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Please feel the Bern @BernieSanders for President (super solid cat) #govote

12:45 PM - 23 Dec 2015

Here is the poll: i2.cdn.turner.com/…

Her lead has gone from 58-30 to 50-34, which is still a sizeable lead. However, the nation doesn’t elect primary-winners, individual states do. But that means that he is succeeding in convincing Clinton voters to change sides, which, with plenty of time until voting starts, must be concerning to Team Clinton.

What seems to be driving Hillary’s drop is she is losing support from her base: older voters. In CNN’s November poll, she lead Bernie 70-17. Now, she leads just 59-24. This is going to be crucial for Bernie to have any chance at winning, so keep an eye on this.

Also helping boost Sanders is his increased support from nonwhite voters, which has gone from 28% to 32% in just one month.

I’m starting to understand why the DNC tried to give Sanders the death penalty. They are getting a little bit nervous that someone might interrupt the coronation.


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/12/23/1463241/-NEW-CNN-NATIONAL-POLL-Hillary-s-lead-drops-by-12

(CNN) She had to go there.

On Tuesday morning, Hillary Clinton's campaign released a post on her campaign site with the headline "Seven ways Hillary Clinton is just like your abuela." "Abuela" is the Spanish word for "grandmother," so presumably this list was designed to appeal to potential Latino voters. On the list were items such as, "She reads to you before bedtime" and "she had one word for Donald Trump ... 'Basta!' Enough!"


With all respect, Clinton's latest effort to connect with Latinos is beyond lame. Her campaign's list is an example of "Hispandering" at its worst. It is condescending to Latinos and has generated deserved pushback on social media. Clinton is an intelligent, accomplished woman and certainly presidential material. But let's be clear: She is not "just like" my abuela or those of most Latino voters. My grandmother did not go to Wellesley College and Yale Law School; she was fortunate to finish grade school. My grandmother did not give speeches for $200,000 a pop at Goldman Sachs; for most of her life, she cleaned other people's houses. My grandmother raised seven children In El Paso, Texas, yet did not live long enough to know most of her grandchildren.


The problem with Clinton's attempt at Latino outreach is that it talks down to Hispanic voters. The "Seven ways" posting seems to have been put together with little thought, as it consists mostly of GIFs and photos. The "reads to you before bedtime" item, which is accompanied by a picture of Clinton with two children who are not her grandchildren, appears to have been taken during the day. Her "one word for Donald Trump" is actually two words -- "Basta! Enough!" -- and "Basta" is not a commonly used expression. ("Ya," which also means "enough," might have been better.) What is conspicuously missing from this not-so-helpful list is any substantive discussion of the issues that matter to Latinos.


No wonder this effort backfired. By Tuesday evening, the hashtag "NotMyAbuela" was trending on Twitter. Latinos were quick to note the dissimilarities between their grandmothers and Clinton, saying, "My Abuelas survived poverty, abusive husbands, and dictatorships -- Hillary wears designer pantsuits" and "My Abuela worked as a meat cutter in a packing house until she was 66 years old." (@metalbones59). Others raised important policy points, such as "Unlike HRC, my grandmother's bills aren't paid for by lobbyists, PACs, and private prisons" (@lowsell) and "My abuela wouldn't support the deportation of central american child migrants to the violent countries they tried to flee from" (@paulinecstasy). The negative reaction was so bad that the Clinton campaign later changed its original headline from "Seven ways Hillary Clinton is just like your abuela" to "7 things Hillary Clinton has in common with your abuela."


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http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/23/opinions/reyes-hillary-clinton-latino-voters-abuela-post/

PRESS RELEASE

‘Not for Sale, Not for Sale’


DECEMBER 22, 2015






COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – “I am getting a very good feeling about Iowa,” Bernie Sanders bellowed to a roaring crowd of 1,800 supporters packing an arena at the Iowa Western Community College on Tuesday.

Midway through the senator’s remarks, the crowd began to chant “not for sale, not for sale,” a rallying cry for Sanders’ people-powered presidential campaign and a rebuke to politicians bankrolled by millionaires and billionaires.

Sanders’ grassroots campaign has been propelled by a record 2.3 million donations averaging less than $30 each. Hillary Clinton’s campaign on Tuesday tried to cash in on Sanders’ success by making the unlikely claim that Sanders might raise more campaign cash than her. “Probably not,” a Sanders’ spokesman said, “but what is certain is that they will have more total money because they have established super PACs.”

Sanders has rejected super PACs, which may accept unlimited sums and are the key part of a corrupt political system that props up a rigged economy.





Addressing the crowd here in Pottawattamie County, Sanders welcomed the “fantastic” turnout three days before Christmas and 41 days before the Iowa precinct caucuses. All told, more than 31,000 people have filled school gyms, convention centers, churches and other venues for rallies and town meetings. “So keep it a secret. Don’t tell anyone, but I think we’re going to win here and make history,” Sanders said.

Earlier Tuesday at a town meeting in Storm Lake, Iowa, Sanders brought up an exchange during last weekend’s Democratic debate when David Muir of ABC News asked the former secretary of state, “Should corporate America love Hillary Clinton?” Quipped Clinton, “Everybody should.” In Iowa on Monday, Sanders was blunt. “I do not want to be liked by everybody. I want to be liked and supported by the middle class and working families because I am going to take on Wall Street and the billionaire class. They do not like me today. They will like me even less if I am elected president. I welcome their dislike.”

The rallies and town meetings on Sanders’ latest swing through Iowa came on the heels of a new CBS News Battleground tracker poll released on Sunday which found that Hillary Clinton is leading Sanders by only five points here in a state where pundits once deemed her the prohibitive favorite. He was 14 points ahead in New Hampshire.

This Iowa swing came in the wake of major developments in the Sanders campaign. Last Thursday he won the endorsement of the 700,000-member-strong Communications Workers of America. The same day he won the backing of the progressive grassroots group Democracy for America. Sanders was favored by 88 percent of those participating in an online poll.

Sanders will wrap up this trip to Iowa on Wednesday but return next week.



https://berniesanders.com/press-release/not-for-sale-not-for-sale/