Suggesting that Bernie is "trailing" so he's looking for support in other areas.

He's within single digits in Iowa and leading in NH. Those are the first two states that vote. He's made up huge losses in Iowa. He started at .8 percent and has tightened the race with an entire month to go.

This wasn't a desperate plea for votes, as this article suggests. Bernie is looking to not only win, but to win handily.

He's doing better than Obama was in Iowa and NH at this point.

If you look at the bottom of the article, you can see "The-CNN-Wire ™ & © 2015 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. All rights reserved."

Time Warner is one of Hillary's big contributors. Their negative spin and to Bernie's cross-over appeal is desperate. Do they not even try to hide that they are shilling for her? LOL

Do you really want to replay that one?

.. since you chose to post this in GD-P.

Eh? Hard to justify sucking up to racists and mysogynists. Does the brand no good.

embarrassing that Hillarians argue for 3rd Way 'insider' triangulation politics, while
trashing another candidate seeking to defuse & neutralize a dangerously racist
juggernaut in its tracks by redirecting hatred towards Wall St. (that support$ Hillary),
by telling the truth about a pathologically lying demagogue.

embarrassing indeed.

these Trump supporters? Do you cringe and worry when you hear the people you are closest to being denigrated and insults and threats being hurled about them by his supporters? You need to stop and consider who is triangulating here. If you embrace racists and mysogynists, don't expect to be taken seriously. You've become part of the problem.

Stop putting words into my mouth.

HINT #1: there is a volcano of discontent & anti-establishment sentiment in the electorate that
Trump is dangerously exploiting -- thanks to him being "encouraged" to run for POTUS by Bill Clinton.

HINT #2: Bernie is reaching out to the WHOLE 99% of the electorate, not just people who he knows
already agree with him, just like he did at Liberty U. and has been doing from day one.

HINT #3: Disaffected & scared GOP voters are desperately flocking to Trump because he's running as
a Republican and is a "good entertainer" that tells them lies to relieve their pain. Trump is more than
happy to exploit that to benefit his candidacy.

Are there racists and misogynists among Trump supporters? Absolutely.
Is every single Republican who has ever considered Trump or gone to a Trump rally a hard-core KKK
racists or misogynists? No. many of them simply need someone to blame for their sad economic plight and
are more than happy to accept any handy lie handed to them. Sad but true.

I can see Hillarians are enjoying attempting to slime Bernie for his uncanny ability -- despite being a self-
confessed socialist & far Left Progressive -- to speak honestly and respectfully to a broad swath of the
electorate, and appeal to their better angels. <-- If I supported Hillary, I'd be scared shitless about this,
and want to stop it by any means possible.

So I don't blame you in a way. Please proceed to carry water for the bought-and-paid-for corporatist
DINO ... as you see fit.

I'm sure spewing baseless claims & hurling nasty insults is going to convince
tons of DUers to vote for your 3rd Way corporatist candidate.

you like me to post photographic proof?

make certain the gun suppliers are protected and they are everywhere, including in the wars,

is that the Sanders campaign diverts anger at Mexicans, Muslims and ISIS into anger at Clinton, Obama and the DNC, which really doesn't help much.

You know, "the lesser of two evils."

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump predicted Monday that he will poach supporters from Democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).

“Strange, but I see wacko Bernie Sanders’ allies coming over to me because I’m lowering taxes, while he will double and triple them — a disaster!” he tweeted of the Democratic presidential candidate.

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/264295-trump-sanders-is-a-wacko-so-ill-get-his-voters

I saw Stephen Colbert on the Sunday shows saying Trump's campaign was based on nothing but emotion, which us obvious by the nasty rhetoric his supporters eat up.

This just proves how desperate Sanders is since he couldn't convert Hillary's support. Sad.

That's why he's no Obama.

Obama's campaign was uplifting and positive.

Bernie's campaign is very negative and he's trying to tap into anger and frustration.

if you all were running out of material....or just kicking back for the holidays.

Nope, Bernie is the least angry candidate I've ever seen. He's cooler than any other person I know could be under the circumstances.

Did you even READ this? Are YOU running out of material?

Which I just posted here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251953682


and you are taking COMPLETELY out of context?

That's what he wants to tap into. Angry people.

I've listened to him shout his stump speech. Most of the BS supporters here on DU are always pissed off about something. If Bernie ever got elected that anger would come back to bite him once he got stuck in the mud.

