Bernie Sanders Weakened Heading Into California

[Kaleva]

cross posted from LBN

Source: NBC News

"Sanders may be heading into the Golden State hobbled.

Despite notching two wins this month, with more likely to come, Sanders is running lower on cash than expected and replaced his top official in California Wednesday. Meanwhile, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton has moved to solidify her support in the state, which she won comfortably over Barack Obama in 2008.

Meanwhile, Sanders officials say they "probably" won't spend more on television advertising in the notoriously expensive state, which some California political experts say is virtually a declaration of surrender.

In another sign of trouble, a senior aide says the campaign is likely to stop producing new TV spots all together. That, after the campaign has cut more than 264 different TV ads."

Read more:http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/bernie-sanders-weakened-heading-golden-state-n572541

[DesertFlower]

1. are his contributions drying up?

[still_one]

4. someone has to pay for his trip to Italy

[Iliyah]

2. I would think Rove and Co. would keep him alfoat.

I would think the T-rump people are helping GOPers register Dem in California.

[enid602]

5. wv

They did pretty damned good in WV.

[Thinkingabout]

3. The campaign funds will dry up when it is plain the road to victory is dim.

Too much was spent in states with little return.

[Jitter65]

6. He's not spending money in CA because he wants to concentrate on huge rallies to show the supers

how much the people love him and hate Hillary. He is pretty certain he will win CA and so he doesn't need to spend money on ads there. He believes he gets more milage out of the free TV he will get when they show his huge rallies. And to a great extent that is true. He is also going to spend money and time wooing Hispanics, trying to turn them against Hillary. I still believe he will not get the margin he needs to overtake Hillary's delegate counts.

[Maru Kitteh]

7. Jesus H. Christ. 264 DIFFERENT tee vee ads? No wonder his managers are so eager

for their Principal to stay in until he burns up on reentry. They are making some great income for themselves.

[Historic NY]

8. He has a cash flow problem....

he spends before he gets it and now those FEC violations are taking a chunk of the money that he shouldn't had in the first place..

[Cha]

9. I read he's going to have the rallies and expect free advertising from that.. ".. see how popular I

am @ rallies.."

Those huge rallies don't come cheap, either.

[Koinos]

10. Rallies are all he knows how to do.

One-to-one social campaigning skills are practically absent.

His greatest strength reveals his greatest weakness.

[LiberalFighter]

11. Were all of those tv ads used?

Or were they just produced with no intent of using them but for the purpose of creating income?