New Poll: Sanders pulls within 7 percent of Clinton in Iowa

[Fawke Em]

Liberal revolutionary Bernie Sanders, riding an updraft of insurgent passion in Iowa, has closed to within 7 points of Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential race.

She's the first choice of 37 percent of likely Democratic caucusgoers; he's the pick for 30 percent, according to a new Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics Iowa Poll.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/iowa-poll/2015/08/29/iowa-poll-democrats-august/71387664/

#FeeltheBern

[Warren DeMontague]

1. Ruh roh!

[John Poet]

33. It's a good thing that "the Sanders surge is over",

or Hillary would have to start worrying!

[billhicks76]

44. Clintons Married To Bushes

What's happens to our country (or what doesn't happen really) if Clinton gets the nod will be on all of you who voted for her. Must be nice believing all the lies just to feel better.

[PatrynXX]

136. more like Bushes and Trumps

connected at the hip with Donald if she gets the nod it'll be like Donald getting the nod on the right. you get what you get and we are f*cked.

[left-of-center2012]

52. "the Sanders surge is over"

The supporters of some other Democratic candidate posted the other day that Sanders had "peaked".

[SheilaT]

128. I'm thinking that about two weeks ago

a lot of people here started posting that Sanders had peaked. It's not worth tracking down the very first post that said that, of course, but ever since he peaked he's continued to climb. How bizarre is that? Obviously the vast herd of potential voters out there don't bother to pay much attention to what's said on DU.

[left-of-center2012]

130. Saying he peaked

I think that was wishful thinking by the supporters of "another candidate".

[Babel_17]

133. They say as they are submerging

The people who respond to polls aren't property, and they're looking less and less fungible into voters who will show up for you. Imo, it's being proven to have been a mistake to tout so heavily the circular logic of "inevitability". Now ever day instead of it being just a matter of the underdog gaining ground, it's about a contrived edifice crumbling publicly, and loudly. And going by that prior circular logic, that inarguably means something very important. Though when using a more reality based logic, it actually is indicative of sands shifting in an important way.

Hmm, "The sands are shifting for Sanders"? lol

[jfern]

2. Rated A+ by 538

And the previous closest poll (from any firm) was Hillary up 19.

[Fawke Em]

4. Even better news!

[ericson00]

97. 1. the 538 ratings are outdated. 2. Even the best polls have outliers at times

and when it is an outlier, lets see how you guys like it.

[sabrina 1]

122. The only problem is the 'outliers' showing Sanders surging and trending upwards, are becoming

more and more common. In WV eg, Bernie is surging ahead of Hillary, in NH, same thing, now in Iowa and he has done all this in just a few months starting with practically no name recognition.

When do 'outliers' become the norm? I'm guessing in about another two months.

[HereSince1628]

125. How do you detect, with confidence, outliers in series following non-linear trajectories?

As things go negative rapidly, an outlier that has values near the past running avg doesn't look like an outlier.
It works the same way in the other direction.

THere's no reason to believe a priori that Clinton's recent 52% in Iowa wasn't the sort of outlier described above. Just days ago the narrative was how Iowans were remaining loyal to Clinton based on that number.

The only way to see the outliers is fitting the curve and looking at residuals, but the curve fitting itself is problematic at the moving end of a noisy non-linear trajectory where we most earnestly want the truth

[Fawke Em]

134. Given the trajectories, I'd say this poll isn't an outlier.

If they weren't following these lines, I might agree. Outliers are those little bumps up and down - not a clear pattern:

[ericson00]

48. well lets hope they're not doing what Quinnipiac is;

abusing their old rating to get publicity.

[artislife]

61. It's deja vu all over again

[zazen]

3. waiting for the litany of dismissals and excuses . . . tic, toc, tic, toc . . .

[IVoteDFL]

5. Things are starting to look sketchy for Ms. Inevitable

[Robbins]

9. I don't sound crazy anymore

thinking bernie could win iowa and NH and ms inevitiable could collapse like a house of cards.

[Huddie94]

118. How's chances voters reject both ->Hillary and Jeb! ?????

That the two campaigns are linked in voters' minds?

The big change recently in Iowa is that the superPAC supporting Jeb! started running television ads. It's all "personality" stuff pushing a youthful image. And voters don't buy a line of it.

That fits with what you've been saying about the ->Hillary campaign. Her core supporters like her a lot but many Democratic voters react negatively when they see her on the campaign trail. When she went out in that orange pantsuit, it could have been 1994 again. Nobody dresses like that in 2015.

