Is Bernie Sanders's once electrifying campaign showing signs of burn out? (Hillary Group)
Two thirds of the way into one of the most unlikely political insurgencies of modern times, the once electrifying campaign to elect Bernie Sanders as Democratic nominee for president is looking for a new jolt of energy from Saturday’s second television debate.
But with poll numbers flatlining in the face of Hillary Clinton’s invigorated electoral machine, those close to team Bernie privately concede the momentum they really need to recapture can only come now from victories in early-voting states – particularly Iowa and New Hampshire.
Interviews with some of those working on the ground suggest the emergence of a tightly focused strategy that is a far cry from the heady days of packed rallies in liberal bastions across the country over the summer.
The hope, they say, is that it will be defeating former secretary of state Clinton in one – or preferably both – of the first two voting states that really makes Senator Sanders famous among ordinary Democratic voters.
“Name recognition is good among college students and self-identified progressives and party activists, which are not a majority by any stretch, but when you get beyond that it is very low,” said one senior adviser who spoke anonymously to the Guardian about conditions outside New Hampshire and Iowa.
“Bernie Sanders has a big hill to climb … people don’t yet know who he is and what he stands for.”...
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/14/bernie-sanders-campaign-burn-out-hillary-clinton?CMP=twt_gu?CMP=twt_gu via The Guardian
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My 24 year old daughter who is a FLAMING liberal was all for Sanders. Not anymore.
She supports Hillary now. 