Hey, they personal pals.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

and doing as much damage as possible before he's kicked off the island. Intriguing idea.

Looks like WaPo ran it first, with the Ivana wedding pic:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bill-clinton-called-donald-trump-ahead-of-republicans-2016-launch/2015/08/05/e2b30bb8-3ae3-11e5-b3ac-8a79bc44e5e2_story.html

Still this doesn't necessarily prove that Trump intends to lose, or to take a dive when it's time to spend real money on ads, which is my relative's theory -- evidently he isn't taking donations, and so far relying on his own plane, staff and $$ -- but it's a possibility. Of course it's also possible that Bill didn't foresee that Trump would catch on, also that Trump might change his mind and decide to run for real, even if he didn't initially plan to. . . .

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Trumps boundless unbridled ego is being fed big-time, making him a bit more unpredictable
than the Clintons probably wanted, and it could backfire on Bill, but much more more tragically,
it could be an unmitigated disaster for all of us if he ever gets into the WH.

Even if he pays his own expenses he still has to hire ad firms and pollsters, put together a GOTV operation, win endorsements, support down-ticket local races, and so on. Is he game? Seems unlikely but yeah he might decide he's the one true savior and go for it. In that case I see him playing to Hillary's strengths in much the way that Bernie does: Trump is sexist, racist, inexperienced, poorly versed in law and internationally scorned; Hillary is the opposite. Likewise Sanders' age makes Hillary's a non-issue. So as long as Trump and Hillary maintain their leads she's got a clear path to victory. Sure it can backfire but so far it's looking like clear sailing.

and he is doing better in the polls than Obama was doing in 2008....hill is toast.

King Arthur: You are indeed brave, Sir Knight, but the fight is mine!

Black Knight: Oh, had enough, eh?

King Arthur: Look, you stupid bastard. You've got no arms left!
(after slicing one of the Black Knight's arms off)
King Arthur: Now stand aside, worthy adversary.

Black Knight: 'Tis but a scratch.

King Arthur: A scratch? Your arm's off.

Black Knight: No it isn't.

... make the case why voters should vote for him, regardless of how the media or anyone else categorizes some of the voters.

Has Bernie sold out his policies and his principles in his effort to persuade potential crossover voters?

If not, then his effort to gain votes from working class Americans who have been manipulated by decades of RW propaganda into voting against their own economic interests and are fed up with status quo Washington politicians should be applauded. This is what the Democratic Party needs to do to retain the White House and regain control of Congress.

Democrats don't need them to win

But you paint with an overly broad brush if you think every potential crossover voter who currently polls for Trump is a racist or homophobe. Some are frustrated with the status quo more than anything else and, as previously stated, have been manipulated into voting against their own economic interests.

Bottom line is, we need some crossover votes to have a shot at retaking Congress.

who think Obama is a Muslim from Kenya and that his Presidency is not legitimate. It's not a broad brush. It's who they are. Don't forget that Trump is the No 1 birther. He is their leader.

The craziest of the crazy.
Good luck Bernie!

shouted "USA" as a Latino journalist was dragged away after asking a question about immigration? The people who cheered while a #blm protestor was beaten? I guess they do have something in common with the Sanders supporters who called for the tazing of the woman who interrupted Bernie in Seattle.

All salt of the earth.

Logically the people that Bernie is talking about are underemployed and feeling displaced. Economically this is a group of people that Bernie would like to help. However if people will vote against health care for themselves and their families due to racism and hate it's awfully hard to get these people to vote for you. Nixon's Southern Strategy work too well.

I'm surprised they didn't refer to him as a Vermonster.

But we do discuss. And often we agree on some things/issues from different perspectives, to be sure. Do I call my family bigots and losers? No. Do they? No. They aren't. This black/white dyad that goes on here...sheesh. Pity. It's a forum for discussion. That's it.

I intend to vote for the Democratic candidate this election. And I intend to respect every voter as having made the decision of their conscience. Bigots will vote for Hillary, too. Trust me. Minorities will vote for Republicans. Wonderful people will vote for any of the above. Dip shits will vote for any of the above.

Just a request for kinder discussion.

I have righty family/friends, I have lefty family/friends. All are imperfect people. The visceral hatred displayed on the internets by both sides is disturbing. The anonymity of the internet allows the true character of people to come out. Unfortunately, it is often not a good revelation.

His campaign probably thought this was a good strategy and will get in the news cycle for a few mins to help get his poll numbers up.
Doubt it will work.