Pacific Northwest downpour, to hear Sanders speak. They waited for hours. “The kids are soaked,” Vega said.