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How Bernie Learned to Love the Polls

April 2, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

How Bernie Learned to Love the Polls
By Patrick Caldwell, MotherJones

(Apr. 2, 2016 06:00 a.m. EDT) — Bernie Sanders’ campaign used to dismiss poll numbers. The insurgent candidate has long trailed Hillary Clinton in national surveys, and his numbers have tended to only rise state by state as the campaign turns to each new contest.

But now that he’s gained more national attention, Sanders has started to sound downright Trumpian and in love of touting the latest stats on his campaign. While stumping at a high school gym in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on Friday afternoon, Sanders kicked off his normal speech by adding a bit of bragging about a host of favorable numbers.

One-on-One with Sen. Bernie Sanders

April 1, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

One-on-One with Sen. Bernie Sanders
By Jason Zimmerman, WBay.com

(Apr. 1, 2016 11:43 pm) — A crowd filed into the Kress Events Center at UW-Green Bay Friday night as supporters and the curious rally for Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.

Jason Zimmerman had a one-on-one interview with the candidate. Watch the full interview above.

When asked the importance of winning in Wisconsin, Sanders said, “We have now won 6 of the 7 last caucuses or primaries and if we can win here in Wisconsin it gives us a continuation of that momentum which then takes us to New York and some states which have even more delegates.”

Bernie in the Bronx

April 1, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Bernie in the Bronx
By Russell Berman, The Atlantic

(Apr. 1, 2016) — BRONX, New York—Mercer Jabul sat quietly at the very top of a hill at St. Mary’s Park, huddled underneath a hooded white coat as she waited, with an estimated 18,500 others, for Bernie Sanders to arrive in the South Bronx. A black woman in her 60s, Jabul is devoted to Sanders and said she has plans to vote for him in New York’s April 19 primary. But she wasn’t positive she was going to vote at all. It had been quite a while.

“I haven’t voted since Mayor Lindsay!” she told me. That would be John Lindsay, the long-ago New York mayor who made unsuccessful bids for president and Senate. He left City Hall in 1973, and the last time he appeared on a ballot was 1980. He died in 2000.

Bernie Sanders Breaks Another Fundraising Record In March

April 1, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Bernie Sanders Breaks Another Fundraising Record In March
By Jake Godin , Jay Strubberg

(Apr. 1, 2016 11:53 a.m.) — Bernie Sanders made big money in March, raising more than any other candidate in 2016 so far.

The Vermont senator raised $44 million in March. That beats his previous record of $43.5 million set in February.

So far, the Sanders campaign says it has raised $109 million in the first quarter of 2016 — over 97 percent of that was raised online.

Hillary Clinton’s campaign hasn’t released her numbers for March yet. In February, she brought in $30 million.

Bernie Sanders Surprises Stephen Colbert During New York City Campaign Stop

April 1, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Bernie Sanders Surprises Stephen Colbert During New York City Campaign Stop
By Alex Garofalo, ibtimes

(Apr. 1, 2016 11:14 a.m.) — Bernie Sanders spent Thursday in New York campaigning in the Bronx for the state’s April 19 primary. Between rallies, the Democratic presidential candidate found time to pay a visit to the Ed Sullivan Theater in Manhattan and say hi to comedian Stephen Colbert.

During Colbert’s “Wheel of News” segment — a “Wheel of Fortune”-inspired bit in which Colbert spins a wheel of random discussion topics and games — in Thursday’s episode of CBS’ “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” the comedian spun the aforementioned wheel and landed on “mystery guest.” That guest turned out to be none other than Sanders.

Ben & Jerry’s founders serve ‘Bernie’s Yearning’ ice cream to Sanders supporters in Manhattan

April 1, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Ben & Jerry’s founders serve ‘Bernie’s Yearning’ ice cream to Sanders supporters in Manhattan
By Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News

It was fire and ice Thursday as Bernie Sanders supporters flocked to Union Square to feel the Bern — and get a taste of “Bernie’s Yearning” ice cream while they were at it.

For one hour, Sanders fans got the chance to savor the politically pleasing dessert served by Ben & Jerry’s founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield.

Ben and Jerry’s founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield show their support for Bernie Sanders in Union Square, where they handed out of their “Bernie’s Yearning” ice cream Thursday.

Bernie Sanders to hold events in Green Bay, Sheboygan

April 1, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Bernie Sanders to hold events in Green Bay, Sheboygan
By Rhonda Roberts, WBay.com

(Apr. 1, 2016 08:35 a.m.) — Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is returning to Northeast Wisconsin for rallies in Green Bay and Sheboygan.

Events will be held Friday, April 1, and Monday, April 4.

Elizabeth Warren refuses to endorse Bernie Sanders on Colbert

March 31, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Elizabeth Warren refuses to endorse Bernie Sanders on Colbert
By Hector Cruz, LastNightOn.com

(Mar. 31, 2016 18:00) — Stephen Colbert pushes Elizabeth Warren to choose between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton

Elizabeth Warren visited The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Wednesday to promote the new edition of her book, A Fighting Chance. During the interview, host Stephen Colbert asked the popular Democratic senator why she’s refused to endorse either Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton, and her thoughts on Donald Trump.

The comedian first asked Warren if she was surprised by the success that Sanders has had against Clinton. She responded that she feels that both candidates have done a good job of making the case that Washington isn’t working for most people. Colbert continued to push her on which candidate’s approach is more appealing to her, asking whether she’s on board with Sander’s revolution or Clinton’s “slow and steady” strategy.

Bernie Sanders Is Gaining on Hillary Clinton in Her Own Backyard

March 31, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Bernie Sanders Is Gaining on Hillary Clinton in Her Own Backyard
By Pema Levy, MotherJones.com

(Mar. 31, 2016 11:29 a.m.) — Bernie Sanders won his home state of Vermont with a whopping 86 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton, it seems, will have no such luck on her home turf.

Sanders is slowly gaining on Clinton in New York ahead of the April 19 primary. Clinton now leads Sanders by 12 points in New York’s Democratic primary, according to a Quinnipiac Poll released Thursday. A poll in February showed Sanders 21 points behind Clinton in New York, and another in March showed him 48 points behind.

Bernie Sanders has a plan to hijack Hillary Clinton’s superdelegates

March 28, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Bernie Sanders has a plan to hijack Hillary Clinton’s superdelegates
By Evan Hapler, LATimes.com

(Mar. 28, 2016 02:54 pm) — As the Bernie Sanders campaign accepts the reality that securing enough votes at this point to win the Democratic nomination outright is impossible, it has moved on to a new phase in its long-shot bid for the White House: hijack Hillary Clinton’s so-called superdelegates.

Sanders advisors are targeting these party leaders and elected officials who have outsized influence in deciding who gets to be the Democratic nominee, and whom Hillary Clinton moved swiftly and aggressively to lock down early in the race. Each one of their votes at the convention in July is weighted as heavily as those of thousands of voters.

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