If there's no way Bernie can win

[procon]

50. OK, that wasn't my question, but lets do a brief recap:

There is no comparison to be made.

Obama was a well known national figure for Democrats ever since his keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. As a Senator, his nationwide polling was in the upper 40th percentile even before he announced his candidacy for President of the United States in Feb 2007, rivaling the front runners in both parties. In the same time frame, Sanders still hasn't even started an Exploratory Committee as a presidential candidate, and remains a virtual unknown to voters outside his home state, polling only in single digits.

Look at the FEC reports and you'll find that in the 2nd quarter of 2007, comparable to today, Obama had already pulled in open $33 million contributions. Sanders has no money, and until he actually files the paperwork, he can't even accept donations to run a presidential campaign.

Sanders doesn't have any field organization, but in this same time frame, Obama, for instance, had deployed grassroots teams with staff working the phones in a network of field offices. He had 37 field offices in Iowa alone.

While I wish him, and all the other Democratic candidates, the best, Sanders faces some real, serious challenges, and a reasonable person should be asking how he plans to overcome these hurdles in order to run a serious campaign as a top tier contender instead of just being another show horse that also ran.