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Bernie Sanders

SheilaT

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1. It's amazing what has happened as people

Reply to liberalnarb (Original post)

Mon Jan 11, 2016, 02:19 PM

Jan 2016

have gotten to know who Bernie Sanders is, and just what he stands for.

Back last summer, when Hillary was very far ahead of him in all polling, I and many others kept on saying that very few people had heard of him yet, and just wait until they do. Well, the Hillary supporters all mocked us about that. As his support steadily climbed, and hers steadily declined, they kept on claiming she would win the general, and he couldn't, even though as I recall, by last fall he was polling at least as well as she was in the general election match-up. Then it got so he would do better than she in a general election.

I know that hypothetical match-ups are just that, hypothetical, but as more and more people are paying attention, they become more meaningful.

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It's amazing what has happened as people SheilaT Jan 2016 #1

He is bombarding social media...very savvy. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2016 #2

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Love him! Rider3 Jan 2016 #4

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Bernie!! AzDar Jan 2016 #6