People do not want repeats of the 90s or the 00s. That was failing to get health care reform and the dot.com crashes and then both 9/11 and Iraq. Seems like rejecting Jeb! ties in with rejecting Hillary Clinton. Not sure at all why that works.

[AtomicKitten]

6. hell yes

[neverforget]

7. Great news!

[senz]

8. We're getting there. It's a comin'.

[HereSince1628]

22. Yes, getting there this is iirc the 7th state to have Clinton sink below 50%

Even with Biden out of the race this is like a floor collapsed.

With Biden in she sinks below 40%...

7 points is approaching margin of error territory.

[senz]

41. I am so glad this guy came along.

Hate to think what might have happened otherwise.

[artislife]

62. I wonder if anyone would have challenged....nt

[Uncle Joe]

10. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Fawke Em.

[ram2008]

11. Game changer!

Wonder how Nate is going to spin this one .

[Motown_Johnny]

12. "This feels like 2008 all over again,"

^snip^

"This feels like 2008 all over again," said J. Ann Selzer, pollster for the Iowa Poll.

In that race, Clinton led John Edwards by 6 percentage points and Barack Obama by 7 points in an early October Iowa Poll. But Obama, buoyed by younger voters and first-time caucusgoers, surged ahead by late November.

In this cycle, Sanders is attracting more first-time caucusgoers than Clinton. He claims 43 percent of their vote compared to 31 percent for Clinton. He also leads by 23 percentage points with the under-45 crowd and by 21 points among independent voters.

[AtomicKitten]

14. WOW

[Motown_Johnny]

17. Yep, she was leading Obama by 7 in October.

This is (obviously) still August.

I'm still seeing a trend where Bernie will pull even with her, maybe even be slightly ahead of her, by the first debate.

[bvar22]

18. Edwards also beat Hillary in Iowa,

but that doesn't get much mention,
and got NO mention in the Media (MSNBC) that night. Neither Rachel nor Olberman mentioned Edwards by name.
That was weird. How can a news organization cover 1st and 3rd Place,
and not even mention 2nd?

I guess "the word" was already handed down from management about Edwards.

[arcane1]

59. Edwards talked too much about poor people. Can't have that n/t

[HereSince1628]

67. Edwards worked Iowa for almost 3 years.

That was a disappointment after a tremendous investment of time and resources.

It's possible the word was in from management...about his relationships with you know who. The Enquirer had printed accusations in late 2007 so it's possible that was a factor with someone who controlled production of the coverage.

[ram2008]

27. It Biden enters the race we might see the same thing

Bernie taking the caucus by a solid margin, Biden in second with Clinton in third.

History seems to be repeating itself.

[Le Taz Hot]

13. OH, hell!

I REALLY need to read the board BEFORE posting. I just posted the same thing. K & R and I'll delete the other one

[Fawke Em]

20. It's so exciting, I don't blame you!

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. Wait, I was told here by "experts" (err... partisans)

that this was not going to happen, like ever. I am getting a bad case of 2008 flashbacks.

[Hydra]

80. So are they, and they aren't enjoying it

As a friend of mine used to say "I disbelieve..I disbelieve...Dammit, they're still here!"

[HereSince1628]

16. And this after Clinton has been running advertising!

Not sure those promisory notes from superdelegates at the DNC summer coffee latch for Clinton are going to mean much.

[HerbChestnut]

19. 96% of the People like Sanders for his ideas.

This is not an Anti-Hillary vote. This is absolutely a Pro-Bernie vote, and 19% of Iowans *still* don't know enough about him to make a decision. He's going to win Iowa.

[cali]

21. I certainly think he has a real chance

[John Poet]

36. I'm very glad to see this, because he's GOT to win Iowa,

in my opinion.... Bernie really needs to take Iowa AND New Hampshire to have any chance at all.

If he does, I think all the "conventional wisdom" will have to be recalculated, and all the "shallow support" being reported for Hillary in national polling will begin a major shift.

[artislife]

64. Pro Bernie, indeed. nt

[askew]

23. As an O'Malley supporter, I am incredibly bummed that he can't get any traction.

The lack of debates is killing his name recognition. He isn't going to be able to go from 3% (8% without Biden) to a decent showing with 1 debate in November. Not sure how he continues to fundraise with those poll numbers either.

However, the good news is that Hillary's lead is shrinking. She is going to be a dead weight on the Dem Party if she wins the nomination with her horrible favorables/trustworthy #s. So, I am hoping Sanders can pull off an upset and knock her out early.

