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.
Vermonts 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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(17,196 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)He always speaks to the overflow folks.
AzDar
(14,023 posts)trillion
(1,859 posts)Rod Beauvex
(564 posts)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.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)What states?
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,555 posts)Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)He always cracks me up.
romanic
(2,841 posts)This must be some kind of illusion.
No but seriously this is great. Never underestimate Bern and his outreach to the people.