Bernie Sanders in Atlanta: ‘We’re going to win right here.’

[Uncle Joe]

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders swept into Atlanta on Tuesday with a prediction for the more than 4,800 who packed a Morehouse College arena to hear him speak.

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That’s one of the reasons he visited Morehouse, a historically black college near the heart of downtown Atlanta. He earned repeated applause from the crowd by sticking to his stump speech, laden with calls to raise the minimum wage, fight Wall Street greed and generally upend the Washington establishment.

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In interviews with more than a dozen students who waited for more than three hours to hear Sanders speak, many were eager to tear down the idea that the South will be Clinton’s so-called firewall.

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Candice Anderson, a student from Alabama State University, another HBCU, rode a bus to the Sanders event at Morehouse with more than 50 other students from her school and nearby Tuskegee University.

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http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2016/02/16/bernie-sanders-in-atlanta-were-going-to-win-right-here/

[LWolf]

1. Good to know! nt

[Uncle Joe]

2. I thought so.

[libdem4life]

3. Once they get to know him and hear his plans and visions for America, it's a no-brainer.

The young respond positively to Yes, we can and Us, not Me.

[Uncle Joe]

4. That has always been Bernie's biggest challenge, name recognition but the times

are a changing.

“We all know we’re in the African-American mecca in Atlanta. And we are looking for who is actually looking out for us,” Smith said. “And people are beginning to hear him out.”


http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2016/02/16/bernie-sanders-in-atlanta-were-going-to-win-right-here/

[libdem4life]

5. And his stamina for a super-packed schedule amazes me. It seems to give him energy.

Every time he has one of those raucous and energetic rallies with over-flowing venues, his donations seem to go up. Glad the DNC pushed for four extra debates.

[LWolf]

8. Sometimes

I hear his voice getting tired. His energy never seems to flag, though.

He gets way more accomplished every day than I can, and I'm 22 years younger.

[libdem4life]

10. Yes, it does get tired...but his stamina is impressive.

[uponit7771]

11. Sanders lost IA PoC by 25% after he spent 3 months there so I don't think this assessment is

...correct

[libdem4life]

12. I think this is the opportune time to say..."That was then, this is now, and tomorrow is Nevada."n/t

[NoMoreRepugs]

6. Bernie's MOMO is undeniable

as more and more people pile onto the train the ground is going to start to shake

[malthaussen]

7. He has mojo as well as momo. n/t

[noiretextatique]

9. but, but...he hates Obama!!!

glad to see all the bullshit memes falling apart.