Bernie Sanders 2020 campaign megathread

[Reluctant Republican]

While I caution against putting too much importance on money being raised (we all may remember the Moneybombs Ron Paul had. He raised 10 million or so in one day) I think at the very least this shows Sanders will not be the afterthought much of the media seemed to believe he was going to be in this race. Also, he's much closer to the median Democratic voter than Paul was to the 2008/12 GOPer, and he'd already had a lot more success than RP had in either of his runs.

[Reluctant Republican]

Something I just heard on Fox Business. The program led with nearly 6 million Sanders raised in the first 24 hours. They asked Austin Goolsbee, ( former chair of President Obama's Economic Advisors) his thoughts. He said something to the effect of, "I was honestly surprised it was so small. He raised hundreds of times that last campaign. This may suggest his base is smaller than it used to be and many of his supporters have abandoned him."

Personally I felt it was one of the most creative attempts at spin I have heard.