Bernie Sanders Gains on Hillary Clinton in Bloomberg Early-State Polling

[Gamecock Lefty]

12. Dems Rock!

As a Hillary supporter, these polls do not surprise me because I think Bernie is an interesting and exciting candidate. I also think Hillary is, too. I am a bit surprised that Bernie has not caught up to her in these two states – what with all the hoopla over his candidacy, how Hillary is 'phony' and how IA and NH are progressive states that, of course, would never vote for a 'Wall Streeter like Hillary.' And the fact she is 30+ ahead in NH really surprises me. What’s even more surprising is how Chafee got 1% in NH - what are these people thinking???

As far as the word ‘coronation’ goes that is thrown around quite a bit, you don’t hear that from Hillary (or her supporters) – that’s media and anti-Hillary jargon. Just because some of us believe Hillary will be our nominee does not translate into that we think she should be crowned Queen and everyone else step aside. The Bernie supporters on DU believe he will be the nominee, but I have never heard him being accused of being crowned King. And Hillary not caring about working folks or standing up for us is just plain hogwash. That’s the ‘drip, drip, drip’ of anti-Hillary speak that those who support others hope will take hold in the minds of voters.

I will be the first to admit that I do not believe Hillary is as far left as Bernie is, but that does not mean she is not a progressive.

And one more thing, I like to consider myself a pretty far left liberal (maybe I’m delusional), but I’m not getting (or understanding) all the hate towards Wall Street. I hear in speeches about breaking up banks, etc, but I don’t even know what that means. Hell, a lot of my retirement investments are from so-called Wall Street companies and I’m pretty happy about that. I’m definitely not an anti-corporation guy (oh my gosh I even support GMOs!), so I think it’s probably something I just don’t understand. Anybody shedding some light on the anti-Wall Street rhetoric would be appreciated!

Dems in 2016!