Sanders not running out of money: He's on track to raise 50-60 Mio. $ in March
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« on: March 19, 2016, 11:47:14 AM »

The Sanders camapign tweeted yesterday they already received 5.7 million donations ... and the average donation was 27$.

At the end of February, the FEC report listed 4.7 million donations - which means they had about 1 million donations in the first half of March (or somewhere between 25-30 million $ raised).

https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/710912666315972608
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« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2016, 11:49:31 AM »

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« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2016, 11:51:43 AM »

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« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2016, 11:53:48 AM »

Not surprising. Sanders has successfully conned an entire generation of naive, indebted young people into throwing their money away on his failing campaign.
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« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2016, 11:56:14 AM »

Not that it matters now - But if Clinton did not have his Super PAC dumping millions of dollars in ads in crucial states, these things would then matter.

It's practically over & Clinton sits on like 100M money from her corporate masters (read - Super Pacs)
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« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2016, 11:57:00 AM »

He's raising this much money and still losing? If I wash Bernie supporter it would not inspire confidence.
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« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2016, 11:58:42 AM »

Every time he loses it seems like people just donate more to his campaign.
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« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2016, 12:00:39 PM »

The irony of the Sanders campaign is that they're disproving their core argument of billionaires buying elections. I've always felt that party primaries/caucuses should be closed to those who are paid-up members of the state party, because I feel that people should be willing to back up their words with their hard-earned money. Sanders has shown that if enough people do that, they can buy their elections back from the capitalist class.
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« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2016, 12:04:30 PM »

Its says something about Sanders' campaign that he can outspend Clinton 3:1 and still lose.
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« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2016, 12:07:37 PM »

Not that it matters now - But if Clinton did not have his Super PAC dumping millions of dollars in ads in crucial states, these things would then matter.

It's practically over & Clinton sits on like 100M money from her corporate masters (read - Super Pacs)

Clinton's Super PAC has barely spent anything on the primary. Meanwhile, between Sanders astronomical ad spending (not sure why his supporters are okay with him redistributing so much money from poor college kids to ad agencies and media corporations...) and the millions of dollars in pro-Sanders/anti-Clinton Super PAC spending he's benefiting from, he's outspent her in most states.
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« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2016, 12:19:39 PM »

Although Lief is being melodramatic, I share his basic concern. Sanders doesn't need this money. He doesn't even need it for ads, since ads don't seem to help him that much. Sanders voters just find out about him on their own, on the internet, and vote accordingly. I don't think anyone is spending themselves into a homeless shelter (millennials are poor but we also don't have children or cars so we still have disposable income) but I do think basically all of this 50-69 mil is essentially wasted.
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« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2016, 12:20:26 PM »

Not surprising. Sanders has successfully conned an entire generation of naive, indebted young people into throwing their money away on his failing campaign.
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« Reply #12 on: March 19, 2016, 12:25:28 PM »

Wow this forum hates Bernie even more then Washington does.
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« Reply #13 on: March 19, 2016, 12:27:06 PM »

Not surprising. Sanders has successfully conned an entire generation of naive, indebted young people into throwing their money away on his failing campaign.

$27, or whatever the average contribution per person is, isn't exactly a ton of money. Also I garuntee it's not just young people donating money.
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« Reply #14 on: March 19, 2016, 12:30:34 PM »

Bernie raises money like crazy and then spends it like crazy. There's no problem with that, but by having a campaign with twice as much cash on hand, and over 5x as much cash on hand if you include super pacs, Clinton will be in a much better financial situation going into the general campaign than Sanders would.
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« Reply #15 on: March 19, 2016, 12:34:49 PM »

Bernie raises money like crazy and then spends it like crazy. There's no problem with that, but by having a campaign with twice as much cash on hand, and over 5x as much cash on hand if you include super pacs, Clinton will be in a much better financial situation going into the general campaign than Sanders would.

It's clear the only thing #FeelingTheBern is the money he's been raising with a cash burn rate as high as his campaign's. Tongue
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« Reply #16 on: March 19, 2016, 12:35:28 PM »

Wow this forum hates Bernie even more then Washington does.

The guy couldn't do it in the south. He couldn't do it in the upper Midwest aside from a fluke in Michigan. His appeal is limited to caucus states, parts of the northeast, and Dixiecrats who always vote R in the general. He has no winning coalition and needs to drop out if he cares about stopping Donald Trump.
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« Reply #17 on: March 19, 2016, 12:41:06 PM »

I would hope that he will start transferring money to the DSCC and DCCC.
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« Reply #18 on: March 19, 2016, 12:43:34 PM »

Wow this forum hates Bernie even more then Washington does.

The guy couldn't do it in the south. He couldn't do it in the upper Midwest aside from a fluke in Michigan. His appeal is limited to caucus states, parts of the northeast, and Dixiecrats who always vote R in the general. He has no winning coalition and needs to drop out if he cares about stopping Donald Trump.

