This coming Thursday, a sleeping giant will have awaken....

[Very Orange]

2016 will be an exciting time and can't wait to beat my feet for Bernie!

Not only Bernie will bring in the left, but he will also attract the Independents and the moderate right for his no-nonsense attitude and his messaging.

Bernie is the man I would love to have a beer with, and I don't even drink!

[okaawhatever]

1. LOL Yeah the moderate right is going to vote for a socialist. Good luck with that. nt

[ChisolmTrailDem]

3. Bernie is capable of making his case to reasonable people. nt

[Very Orange]

6. Bernie has that knack that makes people shut up and listen...

Even last Sunday he made O'Reilly shut up and listen to what he had to say.

He has that magnetic personality.. Gravitates with the left and the 99%'ers as well.

[JaneyVee]

40. Republicans aren't reasonable people.

[napi21]

8. Don't be too surprised. Bernie talks about a lot of things that MOST Americans want.

Listen to him sometime. He's one of a very very few straight shooters in Congress in either house! I doubt he'll be able to beat Hillary, f doer no other reason than money, but his being in the running will definately move the Dems to the left. Hell, he MIGHT even move some of the Pubbie candidates to more moderate positions.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

9. " I doubt he'll be able to beat Hillary" Yea, I heard that going around 7-8 years ago. nt

[Adrahil]

24. Wanna bet?

I love Bernie, but no way he wins the nomination.

I stake a donation to your fav charity on it.

[Agschmid]

10. In VT they elected a Republican Governer and an Independent Bernie Sanders in the same cycle...

So it's clear some Republicans did vote for Bernie.

That being said they were VT Republicans so in some places in America those are also knows as "hair on fire liberals".

[eridani]

11. Teabaggers hate banksters--Bernie or :Liz could appeal to some of them

And so far Liz isn't running.

[IkeRepublican]

16. Teabaggers do what Republicans say every time

Don't be fooled by those cretins.

[busterbrown]

18. They say they hate banksters..

Because they think Jews control the banks..

Listen Fucking Teabaggers thrive on hate and ignorance.. Period....They want nothing to do with sensa bility or reason.. They just wanna hate..

[jwirr]

42. If that is true - isn't Bernie a Jew?

[JaneyVee]

38. LOL teabaggers hate banksters. Hilarious!

[cali]

12. they do here in Vermont. a lot of them

[stone space]

28. Why not?

LOL Yeah the moderate right is going to vote for a socialist.

[L0oniX]

32. Yeah yea ...we know all about the corporatists.

[2banon]

39. ok. what-ever.

[gopiscrap]

2. He will definitely move the conversation to the left!

[YoungDemCA]

4. Good luck to Bernie Sanders in this campaign

I mean that sincerely.

[liberal_at_heart]

5. First time I have been excited about an election in a long time.

[Very Orange]

7. Last time I was this excited was a fellow Vermonter named Howard Dean.

Bring on the bat!

[Alkene]

15. THIS

[newfie11]

25. I sooooo agree

GO BERNIE!

[rhett o rick]

13. Sen Sanders expressed his concern for his safety and his familie's safety if he chose

to run against the powerful Olgarchs. He said he would run if he got enough grass roots support. I pledged my support should he decide to run.

Please support the only true Populist candidate Sen Bernie Sanders. Volunteer to help here https://berniesanders.com/

[Iwillnevergiveup]

19. Thanks for the link, rhett

If Bernie's in, I'm in.

[woo me with science]

21. [phone]

[L0oniX]

33. The only true Democratic candidate.

[leftynyc]

35. Who isn't a registered Democrat

That would be the first question any reporter worth spit would ask - why should actual registered Democrats vote for someone who doesn't think enough of their party to join it.

[rhett o rick]

37. I don't know how Sen Sanders would respond but what I would say is that anyone can

register and claim to be a Democrat. Not just anyone can follow Democratic values.

Sen Sanders will be the Populists choice.

[leftynyc]

41. I'll vote for him if he's the nominee

but first, he's too old and two he's an admitted socialist. That will kill any chance he has right there or haven't you seen what the this country, aided by the corrupt media, has done for the word socialism?

[rhett o rick]

43. He clearly will not be the choice of Wall Street and Big Money.

Clinton is expected to raise $2 billion dollars and not from the 99%. In the primaries I believe the Corp-Media will be strongly against Sen Sanders and the Plutocratic Oligarchs will pull no punches to eliminate this huge threat to their status quo. They will be happy with a Clinton v. Bush race.

So I agree that he has an uphill battle. Democracy has an uphill battle.

[jwirr]

44. He's too old? I thought we were not supposed to talk about age. Or is that just in Hillary's case?

[leftynyc]

45. Unless you can find a link to me

whining about people mentioning Hillary's age I really don't see why you're targeting me on this issue. I'll save you some time, I've never whined about it. Meanwhile Bernie has 6 years on her.

[L0oniX]

46. You can retract that after tomorrow.

[leftynyc]

51. Is he joining the Democratic party?

Or just seeing the nomination under its label? And as what I said was true when I said it, I'll never have to retract it.

[Zorra]

47. Thanks, rhett! Donated, volunteered, and ready for duty.

[rhett o rick]

48. I am ready to put a sign in my yard now. Well maybe Thursday. nm

[hedda_foil]

14. My moderate Republican neighbor told me today that he would vote for Bernie because he GETS it.

Bernie is actually his second choice, though. His first and favorite possible candidate is Elizabeth Warren! Third is Hilary because all the Repubs are "crazy." I didn't even bring up the subject, though we often talk about politics. He volunteered all of this.

He's one of the Republicans who voted for Obama in '08 because Palin was so unqualified to be anywhere near the presidency. He voted for him again in '12 because he thinks Obamacare is great.

Yeah, he's a Dem at heart, but can't quite say it yet.

[MaggieD]

20. Um, your neighbor is not a republican

[hedda_foil]

29. Actually, he's a rino, but he still considers himself a moderate Repub.

[woo me with science]

22. His support will definitely reach across party lines.

He is the only one clearly pointing out the outrage of a tiny, powerful elite controlling our government and exploiting ALL of us across party lines.

[L0oniX]

34. Ya know it just struck me that Bernie is a centrist when it comes to drawing votes from both sides.

Is that odd or what

[joshcryer]

17. We need a proper challenger for sure.

Should be great.

[midnight]

23. kick

[Renew Deal]

26. Fan is short for fanatic

[merrily]

27. USians need to hear Bernie's voice. For me, at this moment, that matters a lot.

Until he said he might run for President, media pretended he did not exists. Until Warren and Bernie, media also pretended the left of the left of the Democratic Party did not exist.

[derby378]

30. Why wait until Thursday?

If you're gonna declare, declare already. That was my problem with Hillary's "soft opening" video, too.

[whatthehey]

31. Well good luck to him and any Dem primary candidate, but let's be sanguine

Despite claims to the contrary, Obama was seen as a rising star long before 8 years ago, and had far more support than Sanders does now at this stage, so another Cinderella story may be less likely than many hope.

I'll vote for and support whoever wins. Frankly I don't care a whole lot who that is. American politics really is a team sport no matter how much people piss and moan that it should not be; who captains the team ain't that important to me. O'Malley interests me most at this point if I had to pick, but very early days yet.

[Recursion]

36. The more the merrier, I say

I'm still Team Schweitzer for now, but let the candidacies flourish!

[Pooka Fey]

49. That's exactly what I've been thinking

K&R

[Eleanors38]

50. Ah! Now we have something! Let's get ready to rumblllle!