I bet Thom Hartmann can barely believe what is happening, at least not this soon anyway.

This is amazing

Over the years is how I got to know him. I have always admired the guy.

When I knew things have changed is when my 28 yr old step daughter told me she is for him and my 36 yr old daughter was after I told her who he was, before that she wasn't going to vote. Hillary to most means old stuff more of the same.

Bernie can win regardless of Hillary's ethics challenges

She admits to holding the same values as Bernie so she should not split the vote at all. She is making a huge mistake even with good intentions.

Green Party and other non-major parties would benefit is Sanders won - i.e., he favor publicly funded elections. And given the most recent apparent O'Malley deceit, progressives need to unite around someone who can win.

Did I miss some thing?

He's being accused by republicans of deceiving the state about growth and jobs (IIRC). Something got posted publicly that did not fit his campaign narrative and he had it pulled, and there are e-mails or something to prove it. Sorry...I didn't follow it too closely.

If she cares...and stands by her own positions..she'll see and feel the "berniementum"....she'll do the correct thing....stand down...dive in and Help Introduce Bernie to more folks, imo.

If, goddess forbid, Hillary "wins" the nomination, progressives who will not sell out and vote for the lesser of two evils need someone to vote for. The Greens are a good alternative.

Now is sadly not the time anymore to dream. This is it. We are in crisis and have run out of time. The Greens will never be an alternative for a few more years but she could well get a good job should Bernie get in. She needs to back out. She will not win. We will all loose.
Do not underestimate the amount of stupid in the Country that will vote for a Conservative.

The Greens are not going to split the Democratic vote UNLESS Hillary gets the nomination in which case the Democrats will lose the General anyway. Now, if Bernie gets the nomination? No split because the rank and file Greens will vote for Bernie and Bernie will win the General with their help.

You don't seem to grasp what is actually happening here. BOTH political parties are on the way to extinction if they don't start changing their ways and quit selling out to the .001%. Unfortunately, neither party seems to have a clue as to the populism that is about to overtake them. They can adapt or they can die out. Doesn't matter to me.

And please, quit pushing the Nader shit here. People are far more politically astute here and understand what happened in 2000, the role the SUPREME COURT played along with Tammy Faye Harris, Jeb Bush and the roll the media played in that whole fiasco. Nice of you to give all of them a pass, though.

status quo power cannot change even if they have a clue. To be there is to be in an absolute trap. What we MAY be seeing is a full scale awakening, not so much a political star rising but sunshine in a fake twilight world of Madison Avenue electioneering.

For Bernie to win people have to respond to his genuine representation of issues actually abandoned by the modern scene. AND to see him as what they want which is the polar opposite of all other candidates with the exception perhaps of O'Malley who has a shorter record of facing down the Beast.

Hillary on the other both is(with women voters especially) and isn't the epitome of a current political shoe-in regardless of actual policies or positions. The affinity with the gut desires for basic economic, peace and social progress is simply weak. In comparison to all other candidates and according to the game she is strong. Strong enough to have the GOP cowering behind their rancorous senile base of mean white males. The GOP is only viable through lots of money(which Hillary can counter) crooked media(which is stacked against her) and criminal election fraud(still largely unconfronted and daring beyond the point of a coup d'etat). Which is why you have to hold your breath until her just election reaches beyond a massive vote percentage and victory actually happens. The suspense is not about winning enough votes. It is about a moderate moderately supporting some people issues candidate overcoming fraud.

Bernie however is a sea change against this noxious nauseating game that nearly ignores the voters. It won't be about nail biting and working up enthusiasm but a 100% more genuine populist upheaval.

Otherwise in a declining and discouraging political scene you will start to get more right wing vicious momentum for "change", charismatic shells shills or stars form any side or finally a truculent military takeover such as the corporate nutjobs tried against FDR. The GOP is a fraud of an organization. A good chunk of big money Dems have joined that rush over the cliff. The field is left wide open to real progressive politics(suppressed)- or angry fascist suckerdom(encouraged by big money). Constant daring attacks against representative democracy, the right to vote and them foreign invaders.

We keep saying something new can upset the apple cart. Obama sort of took advantage of that. Sanders actually would. But will it happen? It may be now, or it may just be too early to say- or it may be doomed. And it is sad, dangerous, that we are relying on a popular contest of one or two people to put the banner that millions should have raised long ago.

is strong. But I feel the times right now demand an urgent response which will not come with enough people voting green Party.
I do understand things even though may not have mentioned them all. And believe me....
I GIVE NO ONE a PASS.

She has as much right to run as anybody!!

Which is about as ridiculous as the headline put on that story.

It seems a little early to be declaring VICTORY over the Hearts & Minds of Democrats.
Most Democrats in this country still don't know who he is.
We need to keep working.....even harder.

They have all the answers.

for said poll?

Early in 2012, Obama was shown losing to every clown in the clown car, including Mitt, and also to Mr. Generic Republican. Which of those Republican poll winners is in the Oval Office right now?

to sell the idea that the Democratic nomination would be Hillary's. They kept saying, if she chooses to run, no one will even challenge her. Well, that was wrong. So far, there's Webb, Chafee, O'Malley and Sanders. It's not that they never say it coming; it's that they were trying to create a self fulfilling prophesy. So were prominent people in the party. So were the anchors at MSNBC and the Sunday talking heads.

As soon as Bernie said he might run, they treated him as though he were a joke. Now they treat him as someone who's making a surprising amount of noise, but who can never win.

The establishment would be very happy with another Bush Clinton contest. If that happens, I believe America will stay away from the voting booths in droves next November.

as late as early this year she may have no primary opporent.

MSM wants a Bush VS Clinton race.They are ignorent of fact both might lose nomination.

O'Malley Is likely running to raise profile in hope of getting VP solt and now he is doing Hillary's work in trashing bernie on guns.

People have been trying to sell Hillary is inevital and only she can win against republicans.

Campagins don't change overnight.Back In 2004 once dean and Gephardt went after each other it presented Kerry with opening.And
Democratic establishment declared Dean unelectable.Kerry was better In personal politics than Hillary is.People forget at end of
2007 Hillary was leading most polls.

She is camoaging by giving speeches and careful arranged photo ops.Bernie meanwhile will go on every media show that will have him even though most dismiss him.

CNN own poll says Bernie's rise In NH is due to men,liberals,and voters under 50 and i was attacked for saying that.Soon the talking point will be NH shouldn't matter it's mostly white state.This was state that saved her campagin at time by winning it after third place In Iowa.

Bernie thinks the middle class may be gone after another generation. He thought Warren might run. When she didn't, he felt he had to.

They are probally happy O'malley,chaffee,and webb in race.otherwise she would have a one on one debate with bernie which would be terrable for her.Chaffee and webb will defently go after her on iraq vote since that seems to their main issue with her.

are for Bernie, and will be campaigning for him. He's our best hope for reversing the disaster of Wall Street/ultra conservatives. Polls have indicated that his ideas are supported and resonate with most middle class workers, and also with younger voters.

I plan on getting more involved this time around .... It's for all the marbles this time ...

GO Bernie !

i can not wait for the causes!

My hopes are coming on fast. Love Bernie!

Great post. I'm sorry I didn't see it sooner