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WI_DEM

(33,497 posts)
Fri Oct 2, 2015, 10:16 AM Oct 2015

Sanders has his war chest

Rick Klein: “Which is more surprising – that Bernie Sanders is within financial striking distance of Hillary Clinton, or that he’s within polling striking distance without spending any of that cash on ads? What’s clear is that one avenue for Clinton to beat Sanders – for Sanders to beat himself by running out of cash after the first round of early states – is now closed. Sanders has his war chest, and an ability to replenish it via small-dollar donors that the Clinton apparatus can’t match.”

“What’s becoming clear is that any strategy that depends on outside money to boost a candidate is basing that strategy on hope, not history. If anything, this election cycle has shown the limits of Super PACs – think Rick Perry and Scott Walker. The Clinton campaign has weapons left to deploy, including, of course, Bill Clinton. But the point is that it’s increasingly likely those weapons will have to come out during the primary season.”

http://politicalwire.com/2015/10/02/sanders-has-his-war-chest/

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Sanders has his war chest (Original Post) WI_DEM Oct 2015 OP
Yep. 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #1
I predict that following the first debate NorthCarolina Oct 2015 #2
Anyone have a link to Clinton's burn rate? jeff47 Oct 2015 #3
Eugene speculates that Bernie ma have more cash on hand at this point. wilsonbooks Oct 2015 #4
Link to a WaPo article: winter is coming Oct 2015 #5
He's blowing away all their excuses as to WHY Dems NEED all that tainted money. sabrina 1 Oct 2015 #6
 

NorthCarolina

(11,197 posts)
2. I predict that following the first debate
Fri Oct 2, 2015, 10:28 AM
Oct 2015

Bernie will outraise Hillary for that quarter. That is, once the full debate is available on the web so the majority of voters can watch it.

jeff47

(26,549 posts)
3. Anyone have a link to Clinton's burn rate?
Fri Oct 2, 2015, 11:41 AM
Oct 2015

I've seen people tossing around extremely high burn rates, without any attribution.

It would be interesting to compare cash-on-hand for the Sanders and Clinton campaigns.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
6. He's blowing away all their excuses as to WHY Dems NEED all that tainted money.
Fri Oct 2, 2015, 02:40 PM
Oct 2015

And he doesn't need to spend it because he has an army of volunteers growing every day, doing what people do when they are enthusiastic about a candidate, making sure he gets the attention the Corp Media won't give him.

People are asking: Why couldn't the other Dem candidates refuse that money and do what Bernie is doing? It IS the #1 issue now for a majority, nearly 80%, of voters.

And they still can't figure out why Bernie is so successfully challenging someone with a war chest that they tell us, is 'what wins elections'.

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