Could this be related to Bernie starting to draw larger crowds in southern states?

[99th_Monkey]

Am I the only one who thinks this bodes well for Bernie's chances in Southern states?

Winds Of Change Blow Through South As Democrats Are Winning Special Elections On GOP Turf
By Keith Brekhus * Thursday, September, 10th, 2015 * Politicus

For the second time in less than a month, a Democrat has pulled off a stunning victory over a Republican candidate, by flipping a State House race in an almost hopelessly red legislative district. On Tuesday night, Democrat Cyndi Munson scored an improbable 54-46 victory in Oklahoma’s House District 85, a suburban district Northwest of Oklahoma City. Since 1965, when the district was first created, it had never been won by a Democrat. That changed on Tuesday night.

The 85th District went 61-39 for Mitt Romney in the 2012 election. Yet, on Tuesday night, in a traditionally low turnout special election, the district turned a surprisingly solid shade of blue. Speaking to supporters after she’d won, Munson acknowledged the magnitude of her achievement, proclaiming:

"Each time I heard it was an uphill battle I got more strength. This is amazing!"

Munson lost her race for the same seat in 2014 by 13 points, but she battled back and emerged on Tuesday night a winner. She ran on a platform supporting education and women’s health, while opposing income tax cuts for top earners. In a deep red district her message resonated with voters, weary of the GOP’s extremist stranglehold on Oklahoma politics.

As astonishing as Munson’s victory was, it was not the first Democratic upset of its kind this summer. In August, Democrat Taylor Bennett pulled off a similar surprise in Georgia’s 80th House District. Despite being outspent 2 to 1 in a district Mitt Romney carried by a 56-43 margin over Barack Obama in 2012, Bennett coasted to a 55-45 surprise victory over his Republican opponent, Max Davis.

More: http://www.politicususa.com/2015/09/10/winds-change-blow-south-democrats-winning-special-elections-gop-turf.html

[marym625]

1. K&R!

Absofuckinglutely!

[HooptieWagon]

2. There's a lot of southern democrats...

...who are discouraged about having to choose between republican and republican-lite. Bernie is a breath of fresh air, and generates a lot of excitement that the Third Way doesn't.

[Uncle Joe]

3. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, 99th_Monkey.

[99th_Monkey]

4. My pleasure Uncle Joe.

This is quickly becoming 'a thing'. Pinch me.

'These People Think Bernie Can Win in the South'
http://www.democraticunderground.com/128050682

At capacity...the overflow is filling up now. (some pics) Whoa says Bernie. This is a Loud Crowd
http://www.democraticunderground.com/128050498#post25

[tomm2thumbs]

5. Logo 2.0 -- I know, bad...

[artislife]

7. Did you do this?

I have to admit, I giggled.

[tomm2thumbs]

8. It is on tinypic.com

I giggled too. Supported Clinton for some time, but the more I research, the more I dislike my earlier decision.

(there is a bigger one at http://oi58.tinypic.com/2h88mmr(dot)jpg

[SMC22307]

9. Perhaps there's a little sumthin' in Hill's Thx Box...

to help with that.

[LiberalElite]

11. .

[L0oniX]

14. +1 Added to sig line.

[zeemike]

6. After a while you get tired of clowns.

Especially when they bleed you dry of your living.

And honesty can be infective.

[merrily]

10. I think it's his record, his message and his delivery, same as it is in L.A. and Vermont.

As I keep posting, people are people. Bernie says things like

A great nation can do anything.

Medicare for All

Expand Social Security

Free public colleges and universities

End "Too Big to Fail" (aka Bailout This).

What would make things like that less resonant in the South than they are in the West?

[Enthusiast]

12. K&R!!! There has been a sort of minor-major awakening all over the modern world.

People are recognizing the political/corporate class has been taking advantage of them in a huge way. And people are talking about this on social media.

People recognize corruption and cronyism as more widespread than ever before. What we used to call influence peddling is clear off the charts as corporations simply write their own legislation.

Meanwhile bubble trapped Republicans are still calling for less regulation, lower taxes and smaller government.

The sockpuppet army can't keep up, they are overwhelmed. Let's keep it that way. Maybe Bernie can win the North, South, East and West.

[L0oniX]

13. K & R