Media seems to have decided to ignore the fact that Sanders is a candidate--

[Koinos]

53. The only way to get the media's attention is to pay them millions for advertising.

The primary and general election do for media what the holiday season does for retail.

TV time is where most of the campaign billions end up.

Moreover, most of the major networks, cable stations, radio stations, and newspapers are owned by the same corporate puppeteers who want their "puppets" to prevail in elections.

Grassroots door-to-door work and grassroots contributions may not be enough.

The problem is that "grassroots" folk are working so hard for so little that they don't have a whole lot of time or money to contribute to political campaigns.

In the end, even grassroots campaigns need benevolent and sympathetic millionaires to come to the rescue. Though few in number, there are such persons.

There are members of the 1% who do not like inequality any more than we do.