When I was in Iowa for 1 weekend , I saw Hillary's ad easily 50 times. It was one 3x in one commercial break during the Vikings game. Her campaign has to be seeing some bad #s in Iowa to be airing that many ads. Considering how lame her ad was, I am not surprised it isn't helping her.

[Fawke Em]

24. What was the ad about? eom

[askew]

39. Her mom and how she'll fight for working families.

Completely vapid. Lots of close-ups in Oprah lighting of Hillary looking like she is trying to feel our pain and images of her mom. Silly ad. Every time it came on all the Iowans in the room (D and R) would roll their eyes and say there was no way they'd vote for her.

[Fawke Em]

43. I wondered if it was that one.

Saw a great rant on that somewhere...


Wish I could find it again. If I do, I'll post it.

[cali]

30. that's understandable

Interesting about the ads

[Hydra]

81. O'Malley is helping the battle for better ideas

And while he may not get the nomination, the more he is out there promoting the idea that we as a party should stand for things and not be DLCist the better things will be for everyone. He could come out of this as someone known and trusted for later consideration.

[draa]

100. Hell, he could be the VP if Sanders wins.

I could get behind that idea because I like O'Malley almost as much as Sanders. Bernie could certainly do worse.

[vadermike]

25. Bernie

He may be our nominee. Would be great but how will we compete with billion dollar GOP campaign. Where would our money come from ?

[HerbChestnut]

31. Bernie is already proving...

That you don't need the most money to win an election. He has been outspent continuously his entire political life, but look where he is now. Trust in the people.

[RoccoR5955]

65. Bernie does not need money

Money does not vote, people do, and Bernie has many more people than the GOP can hope for!

[artislife]

66. Maybe from ex-Hillary supporters

because the will support him in the general according to every H supporter here.


And Bernie, O'Malley and the rest of the people who have had enough of the billionaires buying the elections.

[juajen]

91. Every Hillary supporter, New to me.

..

[RufusTFirefly]

74. Good point! What about the sacred principle of one dollar, one vote?

Our democracy depends on it!

[Hydra]

84. Thankfully the GOP is getting no traction with all of their money

I would say the DLC and GOP top brass are dumbfounded that their money advantage is getting them pretty much nowhere.

The problem is that most Americans don't see a bright future for themselves in the status quo. There's no way they can make that looks shiny again.

[aikoaiko]

26. What needs to happen in NH and IA is happening.

Bernie needs to work on South Carolina now.

[K lib]

28. without biden it is

Hillary 43%
Bernie 35%

Still 19% unsure about Bernie Sanders

[SoapBox]

29. People do not like her.

And as the campaigns get rolling even more, old as well as new dislike will grow for her...people are tired of her.

But what they needed was a common sense, honest and authentic candidate...we now have him, finally...Bernie Sanders.

Every minute of every single day, hundreds, thousands of Americans hear Bernie's mainstream, non-Bankster, non-billionaire message...and jump onboard his campaign.

Go Bernie! Go Team Bernie!

[vadermike]

34. bernie

He is also starting to be competitive with The Clown Car now too.. beating all buttheads in NH ... i wonder how he would fare against the clown car in NV, CO, IA, WI etc and OR WA, OH, PA..... ETC..

[artislife]

68. I wouldn't worry about the PNW

they had 15,000 and 28,000 show up for him already. They (we) are pretty progressive.


Cascadia rocks!

[Puzzledtraveller]

70. When this thing gets moving beyond the politicos

and junkies (us) and the average joes and janes get to chime in, HC is toast.

[Robbins]

32. If Biden doesn't run

all his support doesn't go to her.

Hillary would rise to 43% without Biden but Bernie would rise to 35% showing some who support Biden would support Bernie.

O'Malley would rise from 3% to 5% without Biden.

[ibegurpard]

35. Excellent news!

[Old Crow]

37. Woo-hooo! The end of the dinosaurs!

Original artwork: "The End of the Dinosaurs" by Mark Stevenson (aka MasPix).

[Jack Rabbit]

47. The end of neoconservatives, neoliberals and other neo-anderthals

[Fawke Em]

49. This picture makes me smile.

[Old Crow]

55. I'm glad!

It still makes me smile, too--especially when I imagine the T-Rex bellowing "Nooooooo!" and flailing its little arms back and forth.

[Fawke Em]

73. LOL!!

[Old Crow]

75. LOL right back 'atcha! :) (N/T)

[peacebird]

89. Love it!

[cascadiance]

113. Nice! Missing a couple more though...

These dinosaur "friends" should be in this pic too!

