Posted on 01/25/2016 5:34:47 AM PST by bryan999
DECORAH, Iowa — When Bernie Sanders entered the presidential race last spring, he was considered a fringe figure — an unapologetic independent whose “political revolution†would eschew campaign customs and center around his liberal agenda.
Now, with an upset over Hillary Clinton in next Monday’s Iowa caucuses potentially within his grasp, Sanders has emerged as a more combative — and in some ways, more conventionally political — candidate.
Sanders opens his rallies by ticking through the latest polls — an uncharacteristic touch of bravado intended to convince Democrats that he is not only viable in a general election but a stronger standard-bearer against the Republicans than Clinton.
He also is attacking Clinton more directly, not only on policy differences but also on personal character, demonstrating that he has both the stomach and the punch for a political brawl — even one against the Clintons and their defenders.
The Sanders pivot was evident in an interview with The Washington Post on Saturday as he flew on a chartered jet — itself a change for a candidate who used to fold himself into the middle seats of Southwest Airlines planes — from his home in Burlington, Vt., to Iowa for his final week of campaigning here.
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Yeah! Go get her Bernie!!!*
*So Trump can destroy your campaign you in the general. HA!
And just WHY is Bernie allowed to run in the DEMOCRAT Primary when he is an INDEPENDENT??
Clinton is desperate because she has made so many enemies that the only way she stays out of jail is for her to win the presidency.
The perp walk will be exciting!
Hope Bernie’s got a reliable food taster.
Bernie taking some tips from Trump?
Yeah he’s basically imitatating Trump, the man he says he will mop the floor with.
Neither Clinton nor Sanders are young enough or healthy enough to tolerate much excitement. Is Sanders trying to kill Hillary and self destruct?
The fact that Bernie is polling above one percent just proves that even the Democrats are desperate to vote for anyone other than Hillary.
Great little candidate that they have there. Other than the middle aged militant feminist lesbians does anyone actually want to vote for Hillary?
Her black limo campaign kick off looked like a funeral procession.
He is not wrong about that.
It is very difficult to get excited about a dumpy old woman.
hehehe Lacks excitement, but has PLENTY of EXCREMENT!!
Get her, Bernie! She’s low-energy.
The Colossus, HRC, long live the Colossus!
Hillary’s a big ball of bits and bribes and donor payola... And her husband’s a loser.
He should borrow Trump’s “low energy” label.
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