Nauseating. And I am supporting Bernie, because of issues. That is set in stone.

...we don't have public campaign funding for Primaries. Bernie has done reasonably well for a campaign that's primarily focused, for the moment, in NH and IA. But when the race expands nationally (particularly Super Tuesday), he'll need much larger reserves. And assuming the nomination, he'll need to scale up substantially to compete with the Republicans. Except that I expect him, as a matter of principle, to accept Federal campaign funds, which will put him at a significant disadvantage.

Bernie can keep going back to them. Superpacs? I relish the chance to run against them. Bernie SHOULD opt out of matching funds though. Like his polling and popularity the fundraising trajectory will only go up. He doesn't need to match the Republicans dollar for dollar.

That's a fine how-do-you-do.

A Republican would win and we'll have another generation of a right wing Supreme Court. If Republicans along with Bernie Sanders supporters manage to take Hillary down Bidden will be the nominee and we'll have the same result. If he'll freezes over and Bernie Sanders managed to get himself elected (lol) he would be as in effective as he's been for the last 20+ years since he's been in Washington and nothing would change at all.

Hillary Clinton is a great Democrat and is why so many of her colleagues have endorsed her. Where are Bernie's colleagues? Bernie Sanders isnt going to win the nomination much less the presidency thank God.

If Bernie is a dem or not. Who cares? Issues are what matter here, not stupid bullshit toe the political establishment line party crap.
You just illustrated the HUGE difference between those of us who support Bernie and those of you who support Hillary.
To us, issues are what matters. Stuff like party affiliation doesn't.

I asked a question, then saw that you had already answered up-thread when you claimed that Bernie hasn't accomplished anything in his career.

That's all I'll need to hear from you, Buhbye.

You laugh yet I bet you laughed at this time back in 2007 too, didn't you?
Bernie has gotten a lot done in DC and a simple Google search would show you that. Nothing would change at all? You honestly think things would change if Hillary was elected? A polarizing figure who the right absolutely hates more than anybody else in politics? Really? REALLY? Wake up!

Brought to us by the same people who thought he'd be another Kucinich.

Yes, he needs money. But as most of us forced to WATCH all of the TV ads in those expensive markets know, we get hit with far too many, to the point where we're sick and tired of political ads long before it's time to vote. Candidates currently WAY overspend on TV ads.

He matches Clinton in fundraising so now he needs a Superpac. Nope. He has something unlimited money will never be able to buy no matter how vast the numbers...grassroots support and enthusiasm. Trying to buy that for Clinton is like shredding cash.

I also read that Hillary has already spent most of the money she raised during the
summer, and read somewhere else that she's already tapped out most of her large
donors. All that money on polling, hiring "experts" to run focus groups, and her ugly
ads have not stemmed the rising tide of The Bern.

I don't know how much Bernie has spent of the money he's raised, but I'm guessing
that he's keeping his powder dry, using mostly volunteers (because people are truly
excited and clamoring to help however they can, in many ways, often spontaneously.

Money is an absolute necessity with our completely disfunctional campaign system. But even with Superpacs we won't match the repukes dollar for dollar. Grassroots and volunteers will walk through fire for free. Paid campaign staff are only looking for blurbs on their resumes.

That note was tacked onto the bottom of this story. I think the unspoken implication is that it's possible some might want to revisit their assumptions in light of Sander's record haul which had not yet been reported to all.

The larger point is that this is a read out of conventional wisdom, and I do not knee jerk knock all conventional wisdom, because it becomes conventional for a reason. But these are not conventional times and Sanders is not a conventional candidate.