2016 Postmortem

peacebird

(14,195 posts) Thu Jul 2, 2015, 10:57 AM Jul 2015

Bernie Sanders Draws Big Crowd to Wisconsin Rally - Wall Street Journal

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/07/02/bernie-sanders-draws-big-crowd-to-wisconsin-rally/

Mr. Sanders pledged to fight on behalf of workers, calling for guaranteed family and medical leave, paid vacation and a renewed union movement. He also said he would break up the largest financial institutions in the country, telling supporters that “If a bank is too big to fail, it is too big to exist.”

The crowd in Madison was populated with intense Sanders backers who praised his candor and his disdain for Wall Street. While many Sanders backers they likely would support Mrs. Clinton if she emerged as the Democratic nominee, they said they were determined to build momentum for Mr. Sanders and deliver an upset in the Democratic primary.

David Shuck, a Vanderbilt University student from Green Bay, Wis., said he hadn’t expected a viable Democratic alternative to Mrs. Clinton to emerge in this primary. Now, he’s a Sanders supporter because the Vermont senator “owns up to his own progressivism.”

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Bernie Sanders Draws Big Crowd to Wisconsin Rally - Wall Street Journal (Original Post) peacebird Jul 2015 OP

The Wall Street Journal no less! PatrickforO Jul 2015 #1

WSJ is readable only by subscribers I believe. JDPriestly Jul 2015 #4

I was there. People were standing in the aisles. I'd say 9,800-10,000. Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #7

That's a remarkable showing this early in the primary season. Momentum is building. JDPriestly Jul 2015 #8

And I run into people everyday that are like: Bernie who? Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #9

photo Qutzupalotl Jul 2015 #2

I was right above you! Funny. Ed Suspicious Jul 2015 #3

That's a photo from the WSJ link. eom Qutzupalotl Jul 2015 #5

Oh. Got it. Thanks. Still that was just slightly lower than my view of the back of Bernie's head. Ed Suspicious Jul 2015 #6

PatrickforO

(14,574 posts)

1. The Wall Street Journal no less!

Reply to peacebird (Original post)

Thu Jul 2, 2015, 11:23 AM

Jul 2015

And they actually reported some of the things he said...

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)

4. WSJ is readable only by subscribers I believe.

Reply to PatrickforO (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 2, 2015, 01:15 PM

Jul 2015

Did they mention the size of the Madison crowd?

I can just see a lot of the hot shots on Wall Street opening up their checkbooks and firing off big ones to Hillary's campaign.

They probably don't understand that supporting her is not in their interest. They should have been supporting the ordinary American working person about 40 years ago if they wanted to avoid the Bernie momentum now.

Wall Street -- think they are so smart just because they corner markets. They have not won over the people on Main Street where bars are about the only businesses left because Walmart has moved to the outskirts of town -- just close enough to be reached by car, but not close enough to be a real partner with the town.

Wall Street -- not really a part of America, just taking America apart.