Bernie Sanders' massive effort falls flat

[riversedge]

By Kylie Atwood CBS News March 16, 2016, 1:27 AM


Bernie Sanders' massive effort falls flat
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-massive-effort-falls-flat/


Tuesday was supposed to be a turning point for Bernie Sanders, the moment when the Vermont senator would prove that he had the wherewithal to win the Democratic nomination.

Instead, his campaign ended the night on the verge of losing every single contest to Hillary Clinton.

When Sanders took to the stage at a convention center in Phoenix, Arizona he did not even acknowledge the races that were happening in five states across the country - the majority of which he had predicted to do well in.

"I think we are going to do just fine on Tuesday," he told reporters late last week. "I feel that we have a lot of momentum in this campaign. ..........................

The 74-year-old senator had barnstormed state after state in the lead up to Tuesday's primaries...................

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Sanders' poor showing in Missouri was a big blow to his campaign, which very good about his prospects there. In the three days leading up to the primary, Sanders had three rallies in the state. During his last visit there he came with a special guest -- Danny Devito -- who called twirled on the stage and compared Sanders to Obi-Wan Kenobi. Sanders then reminded the crowd that there was once "a candidate who was the anointed one, she was inevitable."

"Today she is not so inevitable," he said, a bit too optimistically.

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Yet as one top Sanders campaign official put it before the results began to come in on Tuesday night: "Nothing proves you can win like winning itself."

[livetohike]

1. Wish he would sit down now, so we can focus on the GE. His

campaign is desperate. Just saw Plouffe on MSNBC. He said it was over!

[Gothmog]

2. Sanders outspent Clinton but still fell short

Sanders did outspend Clinton in the March 15 primaries http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/sanders-narrowly-outspends-clinton-ads-march-15-states-n538836

Bernie Sanders has outspent Hillary Clinton in advertisements in the March 15 primary states, $6.3 million to $5.3 million overall, including in Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio, according to ad-spending data from SMG Delta.

Clinton, meanwhile, has outspent Sanders in Florida and Illinois.

I admit that I am impressed by the Sanders fundraising efforts but I am glad that Clinton kept the margins close enough to win. In 2012, President Obama was outspent by the GOP and Romney but still won.

[kjones]

7. Bizarre that he's the big spender candidate... nt

[Cha]

3. Yes, sanders and his internet memes.. ".. she's not so inevitable now.. " BS also said

he was going to win Nevada.. in fact there was Headline in LBN that stated that... so what happened there?

MO, Ill, and Ohio were open primaries.. and he outspent her.. where was his "revolution"?

it was a revolution alright.. a continuation of the Obama reality revolution started in 2008.. Hillary is carrying it into 2017 and beyond. BS was late.

[cosmicone]

4. ^^^ THIS ^^^^ n/t

[Fla Dem]

5. Bernie is like Santa Claus.

Kids sit on his lap and tell him everythng they want for Christmas. But when the time comes, it's the parents who actually deliver on the promises. In this case it's Hillary. Sorry if I burst someone's bubble about Santa.

[Her Sister]

6. "Nothing proves you can win like winning itself."

"Yet as one top Sanders campaign official put it before the results began to come in on Tuesday night: "Nothing proves you can win like winning itself.""

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-massive-effort-falls-flat/


Well said! well said!