Ok David Brock. Unfortunately for you he is not dropping out anytime soon. I don't know how staying in the race is going to hurt the Democrats chances against Trump, all I know is Democratic turnout will probably be super low with Hillary as the nominee. Even though people are voting for Clinton they like Sanders as well. (Not as much hate as this forum)
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« Reply #19 on: March 19, 2016, 12:44:48 PM »

I would hope that he will start transferring money to the DSCC and DCCC.

I'd guess that'd happen too, but considering the DNC has been biased against him this entire cycle, I wouldn't make any assumptions.
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« Reply #20 on: March 19, 2016, 12:48:01 PM »

Wow this forum hates Bernie even more then Washington does.

The guy couldn't do it in the south. He couldn't do it in the upper Midwest aside from a fluke in Michigan. His appeal is limited to caucus states, parts of the northeast, and Dixiecrats who always vote R in the general. He has no winning coalition and needs to drop out if he cares about stopping Donald Trump.

Ok David Brock. Unfortunately for you he is not dropping out anytime soon. I don't know how staying in the race is going to hurt the Democrats chances against Trump, all I know is Democratic turnout will probably be super low with Hillary as the nominee. Even though people are voting for Clinton they like Sanders as well. (Not as much hate as this forum)

But what is the point of Sanders staying in when he has no chance of being nominated barring a Hillary indictment or death? The primary is no longer a legitimate contest of ideas, since only one candidate, Clinton, has a chance of winning. All it is doing is making it harder for Hillary to pivot to the center, which will be needed to defeat TRUMP, who is not necessarily a pushover in the general.
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« Reply #21 on: March 19, 2016, 12:54:51 PM »

I would hope that he will start transferring money to the DSCC and DCCC.

I wouldn't hold my breath about that. I think he'll pull an Evan Bayh and just sit on that money without giving a dime to anyone.
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« Reply #22 on: March 19, 2016, 12:57:29 PM »

I would hope that he will start transferring money to the DSCC and DCCC.

I wouldn't be surprised if he was a bit more selective as to who he gives his money to after the race is done and give to select progressive campaigns.
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« Reply #23 on: March 19, 2016, 01:06:19 PM »
« Edited: March 19, 2016, 01:10:16 PM by Frodo »

Wow this forum hates Bernie even more then Washington does.

The guy couldn't do it in the south. He couldn't do it in the upper Midwest aside from a fluke in Michigan. His appeal is limited to caucus states, parts of the northeast, and Dixiecrats who always vote R in the general. He has no winning coalition and needs to drop out if he cares about stopping Donald Trump.

Ok David Brock. Unfortunately for you he is not dropping out anytime soon. I don't know how staying in the race is going to hurt the Democrats chances against Trump, all I know is Democratic turnout will probably be super low with Hillary as the nominee. Even though people are voting for Clinton they like Sanders as well. (Not as much hate as this forum)

But what is the point of Sanders staying in when he has no chance of being nominated barring a Hillary indictment or death? The primary is no longer a legitimate contest of ideas, since only one candidate, Clinton, has a chance of winning. All it is doing is making it harder for Hillary to pivot to the center, which will be needed to defeat TRUMP, who is not necessarily a pushover in the general.

If Hillary Clinton continued to the bitter end in 2008 long after it was made apparent that Barack Obama would be the eventual nominee, why shouldn't Bernie Sanders?  

Besides, this extended primary season has been healthy for Hillary, and it is a lot more civil than the contest between her and Obama in 2008, to say nothing of the circus on the GOP side of the aisle.  I see more pros to Sanders staying in the race than cons. 
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« Reply #24 on: March 19, 2016, 01:09:32 PM »

Wow this forum hates Bernie even more then Washington does.

The guy couldn't do it in the south. He couldn't do it in the upper Midwest aside from a fluke in Michigan. His appeal is limited to caucus states, parts of the northeast, and Dixiecrats who always vote R in the general. He has no winning coalition and needs to drop out if he cares about stopping Donald Drumpf.

Ok David Brock. Unfortunately for you he is not dropping out anytime soon. I don't know how staying in the race is going to hurt the Democrats chances against Drumpf, all I know is Democratic turnout will probably be super low with Hillary as the nominee. Even though people are voting for Clinton they like Sanders as well. (Not as much hate as this forum)

Really? The same Hilary that's consistently winning the Democratic primary vote as Sanders wins independent voters? Good call!

Man you Sandernistas are the worst. My father is one of you and you're truly naive enough to believe that your Socialist leader is going to come anywhere near the oval office. Newsflash! He's got higher favorability because no one knows anything about him yet. Just wait until the GOP slime machine finds out Bernie once kicked a kitten while having an affair with his maid while under the influence of LSD in the 1980s.
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