Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumBernie Sanders surges ahead of Hillary Clinton in N.H., 44-37
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/us_politics/2015/08/bernie_sanders_surges_ahead_of_hillary_clinton_in_nh_44_37Trajan
(19,089 posts)jaded_old_cynic
(190 posts)Yeah it looks like we hit at about the same time. Awesome news, though!
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)I have read and rec'd them all.
Go Bernie!
Trajan
(19,089 posts)Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has rocketed past longtime front-runner Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, a stunning turn in a race once considered a lock for the former secretary of state, a new Franklin Pierce University/Boston Herald poll shows.
Sanders leads Clinton 44-37 percent among likely Democratic primary voters, the first time the heavily favored Clinton has trailed in the 2016 primary campaign, according to the poll of 442 Granite-Staters.
Vice President Joe Biden got 9 percent support in the test primary match-up. The other announced Democrats in the race, former Maryland Gov. Martin OMalley, former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee and former Virginia Gov. Jim Webb, barely register at 1 percent or below.
The live interview phone poll was conducted Aug. 7-10 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.7 percentage points.
---
THERE is your basic plateau ... kinda sloping upward plateau ....
Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)LOVING IT.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)I'm more than happy to just run with this great news tonight.
Go Bernie Go!
Divernan
(15,480 posts)It's not just that he has the class & concern to personally connect with and thank the overflow crowd. It's also about his level of energy and stamina - to counteract those who are consciously or subconsciously concerned about his age versus the physical/mental demands of the presidency.
We all age at different speeds, and on a Bell curve distribution examining age versus level of stamina, Bernie performs at the +3 level i.e., top One Percent. That's a "one percent" label I can live with, as opposed to candidates focusing their campaigns/fund raising/ and policy positions on the desires of the wealthiest One Percent. Think of this presidential primary as the healthiest one percent candidate versus the wealthiest one percent candidate.