Bernie Sanders Attracting Big Crowds

[oeoyeleye]

Why is everyone so focused on the crowds he's attracting. A lot of people point to Barack Obama attracting large crowds in 2007 as well, but I know Barack Obama, and Bernie Sanders is no Barack Obama. Bernie Sanders is a Howard Dean, not a Barack Obama.

[eric82oslo]

Why is everyone so focused on the crowds he's attracting. A lot of people point to Barack Obama attracting large crowds in 2007 as well, but I know Barack Obama, and Bernie Sanders is no Barack Obama. Bernie Sanders is a Howard Dean, not a Barack Obama.

Except Howard Dean was much younger than Sanders is now, so he probably isn't even a Howard Dean lol.
On the other side, his policy proposals are much more attractive than Dean's though.

[Crumpets]

Crowd size is pretty meaningless. It's not like Hillary is giving speeches in stadiums with nobody showing up - Bernie has just chosen to hold massive campaign rallies while Hillary is sticking to low-level one-on-ones.

And heck, I'm no Sanders voter, but I'd probably go to a speech by any candidate, even Cruz or Trump out of sheer curiosity if there was room and it wasn't a $2000 minimum donation type event.

[Adam Griffin]

As a general rule of thumb, they are meaningless, but I see a lot of comparisons being made between Bernie Sanders and Ron Paul, or Bernie Sanders and Howard Dean.

For starters, Sanders' Madison rally was 30% larger than Ron Paul's largest crowd ever - and that crowd was one month after Super Tuesday.

Secondly, Howard Dean was a serious candidate and very well could have been the nominee had it not been for a couple of unfortunate incidents. Dean was the front-runner at one point, and everyone knows that when you are the front-runner in a field where there is no inevitable nominee, a lot can happen to ruin it for you. Therefore, I don't think the comparison between the two is valid (unless of course people are making it because they are both from Vermont).

[RogueBeaver]

The new Romney road signs, I hear.

[Thunderbird is the word]

As a general rule of thumb, they are meaningless, but I see a lot of comparisons being made between Bernie Sanders and Ron Paul, or Bernie Sanders and Howard Dean.

For starters, Sanders' Madison rally was 30% larger than Ron Paul's largest crowd ever - and that crowd was one month after Super Tuesday.

Secondly, Howard Dean was a serious candidate and very well could have been the nominee had it not been for a couple of unfortunate incidents. Dean was the front-runner at one point, and everyone knows that when you are the front-runner in a field where there is no inevitable nominee, a lot can happen to ruin it for you. Therefore, I don't think the comparison between the two is valid (unless of course people are making it because they are both from Vermont).

Also Sanders would stand out in any Democratic field just by virtue of labeling himself a Socialist whereas Dean would have had nothing to distinguish himself with without the Iraq War. I mean he was a decent enough governor but ideologically he was pretty run of the mill.

[eric82oslo]

As a general rule of thumb, they are meaningless, but I see a lot of comparisons being made between Bernie Sanders and Ron Paul, or Bernie Sanders and Howard Dean.

For starters, Sanders' Madison rally was 30% larger than Ron Paul's largest crowd ever - and that crowd was one month after Super Tuesday.

Secondly, Howard Dean was a serious candidate and very well could have been the nominee had it not been for a couple of unfortunate incidents. Dean was the front-runner at one point, and everyone knows that when you are the front-runner in a field where there is no inevitable nominee, a lot can happen to ruin it for you. Therefore, I don't think the comparison between the two is valid (unless of course people are making it because they are both from Vermont).

Also Sanders would stand out in any Democratic field just by virtue of labeling himself a Socialist whereas Dean would have had nothing to distinguish himself with without the Iraq War. I mean he was a decent enough governor but ideologically he was pretty run of the mill.

Sounds like Martin O'Malley. Don't understand the hate for O'Malley, except for the fact that he has very little charisma. He was for sure one of the most liberal Governors the Democratic party has ever produced.