[Old Crow]

114. LOL! Yes, there are lots more dinosaurs one could add to that image. :) (N/T)

[Jack Rabbit]

38. Go Bernie!

[center]

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[aidbo]

72. I see your Lennon & raise u 1

https://m.

[Le Taz Hot]

76. The quintessential John Lennon, right there.

And welcome to DU. You have good taste in music.

[DiehardLiberal]

112. Thank you for posting that!!

When they played that at the Portland rally I had chills...

[cascadiance]

115. Steve Earle chimes in that the "Revolution Starts NOW!"

And Midnight Oil feels that the Beds are BERNING!!!

Banksters are going to be made to say this too when he gets elected!

...
The time has come
To say fair's fair
To pay the rent
To pay our share

The time has come
A fact's a fact
It belongs to them
Let's give it back

How can we dance when our earth is turning
How do we sleep while our beds are burning
...

[hootinholler]

40. It's happening nationally as well

The Quinnepac poll has Hillary's lead at 23 points now. That's a 15 point drop from their last poll.

[Huddie94]

119. First time IA caucusgoers split favoring Sanders. That's a biggie early on.

"Sanders is attracting more first-time caucusgoers than Clinton. He claims 43 percent of their vote compared to 31 percent for Clinton. He also leads by 23 percentage points with the under-45 crowd and by 21 points among independent voters."

That's from the Des Moines Register piece.

What happened with Obama and Edwards was that their first timers went to the caucuses and stuck it out all evening to vote. Bigger impact than the poll numbers predicted. Enthusiasm matters.

If anything, this cycle's Sanders supporters are hyper-enthusiastic. Look for a big turnout in February if things keep going like what we see today.

[cali]

42. I really hope the Clinton camp can resist the urge to go

negative. I don't mean minor sniping, but tv and internet ads and a non-stop cavalcade of heavy hitter surrogates. Even if they're sure they can stop him on super Tuesday, they don't want her in a fight with someone who is considered a low stature fringe candidate.

[HereSince1628]

45. Too late, imo. That's why the Ragin Cajun was back on the circuit last week

It's going to be as angry as 2007-08.

[nadinbrzezinski]

46. Wrong...

it is going to be far, far, far, far angrier

[HereSince1628]

51. Maybe. I could need an old man, a pick-up truck and dogs

to fend off the mountain lions...

[LiberalLovinLug]

94. I can see a Bernie ad in there somewhere

with some country music in the background.
and maybe Sam Elliott narrating?

I think I'm kidding

[ericson00]

50. Bernie Sanders Could Win Iowa And New Hampshire. Then Lose Everywhere Else

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/bernie-sanders-could-win-iowa-and-new-hampshire-then-lose-everywhere-else/

Don't let reality get u guys down, tho.

[HereSince1628]

53. That was early July, now the Hill's mudslide is happening in 7 states

It's looking more and more unlikely that Sanders will only get 2 states.

Of course, the Yellowstone super volcano -could- explode making it all ash covered mootness.

[HerbChestnut]

54. If it helps you sleep better...

[cali]

57. sure but the reality is that it looks terrible

for her to be competing with a low stature "fringe" candidate.

[HereSince1628]

63. Breaking below 50% was a huge psychological barrier...below 40%?

via a 2 digit fall in 10 days or so? That must be terrifyingly reminiscent to supporters of the experienced re-runner

[frylock]

69. Don't let reality get u guys down, tho.

reality is becoming more real by the day!

[ericson00]

83. America will not elect an old greying self-avowed socialist

and if it has to come to a smokefilled room, so be it. The superdelegates will also not allow a socialist to get the nomination, hence why Hillary has way more endorsements than at this point in 2008.

[Hydra]

85. And what happens if we get a Socialist into the WH?

Mind you, Bernie is a mild one, but what happens when the unthinkable occurs, and the red scare goes away?

What happens when an actual socialist movement gains steam and rolls back the Reagan Revolution/Overthrow of our democracy?

Scary stuff to consider...

[cali]

86. wow. you really, really don't like the democratic process.

[HereSince1628]

87. The DNC must also consider how that would tear the party apart

The progressive side has been fed up with the conservative side of the party for a decade. That was so obvious the DLC had to rebrand.

The superdelegates over-turning the base would be traumatic and destructive in the states that form "the blue wall" just at a time when demographics really start to favor democrats across the country.

