On CNN’s State Of The Union, Democratic presidential
candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) announced that his presidential
campaign against corporate greed, the attempted Koch hostile takeover of
the government, and income inequality has now raised over $4 million
from 100,000 contributors.
Sanders was asked if he really had a pathway to victory.
Sen. Sanders answered:
I think there is more discontent with
establishment politics, with the greed of corporate America than many
people perceive. I think we have a good shot. I am not going to deny for
one moment that I go into this race an underdog. Hillary Clinton will
have a lot more money than we have. But let me say this, even in terms
of money, we’ve been in this race for a couple of weeks, and we’ve
raised over $4 million, because people are sending on average, not a
million dollars, not ten thousand dollars. Forty-three dollars per
contributor to berniesanders.com. We have now 100,000 contributions.
Sen. Sanders promised to hold a civil debate with
former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton, but he openly questioned whether
the media would give them coverage if they focused on issues instead of
tearing each other apart.
Bernie Sanders is not running a vanity campaign.
Unlike many of those who are running for the Republican nomination, his
candidacy is not a stunt that is being done for personal financial gain
and publicity. Sanders is running because there is no other candidate
that is expressing hardcore liberal positions.
Hillary Clinton has done a great job of getting in
touch with where the majority of Democrats are on several key issues.
Despite the grumbling from both media and Democratic circles, Hillary
Clinton has run a really good early campaign, but Democrats deserve to
have their choice of candidates for the party’s nomination.
At one level, Sanders is offering voters another
option. As one looks deeper, it is clear that Sen. Sanders is
effectively tapping a deep well of discontent among voters. Voters are
outraged about the Citizens United enabled billionaire takeover of the
federal government. People are feeling and seeing the impact of income
inequality in their daily lives. The ladder of economic advancement has
been taken away from most Americans.
The
media is focused on Sanders versus Clinton, but the real people who
should be worried about the success of the Bernie Sanders campaign are
the Koch brothers and other billionaires. What Sanders has launched is a
populist Koch killing campaign, and forces are mobilizing behind the
Senator from Vermont to take their country back from the billionaire
class.
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