I'm not quite sure what Mr. Corasaniti means when he says Bernie does not care about videos. His campaign puts videos on You Tube.

But somehow, Bernie Sanders, the 73-year-old senator from Vermont, has emerged as a king of social media early in the 2016 presidential campaign, amid a field of tech-savvy contenders

they are decidedly in Hillary's court so any praise is a surprise.

While Clinton does fundraisers, Bernie has been taking great advantage of media coverage. It's good to get in early before the money juggernaut happens and it's Clinton 24/7.

as much as we can and we will continue. And that is all it takes to get people to really like Bernie Sanders.

I get more cynical every day.

thank goodness.

"No matter how cynical I get, I can't keep up."-Lily Tomlin

I just watched the episode of West Wing in which Lily Tomlin becomes the President's Executive Secretary.

she's a national treasure.

is another person's vinegar.

not pulling the wool over anyone's eyes after NYC made his polyester worsted remark.

...but it seems a bit back-handed to me.
"Sayings he thinks up in the shower?" Seriously?
Bernie has, at least, hundreds of hours recorded in conversations with the public, and many more speaking on the senate floor. There are many instances from which to draw quotes, probably more than most politicians, without him having to rely on dreaming things up in the shower.
Jeez! I find that comment condescending and dismissive.

so I'll take all the positive we can get - and calling him Facebook Royalty is ok by me. But you are quite correct that some of this may be tongue-in-cheek for them. It may all backfire though as he gains momentum. Perhaps their golden girl won't be the winner after all ...

So the writer was quite effective in conveying his intended effect.

The NYT has no interest in giving Bernie an even break. Expect nasty, gooey little things like this to come attached to anything they write about him. They're hoping to transfer the nasty-gooeys to the candidate himself.

Its a quote from Bernie in the article.

Someone might have missed it.

I dont take issue with the comment as you apparently do. I was just trying to point out that what you guys are claiming is wrong. Pointing fingers at the times for trying to marginalize him when it was a comment he made *himself* seems a bit... strange. Carry on.

ps. thanks for biting my head off though. Its been a while.

to this: "The quotes he posts are rarely pithy….&quot i.e. Bernie really has nothing to say, so why are people excited?) and the qwhole tone of the article conveyed the writer's apparent intention of dismisings anything Bernie says.

I apologize for misunderstanding.

1) Bernie Sanders has been embraced by young people, which is the reason for his social media popularity

2) his age and hair so far have been embraced as well

Let's hope they are wrong (I'm pretty sure they are) about the word "socialism." I think you have to be 50+ for that word to mean anything. When people online ask what is socialism and then they get an explanation--that he's a Democratic Socialist who believes programs such as Social Security and Medicare--they say, "Oh, what's the big deal then?" They understand the idea that these things are good for the people as they will understand Bernie's education bill.

Let's hope the idea that only money can win is also wrong. This worries me the most because I have seen the GMO labeling bill go down in California of all places because of the tons of money poured into the opposition campaign. People really will believe anything and one of the laws of marketing is that if you hear something enough, it gets in your brain.

But I also think the Hillary campaign has made a critical mistake: by having her make money in politics/Citizen's United one of her "four pillars", she is just highlighting an incredibly hypocritical position. She isn't even talking to reporters, just fundraising for two PACs, doh. It also brings up constantly the foundation donation problem. I am definitely scratching my head and wondering how the campaign strategists can be so stupid. Did they just read a focus group report on people's issues and copy them without even thinking it through? Dumb, dumb, stupid. If she didn't talk about it at all, it would be far better.

both the "experts" at DU and the press for that matter. The money issue is definitely going to be a factor. Not only the PACs but her own personal wealth. With the exception of Jeb Bush there is no one running on the republican side with her kind of wealth. They will definitely have Koch money behind them, but their own personal balance sheets (guys like Walker, Rubio, Paul) are going to show much less income/wealth. They will try to use that to paint her as an elitist and that will play well amongst their base (the midwest, the south, the churches).

Sanders does indeed handle the press very well. And he has lots of time to improve.

and I can't believe they'd be stupid enough to run Romney again. The others have net worth far below Clinton. This really is not rocket science unless you live inside the beltway and are completely out of touch with what average people are saying.

I understand it's just a game to you.

if we all got together and pithed on him.


Heeeeeere's Bernie!

he just continues to talk directly to the people no matter what they ask him. He's a very intelligent man.

His is an easier path than that of most politicians, who are at great pains to preserve and enhance a carefully constructed public image that doesn't fully accord with their true nature.

With Bernie, what ya see is what ya get.

And I'm betting that for once, a lot of people will be able to see the difference.

Almost everybody including a couple of fox news loving idiots seem to like them.

He's all over my Facebook news feed, from a wide variety of sources. I've even seen conservative former classmates sharing his quotes

... is a transparent ploy. The Clinton juggernaut and those who anointed her before there was even an alternative candidate are getting very nervous, though admitting that publicly would only enhance Bernie's standing, so they're biting their collective tongues.

Hillary's got some old baggage that the Republicans should have abandoned long ago, having been totally discredited by their own people, fer Chrissakes, but newer revelations could be far more damaging, and her refusal to engage with the press or ordinary Americans is most definitely going to come back to bite her pants-suited posterior.

Here's the thing none of her Machiavellian managers seem to be able to grasp: BERNIE TELLS PEOPLE THE TRUTH!

Ya oughta try it sometime, Hill.

and kicking against those who make craven political decisions such as voting for the IWR.