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Sanders backers feel momentum in Iowa: 'It feels like he can actually win'
The Washington Times ^ | Saturday, February 1, 2020 | Seth McLaughlin

Posted on 02/01/2020 12:56:17 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

DES MOINES, Iowa — Julia Caldwell played with the broken call box outside a gated two-story apartment complex and then joked about her next move.

“If I break-and-enter you are going to think I am a crazy Bernie person,” she said with a laugh.

The 29-year-old was among a slew of die-hard volunteers from across the country that scattered out across Iowa’s capital city on a warmer-than-typical day here to knock on doors as part of Sen. Bernard Sanders‘ final get out the vote efforts before the iconic caucuses.

“It feels like he can actually win - it is insane,” Ms. Caldwell, who made the trip from New York with her boyfriend, said. “That is what I think makes it different from last time when it seemed more far-fetched.”

Indeed, there is a sense here in Iowa that Mr. Sanders could be on the verge of wrapping up some unfinished business from 2016 when he fell a hair shy of defeating Hillary Clinton in the caucuses.

The stakes are high in Iowa for the entire field of 2020 Democratic presidential contenders when voters turn out at their local precincts on Monday to cast their support behind their favorite candidates and try to convince their neighbors to join them.

The results will set the tone for the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary and could signal the beginning of the end for candidates that fail to meet expectations.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: 2020; berniesanders; iowacaucus; sanders
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Some Bernie bots showed up on our doorstep a while ago to talk to my daughter. We’re in Davenport, Iowa.


21 posted on 02/01/2020 1:28:29 PM PST by 2111USMC (Aim Small Miss Small)
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To: lurk

“The collectivists still want collectivism. Just not this fast through this Bernie collectivist. They want to slip the knife in slowly, so we all enjoy it.”

No. They don’t want to lose their power to Bernie.


22 posted on 02/01/2020 1:29:28 PM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: TexasGator

Among a pack of leftist lunatics and with leftist useful idiot voters...he will win. Unless he takes a bribe like ;last time and buys a new house.


23 posted on 02/01/2020 1:36:57 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: TexasGator

Among a pack of leftist lunatics and with leftist useful idiot voters...he will win. Unless he takes a bribe like ;last time and buys a new house.


24 posted on 02/01/2020 1:37:15 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Go Bernie!


25 posted on 02/01/2020 1:43:25 PM PST by rrrod
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Vote for the Bern, he might ask Trump to join as his VP.


26 posted on 02/01/2020 1:45:41 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: hal ogen

” Unless he takes a bribe like ;last time and buys a new house.”

He had no choice. The bribe was only for him to be gracious.


27 posted on 02/01/2020 1:46:18 PM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Hurry up and vote for him before he has a heart attack.


28 posted on 02/01/2020 1:47:05 PM PST by Leep (Everyday is Trump Day!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Sanders win CA, MA, VT. Maybe WA and OR and a few east coast states like NJ, NY, DE and MD.

Otherwise, Trump will beat him handily with way over 300 EVs.

No way is a card-carrying commie going to be President of the U.S.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdSEuY8r3Iw


29 posted on 02/01/2020 2:01:49 PM PST by Signalman
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It feels like he can get the nomination, go up against Trump, and get absolutely killed in the election.


30 posted on 02/01/2020 2:02:56 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: Signalman

Never ever say something is impossible. Because when you do that, it jumps up and bites you on the butt.


31 posted on 02/01/2020 2:04:29 PM PST by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual and political hemlock)
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To: RummyChick

It looks like Her Thighness and the DNC are spooling up to screw Bernie and his supporters once again. Now that Quid Pro Joe has raised the specter of his croaking while in office, don’t be surprised if he nominates her as his VP running mate at a brokered Democrat National Convention in July.

You heard it here first. And yes, Biden is stupid enough to position himself between Hillary and the Presidency, which would render his prediction of an early exit, not only a self-fulfilling prophesy -— but a guaranteed certainty.


32 posted on 02/01/2020 2:07:07 PM PST by Ancient Man
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

That’s just gas...it’ll be gone in a couple days


33 posted on 02/01/2020 2:07:37 PM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The biggest problem Muslims have in Europe is Santa Claus.


34 posted on 02/01/2020 2:13:06 PM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: txnativegop

Bernie will be the George McGovern of 2020, except that he will win more than one state because of changing demographics since 1972.


35 posted on 02/01/2020 2:13:06 PM PST by Signalman
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To: polymuser

“I’ve upped my game. Now up yours!”

- Pat Paulson


36 posted on 02/01/2020 2:14:41 PM PST by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: Signalman

Just having Bernie as the Dem nominee scares the bejeebers out of me. That man is evil incarnate.


37 posted on 02/01/2020 2:14:58 PM PST by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual and political hemlock)
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To: VeniVidiVici

Bernie should show how to share the wealth

Give us free beer and weed if we go to his events


38 posted on 02/01/2020 2:15:06 PM PST by jcon40 (The other post before yours really nails it for me. IOr keep people from / PC ing in ver and alway)
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To: angelcindy
“It feels like he can actually win - it is insane,”

It is insane to think Bernie can win. If he gets close, the DNC will just change the convention rules so as to allow the Super Delegates to determine the winner, i.e., not Sanders.

39 posted on 02/01/2020 2:17:38 PM PST by Thommas (The snout of the camel is in the tent..)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Free stuff is the Snowflakes’ number one issue. Promise them free stuff and they’ll vote for you all day long.


40 posted on 02/01/2020 2:25:24 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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