Bernie Sanders discovers the downside of big expectations

[lapucelle]

The Vermonter hoped to reset his White House bid with a home-state Montpelier rally expected to draw up to 5,000 people Saturday — until the actual event attracted only about half that, causing staffers to question the media’s reporting of the “surprisingly underwhelming” crowd.

A subsequent visit Tuesday to the neighboring first-in-the-nation primary state of New Hampshire offered similar optics.

During his first tour of the Granite State in March, Sanders drew a crowd of about 1,000 to Concord. Two months later, his campaign booked the 246-seat auditorium of the city’s NHTI Community College, only to find about 50 chairs empty when the candidate took the stage.

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Capitol Police Chief Matthew Romei said his department “did a best guess estimation from camera shots” of 1,500 people at any one time, noting the campaign told him its total of 3,000 counted all spectators who appeared, whether for a long or short period, from the start to the finish of the multi-hour event.

But subsequent scrutiny by the local press is the least of Sanders’ concerns. Capping a two-day tour of the Granite State on Tuesday, he faced a Politico story headlined “Inside the 2020 Democrats’ Survival Strategies” that began with the sentence, “Bernie Sanders must win New Hampshire.”

https://vtdigger.org/2019/05/29/bernie-sanders-discovers-downside-big-expectations/

[Agschmid]

1. I really am not a fan of VTDigger.

Talk about one sided, they don’t ever seem to have anything positive to say about the senator from VT.

I find it odd.

I used to live in BTV, and never heard of them when I was there... I’ve googled and they do seem to be legitimate though.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

2. Thanks for that perspective.

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[George II]

6. I believe there's a valid reason for that.

[Agschmid]

7. Not really though, when almost every article is negative.

We can agree on this the senator from VT has been in politics for a while, his VT electorate keeps sending him back to elected office...

We may not agree on this, but I’d argue it’s true.

Based on his constant re-election it’s likely he’s doing something positive for the state.

And yet there isn’t a peep about it from VTDigger, a state based publication.

[robbedvoter]

13. There is a history there

and the newspaper has some legitimate reasons. Remember: 🍊 got the least votes in NYC. Almot none in Manhattan, where he lived. The more they know you....

[Cha]

3. I like VermontDigger.. they tell it like it is.

[Agschmid]

4. There is some nuance to the way they present stories about the Senator from VT.

It just doesn’t sit right with me.

And I’m not his biggest fan.

[lapucelle]

8. It's a good news source for VT news and politics.

They say nice things about BS when there's nice things to say.

https://vtdigger.org/page/2/?s=bernie+sanders+2017

Claiming bias over official crowd size estimates is so ... so... what's the word I'm looking for?

[Cha]

10. So they do have nice things to say about BS..

there goes that theory.

Mahalo for your OP, lapucelle.

[sheshe2]

5. Re-calibrate?

Reporters on Sunday’s “Meet the Press” said he then has another eight months to recalibrate his campaign before the first 2020 voting.

That won't be easy. His message stays the course and never waivers. It is what his fans love about him. Go Bernie.

[lapucelle]

9. Imagine claiming media bias over disappointing official crowd size estimates...

[Cha]

11. Not a good look.

[sheshe2]

12. Hmm.

Can't think of any other campaign talking about media bias.

Perhaps I missed it.

[comradebillyboy]

14. Bernie just needs to promise even more 'pie in the sky' that he is

incapable of delivering. Bernie already promised the moon, now maybe he needs to throw in Mars and Venus too.