2/23 News Roundup & OT
How Sweet It is!
Bernie Sanders surges to the lead among Wisconsin Democratic voters in new statewide poll
ermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has opened a commanding lead over his rivals in Wisconsin’s Democratic primary race after strong performances in early-voting states, according to a new statewide poll.
The Wisconsin poll, coordinated by the UW-Madison Elections Research Center in collaboration with the Wisconsin State Journal, also shows a precipitous decline in support for former Vice President Joe Biden and an upswing for the newcomer to the race, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Sanders, who won the state’s 2016 presidential primary, was the top choice for 30% of registered voters intending to vote in the Democratic primary on April 7. The five other top Democratic contenders besides Sanders find themselves scrabbling for second place with between 9% and 13% support.
“Bernie Sanders is clearly the leader among Democrats,” said UW-Madison political science professor Barry Burden, who has developed a new battleground state polling project in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania through his Elections Research Center. “He has a pretty commanding position.”
Despite Sanders’ position in the primary, he doesn’t fare much better in the general election than the other Democratic contenders, who each have slight leads over President Donald Trump in a hypothetical match-up, but all within the poll’s margin of error.
“In the general, who the nominee is didn’t do much to change what voters’ likely intentions were,” Burden said.
Sanders also leads among Democratic primary voters in Michigan and Pennsylvania, but by smaller margins, the poll found.
The poll was conducted Feb. 11-20 by YouGov, which has also done polls for CBS News, The Economist and other news outlets.
The opt-in online poll includes 1,000 registered voters in Wisconsin, 1,300 in Michigan and 1,300 in Pennsylvania. The margin of error is plus or minus 4.1, 3.4 and 3.2 percentage points, respectively. For the Democratic primary voter sample in Wisconsin the margin of error is plus or minus 6 percentage points. The sample was selected and weighted to reflect the adult population in each state based on gender, age, race and education.
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Bernie Sanders to Speak in Goldsboro, NC Church This Week
What I’m hoping Bernie emphasizes in the South is that the reason he considered primarying Barack was because Barack was cutting Social Security! (As we now know, Bernie got talked out of the idea of primarying Barack.
I hope Bernie turns that to his advantage.
Sanders Considered Primarying Obama in 2012: Report
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/02/bernie-sanders-primary-obama-2012-social-security.html
I’m wondering if an endorsement is coming forth.
Sanders eviscerates the conventional wisdom about why he can’t win
Bernie Sanders’ Nevada win is a breakout moment. The others are toast
MSNBC in ‘Full-Blown Freakout’ Mode as Bernie Sanders Cements Status as Democratic Frontrunner
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One of the MSDNC contributors is saying there is no path in FL for Bernie because he’s a socialist.
Joy Ann Reid admitted to blocking Sanders’ communication team members on twitter because “she can’t take it.”
The head of Move On said that Bernie hasn’t been vetted this cycle.
a nice wine walk in the woods, perhaps?
A moving article about a family and their child who was sinking into darkness.
Not only is this an important political story, it is also about the need for different voices that need to be heard. Some day, we will listen to trees, air, water, etc., like early people did.
Malena Ernman on daughter Greta Thunberg: ‘She was slowly disappearing into some kind of darkness’
A new book by Greta Thunberg’s mother reveals the reality of family life during her daughter’s transformation from bullied teenager to climate icon
the book from which the excerpt above is from, the book will be out shortly
here is an article from the same day
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/22/greta-thunberg-mother-she-stopped-talking-and-eating
Bernie Sanders’ plans may be expensive but inaction would cost much more
She was quite good, I saw that segment. But I just peeked at her twitter timeline so I’m going to stay wary for now.
Why the Russian Petro-state is actually terrified of a Bernie Sanders Presidency: The Green New Deal
This speech apparently brought all the non-aligned caucus people over. very short.
Hope Bernies campaign see’s this and reaches out to her somehow just to say THX!!. That was awesome
Yes, that took a lot of strength to do what she did. People giving it there all out there!
Video of Bernie’s rally last night from NYT:
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/elections/100000006993046/bernie-sanders-2020-nevada-caucus.html
What’s interesting is the main print newspaper, the San Antonio-Express, didn’t bother to cover the rally.
But lo & behold, they finally published one article.
Bernie Sanders Vows to Win Texas
Disappointed in my fellow Americans for apparently wanting a racist misogynist oligarch to be their president. We have built up this type of man so much in our movies in our heads that they honestly see him as some kind of Savior. That’s all I can figure.
Here’s the Michigan numbers
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Wendell’s efforts have been helpful I think.