Sanders -- a natural sure-footedness -- that comes I think from his knowing what he's talking about.

Audiences have responded to that. They are sensing the same thing.

I paraphrase "Well you see Donald he is very upset, he just learned women use the bathroom."

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/34771-focus-why-bernie-sanders-will-win-iowa

By this point, mid-June, I was convinced that Bernie would win Iowa. Hillary Clinton was holding small, well-choreographed events, while Bernie was holding overflow events. The Clinton campaign, in holding these ticketed events, was losing the opportunity to increase their volunteer base. Bernie was signing up thousands of volunteers around the country while Hillary was holding small events so she could connect with voters, according to her staff. The problem was that she was only talking to her base, and not expanding it.

Eight years ago, Hillary Clinton made the mistake of underestimating Barack Obama. After Super Tuesday they were broke. They had expected to wrap it up that night. The next day I was on a conference call with her staff, and Mark Penn told reporters that for the next month Obama had built-in advantages because he already had staff on the ground. They were conceding states like Wisconsin and Virginia, states where you would have thought she could compete. Barack Obama swept the primaries during the month of March and half of April.

Now we are hearing that again. The Clinton campaign is telling reporters that Bernie has more organization outside the early states than they have. The reason for that? Bernie has been traveling the country holding large events and recruiting volunteers. Bernie has grassroots groups around the county taking the lead and organizing while they wait for the campaign to arrive. Hillary is running a top-down campaign while Bernie is running a grass-roots campaign.