Bernie Sanders 'Stunned' By Large Crowds Showing Up For Him

[PSPS]

NPR —

When Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders took the stage at Drake University in Des Moines Friday night, he got a standing ovation. The auditorium holds 700 people and it was packed, including the balcony.

The Democratic presidential candidate is doing something on the campaign trail even he didn't expect drawing large crowds in Iowa, New Hampshire and beyond.

"If you were to ask me a couple of months ago whether we would have larger crowds than any other candidate out there, I would not have told you that that would be the case," he said recently.

More: http://www.gpb.org/news/2015/06/15/bernie-sanders-stunned-by-large-crowds-showing-for-him

[monmouth4]

1. I'm telling you guys it's going to be another Truman vs. Dewey. I can feel it...n/t

[merrily]

14. From your keyboard to the polling booth's ears.

BTW, Dewey was the least of Truman's problems in that election.

[cantbeserious]

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

eom

[flobee1]

28. I agree

Bernie or noone

[eShirl]

3. I haven't seen this kind of thing since,

I think, early 1976?

[BrotherIvan]

4. Looks a lot like 2008

(shh don't tell anybody)

[SusanCalvin]

17. Yep.

Except this time there's an actual record to back it up.

[localroger]

20. What I was thinking

I'm waiting for the "Bernie Who?" headline after he blows the roof off of the first caucus.

[glinda]

5. The piece on NPR today was lovely.

[Hissyspit]

9. Do you have a link?

[glinda]

21. I cannot remember if it was part of a news thing or what (3ish?) but it was a couple or more minutes long.

Very positive. Short audio of Bernie talking about being surprised at how many people show up and he even mentioned Minneapolis. (hoot hoot!) and the woman narrating it was very upbeat about him. Tried to find it but could not.

[Kalidurga]

27. Psst

There is a canvasing meeting Wed Jun 17 6:30 PM at the Blue Nile Restaraunt, Blue Nile Restaurant
2027 E Franklin Ave, Minneapolis, MN

At this point I am begging people to come it doesn't look like very many are coming. I found this on Meet Up. So, if you have the time and don't mind risking going when it might be a small group.

[navarth]

16. NPR was FAIR to Bernie??? This I gotta hear.

I would also ask for a link.

[glinda]

23. It is the one in the original OP.

http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/06/15/414689799/bernie-sanders-stunned-by-large-crowds-showing-up-for-him

[rurallib]

19. didn't hear anything on Bernie, but they were kissing Jeb's ass

til it was chafed
http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/06/15/413927208/he-was-born-republican-royalty-but-jebcito-is-from-miami

[AzDar]

6. Bernie!!

[WillyT]

7. K & R !!!

[Hissyspit]

8. I am a bit, but not much.

Does anyone not remember how many people took to the streets of Occupy Wall Street? Does no one remember that a weelend march could have taken over the NY Stock Exchange?

[madfloridian]

11. I remember. But the media ignored it mainly, just like the massive Iraq protest marches.

[Hissyspit]

12. Yeah, they mostly did.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

10. "Populist" is not only "Popular" but "Populated".

[yuiyoshida]

13. K&R

Go Bernie!

[zeemike]

15. It's the hair, I swear it's the hair.

They came to see the hair...what else could it be?

[wolfie001]

18. Go Bernie!!!!

[SoapBox]

22. 4,104 have RSVP'd for the Denver event on June 20th, so far.

I keep checking and it keeps growing!

Go Bernie

[cui bono]

24. Where are you checking that?

I can't find it on berniesanders.com

I'm wondering if there's anything scheduled for Los Angeles yet. I wish I had caught him when he was out here before he announced, can't remember why I couldn't make it, but it will be more exciting now that he's actually a candidate I think.

[SoapBox]

25. Actually, on his site.

Select Attend Events...then RSVP for the Denver event...and the number is at the bottom of the page.

It's the only event that I've seen with a count...it's at 4,301 as of 12:04AM Pacific.

Fun to see it just go up and up.

I tried to see if I could find something, anything yet but could not...I would imagine something's going to get started...we are a little early in the race yet.

[cui bono]

26. Okay, I found it. Had to go into the "organizing hub" first.

Nothing out here yet, I searched.