Bernie Sanders

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts) Thu Oct 1, 2015, 08:26 PM Oct 2015

WaPo: Bernie Sanders’s $26 million cash haul is a major problem for Hillary Clinton

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/10/01/bernie-sanderss-26-million-cash-haul-is-a-major-problem-for-hillary-clinton/

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton technically beat Bernie Sanders by $2 million in the chase for campaign cash over the past three months. But that isn't the story — not even close.

Clinton held 58 fundraising events to raise her total; Sanders held seven. As of the end of September, Sanders had brought in 1.3 million total donations from 650,000 individuals since he began running. Clinton's campaign did not release how many total donors she has. And Sanders ended September with $25 million in the bank; Clinton did not release how much money her campaign had on hand.

Read between the lines, and you get this: Sanders is drawing huge amounts of small-dollar donations via the Web. That means two important things: (1) Sanders has been able to concentrate on meeting and greeting potential voters rather than spending his time courting donors, and (2) He has been able to conserve money because he isn't spending cash on lavish events for donors.
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WaPo: Bernie Sanders’s $26 million cash haul is a major problem for Hillary Clinton (Original Post) LiberalElite Oct 2015 OP

MSNBC On Their Crawl Is Saying Hillary Raise $28M & Bernie $24.... global1 Oct 2015 #1

Edited: I don't think MSNBC included the 2 mill he pulled down on the last day of the quarter. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2015 #2

Bernie is demonstrating his principles by the way he campaigns. MainSt99 Oct 2015 #3

You are right on MainSt. Public funding of elections dae Oct 2015 #4

As far as we know... SoapBox Oct 2015 #5

Thom Hartman clip in the video forum passiveporcupine Oct 2015 #6

While a different country, etc. the phrase "people power" reminded me of this FWIW: LiberalElite Oct 2015 #7

global1

(25,247 posts)

1. MSNBC On Their Crawl Is Saying Hillary Raise $28M & Bernie $24....

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Thu Oct 1, 2015, 08:37 PM

Oct 2015

Aren't they off on the amounts?

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)

2. Edited: I don't think MSNBC included the 2 mill he pulled down on the last day of the quarter.

Reply to global1 (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 1, 2015, 08:41 PM

Oct 2015

Folks released the 24 number early, then he rocked another 2 million dollar day.

The comments under the story are pretty funny too. Looks like a lot of Hillary supporters aren't happy with the article.

MainSt99

(30 posts)

3. Bernie is demonstrating his principles by the way he campaigns.

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Thu Oct 1, 2015, 09:13 PM

Oct 2015

It's too bad the candidates don't received public funding so they can concentrate on getting their message out to the electorate rather than needing a staff just to raise funds.

But the reality must be dealt with and Bernie is raising funds from the only people to whom he should be accountable.... The voters.
And Bernie is keeping expenses low. He even takes coach accommodations on plane flights between campaign stops.

Hillary, on the other hand is taking BIG donations and incurring obligations that will have to be repaid should she win. That means her campaign promises will be compromised.

dae

(3,396 posts)

4. You are right on MainSt. Public funding of elections

Reply to MainSt99 (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 1, 2015, 10:13 PM

Oct 2015

should be the law of the land.

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)

5. As far as we know...

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Thu Oct 1, 2015, 11:05 PM

Oct 2015

His campaign staff has been brilliant about managing their monies. They've leveraged social media and the net...they've done almost no advertising...there is no private jet...no bucks wasted on polls...and it goes on and on.

Yup...brilliant!

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)

6. Thom Hartman clip in the video forum

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Thu Oct 1, 2015, 11:14 PM

Oct 2015

discussed this. Ben and Jerry from Vermont were his guests and someone said what we need to see now is if people power (Bernie) can beat the power of money (Hillary). And I think people power can win.

Personally, I know people power can win, if we just stick with it. We, the people, have to be in it to win, or it's a waste of effort.

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)

7. While a different country, etc. the phrase "people power" reminded me of this FWIW:

Reply to passiveporcupine (Reply #6)

Thu Oct 1, 2015, 11:18 PM

Oct 2015

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_Power_Revolution

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The People Power Revolution (also known as the EDSA Revolution and the Philippine Revolution of 1986) was a series of popular demonstrations in the Philippines that began in 1983 and culminated on February 22–25, 1986. The methods used amounted to a sustained campaign of civil resistance against regime violence and electoral fraud. This case of nonviolent revolution led to the departure of President Ferdinand Marcos and the restoration of the country's democracy. It is also referred to as the Yellow Revolution due to the presence of yellow ribbons during the demonstrations following the assassination of Filipino senator Benigno Aquino, Jr..[4][5] It was widely seen as a victory of the people against the 20-year running authoritarian, repressive[6] regime of then president Ferdinand Marcos and made news headlines as "the revolution that surprised the world".[7]
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My point being, we do not have to be the silent passive victims of the elites.

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