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Bernie Sanders

Iwillnevergiveup

(9,298 posts) Tue Sep 1, 2015, 10:55 AM Sep 2015

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/01/us/politics/crowd-successes-by-bernie-sanders-in-other-states-are-playing-out-well-in-iowa.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=They call it Bern-Storming.

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"Mr. Sanders also has a growing presence in other primary states, and is putting staff in Nevada. But for a Vermont independent senator with radical political roots, no experience in national politics and little establishment backing, the key has been attracting more than 140,000 volunteers who have registered online.0"

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