But, grabbing defeat from the jaws of victory isn't unheard of for the DNC

[frylock]

88. If it has to come to a smokefilled room, you'll see the lowest turnout in history..

if the party machine decides to select Clinton, you show an entire generation of new voters that the system is rigged.

[nadinbrzezinski]

92. Two points

you'd better watch this... if you truly want a brokered convention.

http://www.history.com/topics/1960s/videos/violence-batters-1968-democratic-convention

(Copyright note, fair use)

And after you are done, tell me, was America ready to elect a black man in 2008? Because I swear I heard plenty of supporters back then say this... "the country will never elect a black man to the white house." Or my favorite variation, "perhaps some day."

[ericson00]

96. socialists in America were/are not oppressed like blacks in America

nor are they as large a population or constituency anywhere in America.

[nadinbrzezinski]

98. You should read some history

starting with the Turner raids in the 1920s before you make such assumptions about persecution and all. Make a stop with HUAC as well.

Regardless, the red scare is no longer as popular as it was even 20 years ago. We have had a whole generation that has grown up after the fall of the wall, and have no idea why they should fear them damn commies. In fact, they don't.

Heck, I spent my evening with friends. Some of them are from that dreaded leftist persuasion and...self identified leftists. Some of these are kids who are also looking forwards to voting for this guy...and they were part of the Obama coalition as well. Sorry but after a certain point they all start to look like kids, even 30 and late 20 something's.

Anecdotal, but poling data by age supports this observation.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/29/young-people-socialism_n_1175218.html

By the way, they will be the generation that will see the end of the 20th century 'isms...incidentally that does include left, right and yes...people are also talking of post capitalism.

[ericson00]

99. that's not quite slavery or Jim Crow

this is sickening I have to even point that out.

[nadinbrzezinski]

103. No it is not slavery

but as far as Jim Crow, many of those who were identified as commies lost their livelyhoods. Most died in penury, some spent years in jail. You really need to learn some history. More than just a few left the country as political refugees, incidentally like more than one African American intellectual. Some were one and the same.

So if this is not as bad as Jim Crow then bloody commies should have an easier time getting elected? I am just using your pretzel logic here.

And you still have to address the dreadful idea of a brokered convention. I guess we need another riot outside the convention, and a generation of new voters to learn how rigged the political system is..after all, we need another very public Chicago 7 trial. Yup, that is the ticket

Is a democratic socialist, incidentally not the same as a socialist, or run for them hills a....communist (gasp!!!) scares you that much? Serious. That you are actually endorsing going back to the pre 1968 party selection system? While at it, should we reconvene the HUAC?

And people did do the exact same shit in 2008. Some even became PUMAs. Are we heading the same route? I think we are.

[Joe the Revelator]

101. To be already invoking such an anti-democratic solution to the "Bernie Problem"

Does not bode well for Sec. Clinton.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

109. Bernie is only 6 years older than Hillary who is also graying

In 2008 even though she had endorsements and delegates she still lost.

[ericson00]

110. this ain't 2008

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Also, here is presidential and KEMPT:

[Rosa Luxemburg]

111. Endorsements

don't mean that she is going to win and she is quite old.

[MoveIt]

131. She is going to lose

It's substance-free attack posts like yours that make me look forward to when Sanders and O'Malley wipe the floor with her in the debates.

[cyberswede]

132. Do voters choose a candidate based on endorsements?

I don't.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

141. No the endorsement people shifted to Barack in 2008

[grahamhgreen]

138. Hillary's good. Bernie is the shit, tho.

[Utopian Leftist]

140. I read that Bernie is only 3 years older than Hillary, not 6 years. EOM.

[Logical]

123. You sound desperate! The poll numbers are making hillary fans nervous! nt

[Indepatriot]

56. Amazing the things that can happen when you give people AN ACTUAL CHOICE!!!!!!!

[thereismore]

58. Iowa caucuses are in February 2016. I'm feeling it. nt

[Duval]

60. Yayyyyyyy Go Bernie Go! eom

[WillyT]

71. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!

[greiner3]

77. With a 4.9% MoE;

We still have work to do or bu bye!!!

