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Omaha Steve

(99,669 posts)
Sat Oct 31, 2015, 10:29 PM Oct 2015

Overflow crowd lines up to hear Bernie Sanders in N.H.

Source: USA Today

April Burbank,

WARNER, N.H. — Bernie Sanders brought his presidential campaign back to New Hampshire on Saturday for the first time since the first Democratic debate, leading an event that featured his three grandchildren in Halloween costumes and some serious questions about gun control and police brutality.

Vermont’s independent senator who is vying for the Democratic presidential nomination spoke first to the overflow crowd of people who had failed to get seats and stood outside the packed town hall building.

A live band led a singalong of This Land Is Your Land as the seated crowd waited for Sanders. When the band left, attendees began to sing America the Beautiful.

The appearance launched the so-called “persuasion phase” of his campaign, in which staffers say Sanders is trying to draw a deeper contrast between his ideas and those of his opponents. It was also Sanders’ first New Hampshire visit since Vice President Joe Biden announced he would not enter the race, leaving former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as Sanders’ only serious rival.

FULL story at link.


(Photo: April Burbank, The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press)

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/10/31/bernie-sanders-new-hampshire/74969452/

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Overflow crowd lines up to hear Bernie Sanders in N.H. (Original Post) Omaha Steve Oct 2015 OP
Bernie! 840high Oct 2015 #1
K&R jwirr Oct 2015 #2
What a guy... SoapBox Oct 2015 #3
Bernie! AzDar Nov 2015 #4
Great news! Where-ever he goes he attacts crowds. trillion Nov 2015 #5
I kind of wish he'd go talk in more of the red states. Rod Beauvex Nov 2015 #11
Arizona? Louisiana? JDPriestly Nov 2015 #14
K&R nt Live and Learn Nov 2015 #6
Love the photo. Thanks, Omaha Steve. n/t Judi Lynn Nov 2015 #7
“My name is Larry David and I am impersonating Bernie Sanders," Kalidurga Nov 2015 #8
But the polls say he's not that "popular" romanic Nov 2015 #9
KnR! n/t Admiral Loinpresser Nov 2015 #10
Kick and R BeanMusical Nov 2015 #12
Thanks for posting this Omaha Steve! peacebird Nov 2015 #13
k & r. Thanks for posting. nm rhett o rick Nov 2015 #15

Rod Beauvex

(564 posts)
11. I kind of wish he'd go talk in more of the red states.
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 03:35 AM
Nov 2015

If he truly has appeal with normally Republican voters, like I have seen claimed on DU, than I think he should try a few more deeply red areas. Democrats know who they're voting for. Many Republican voters know they don't have great choices, and they might consider Bernie who is saying the things they want to hear.

romanic

(2,841 posts)
9. But the polls say he's not that "popular"
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 02:16 AM
Nov 2015

This must be some kind of illusion.

No but seriously this is great. Never underestimate Bern and his outreach to the people.

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