[kenn3d]

78. As reported from the Bloomberg side

Sanders Within Striking Distance of Clinton in Iowa
..."It looks like what people call the era of inevitability is over," said J. Ann Selzer, president of West Des Moines, Iowa-based Selzer & Co., which conducted the poll. "She has lost a third of the support that she had in May, so any time you lose that much that quickly, it’s a wake-up call."
---
The decline in Clinton's rating in the poll comes despite her dominance of the local broadcast airwaves. During the past month, she was the only Democratic candidate or political action committee advertising on Iowa broadcast television stations. The heavy Clinton buy, which aired in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids, focused on her biography and her record as a champion of American families. According to Kantar/CMAG data, the Clinton campaign was not only unopposed on the Democratic side, but had more than twice as many spots in the markets where it bought, than all Republican advertising combined.
---
The biggest surprise is Sanders. Unlike his recent strong showing in New Hampshire polls, his performance here cannot be dismissed as a result of the Vermont lawmaker’s regional appeal.
---
"On paper, he’s not the kind of candidate that traditionally ends up as the nominee," Selzer said of Sanders. "But he’s making them feel good about being a Democrat."
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-08-29/sanders-within-striking-distance-of-clinton-in-iowa

[JDPriestly]

79. Good news.

Feel the Bern.

[MerryBlooms]

82. Happy to be rec #77.

Bo Bernie!!!

[cantbeserious]

90. I Will No Longer Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go

eom

[Enthusiast]

95. Bernie is kicking ass!

[Joe the Revelator]

102. As a non-Sanders supporter, and a person who honestly thought he had a snowball's chance....

This is pretty amazing to watch.

[nadinbrzezinski]

104. As a political reporter

who gives two shits who wins I am getting whiplash to 2008...including proto-PUMAS. I admit, I gave Bernie good odds...alas I started taking Trump seriously well before the MSM is just starting to.

It is the historic moment we are. And his method is now spreading to a local council race...go to the people and get them behind you.



A usually boring and predictable race, even locally, will not be. I am happy.

[avaistheone1]

105. k&r k&r k&r

[SoLeftIAmRight]

106. People know that the system is not working...

Give them a choice and they will take it

THE TIME IS RIPE

[Indepatriot]

107. I'm trying not to get too geeked up by some early polls but GODAMN IT"S LOOKING GOOD!!!!!

I'm thinking its very possible that by February it WON'T EVEN BE CLOSE. Sanders message resonates DEEP with the Middle and Working Class and I think he's going to win going away......

[delrem]

108. Well, there's a small consolation for everyone.

Clearly Hillary hasn't bottomed out yet, and Bernie hasn't plateaued.

So we've all got something to look forward to!

yay!

[marym625]

116. here we go!

The tides are turning.

[Unknown Beatle]

117. Hillary supporters are starting to sweat

as evidenced by their posts.



Feel The Bern!

[Huddie94]

120. Dismissive, condescending, borderline nasty... what's not to like?

We're such idiots to support Bernie Sanders.

Thing is, Hillary Clinton has been speaking of Bernie's efforts as though he's no more than an annoyance for most of 2015. And now the Hillary supporters emphasize that she's getting all the insider endorsements -- missing it entirely that Bernie's messages are attracting followers precisely because of Democratic Establishment failures.

"Establishment endorses Hillary" is perfect for Bernie.

Income inequality, global warming, student debt, insider attacks on SCHIP/food stamps/Social Security, protecting voting rights and more -- Hillary's Establishment have failed the American people. They're not quite as bad as the Republican fascists. Big whoop.

With $150,000,000 in income mostly from the financial industry, Hillary can hardly deny the Clintons' relationships there.

[Unknown Beatle]

137. Hillary talks the talk

but she doesn't walk the walk.

Welcome to DU, Huddie94

[NCjack]

121. but but but HRC has 1/5 of the delegates committed to her -- Bernie is sunk! NOT /nt

[xynthee]

124. WOW!

Wasn't she up by 20 points a week ago??

[4dsc]

126. The revolution is gaining momentum

Although this is good news for Bernie fans we must remember that Hillary has quite the organization here in Iowa. She has a representative in every precinct in Iowa. But I wonder how many of them have turned though ..

[CrispyQ]

127. Really good CNN interview with him here:

http://my.democrats.org/page/s/contact-the-democrats

Jack Tapper does a good job! He asks questions & then shuts up & lets Bernie talk. I was impressed.

[SheilaT]

129. Meanwhile, the Hillary group

seems either completely unaware of the rapid decline in her numbers, or simply repeat that he's peaked, she has all the endorsements, and byGod it's her turn now!

Oddly enough, they point to his being from a very White People state as proof of his unelectability.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/110717424

And if he's not picking up at least some of the supporters that used to be hers, where in the world is his support coming from?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

135. How many of the 37% pick Bernie as their second choice?

[grahamhgreen]

139. We need you Hill folks! May the best candidate win:)