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Bernie Sanders Raises $3 Million In Four Days

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Bernie Sanders Raises $3 Million In Four Days

With the help of a crew of former aides to President Barack Obama, Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) campaign has raised $3 million in four days for his presidential campaign -- a dramatic indication that he won’t be confined simply to a long-shot role in the Democratic primary.

Sanders, who is running for president as a Democrat, announced on Wednesday that he has retained the services of the firm Revolution Messaging to run digital ads and online fundraising. The staffers with the firm who will be working on Sanders’ campaign include Revolution Messaging’s founder, Scott Goodstein, who ran the 2008 Obama campaign's social media and mobile programs; Arun Chaudhary, who was the first official White House videographer; Shauna Daly, who served as deputy research director on Obama’s 2008 campaign; and Walker Hamilton, who was a lead programmer for that campaign.

"Like a lot of Obama supporters, we were looking for a candidate with a track record of doing the right thing -- even if it meant taking on Wall Street billionaires and other powerful interests. A candidate who could inspire a movement," said Goodstein. "Bernie Sanders is that candidate."

Due to his long-standing criticism of the influence of big-money interests on government, Sanders has strong online and grassroots appeal, which he hopes to leverage to raise the money needed to fund a presidential campaign. And so far, the strategy looks savvy. The campaign has received roughly 75,000 contributions, and the average amount is $43. According to a campaign adviser, 99.4 percent of the donations have been $250 or less, and 185,000 supporters have signed up on the website BernieSanders.com.

Bringing on former Obama aides to help amplify that momentum is, perhaps, by design. Months before Sanders formally announced, his longtime adviser Tad Devine told The Huffington Post that he saw Obama’s 2008 White House race as the template for the type of campaign the Sanders camp would have to run to prove successful. By that, Devine didn't mean raising historic amounts of funds and utilizing new technologies when it comes to organizing. Rather, he was talking about appealing to a broader pool of voters, not just down-the-line Democrats.

"I think ultimately, if he gets into this thing, he is going to look for support across a broad spectrum of groups," Devine said at the time. "If he gets into this thing, I think people will find out that Bernie Sanders’ politics are not traditional."
 
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It's sad when your success as a politician depends on how much money you have access to.

Am I the only one that sees the irony of you opening a thread about how much he raised in a short period of time only to have you turn around and complain about the money it takes to do well?
 
"Bernie Sanders Raises $3 Million In Four Days"

Which he immediately donated to the poor, right?
 
Am I the only one that sees the irony of you opening a thread about how much he raised in a short period of time only to have you turn around and complain about the money it takes to do well?

Sad reality we live in. Running for office has become a multi billion dollar industry.
 
Am I the only one that sees the irony of you opening a thread about how much he raised in a short period of time only to have you turn around and complain about the money it takes to do well?

It was already ironic to see the cheering of a socialist's ability to amass wealth.
 
Sad reality we live in. Running for office has become a multi billion dollar industry.

He should raise a billion dollars and then start a charity. Skip the pointless failure of a presidential run.
 
Am I the only one that sees the irony of you opening a thread about how much he raised in a short period of time only to have you turn around and complain about the money it takes to do well?

Him raising that money in such a short time is a testament to his popularity. I'm glad people are paying attention to Bernie, but at the same time it is sad that lots of money is a necessity if you hope to win a presidential race. I would prefer it if candidates didn't need to raise a billion dollars to compete.
 
Perhaps this is another tactic of the left to push the far and away front runner-Hillary more to the right, as with Elizabeth Warren.
 
He should raise a billion dollars and then start a charity. Skip the pointless failure of a presidential run.

He wants to be President so he will run and running for president entails raising money.
 
And? His odds of winning the nomination, let alone the Presidency are roughly 1 in Ben Carson.
 
Him raising that money in such a short time is a testament to his popularity. I'm glad people are paying attention to Bernie, but at the same time it is sad that lots of money is a necessity if you hope to win a presidential race. I would prefer it if candidates didn't need to raise a billion dollars to compete.

I get it. I am in agreement that we have a real issue here where campaigning is a functional business model. I am not even entirely convinced that all candidates using the business model actually have the desire for said office they are running for. Being able to compete then comes down to some inside functionality with the respective front running parties.

But I cannot let go of the irony.
 
Looks like his message is resonating with people.
 
Perhaps this is another tactic of the left to push the far and away front runner-Hillary more to the right, as with Elizabeth Warren.

Ummmm.. No. If anything it will push Hillary to the left. Primary elections are about appealing to the die hard party members AKA "the base". Many in "the base" are usually the most ideological. This is where in the Democratic Party you will find progressives and die hard liberals. This is where in the Republican party will find the most conservative and far right wing elements of the Republican Party. These are the people that mainly vote in primary elections, these are the overwhelming majority that vote in primaries. Its not "moderates" or "centrists", its usually the most ideological elements of the parties. That is why during Primary season you see that their rhetoric and message is more progressive/liberal leaning for Dems, and more conservative/tea party-esque leaning for the Republicans. Then during the general election what do you see, the candidates appealing more to the center, more moderate. If anything Bernie running is going to push Hillary more left, and more of a liberal populist message.
 
Not if you take public funding like a true socialist.

Unfortunately to be a serious candidate the stipulations in accepting public funding of elections is unrealistic in chances of winning. Nor do I see how public funding of an election relates to starting a charity.
 
Bernie Sanders Raises $3 Million In Four Days

With the help of a crew of former aides to President Barack Obama, Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) campaign has raised $3 million in four days for his presidential campaign -- a dramatic indication that he won’t be confined simply to a long-shot role in the Democratic primary.

Sanders, who is running for president as a Democrat, announced on Wednesday that he has retained the services of the firm Revolution Messaging to run digital ads and online fundraising. The staffers with the firm who will be working on Sanders’ campaign include Revolution Messaging’s founder, Scott Goodstein, who ran the 2008 Obama campaign's social media and mobile programs; Arun Chaudhary, who was the first official White House videographer; Shauna Daly, who served as deputy research director on Obama’s 2008 campaign; and Walker Hamilton, who was a lead programmer for that campaign.

"Like a lot of Obama supporters, we were looking for a candidate with a track record of doing the right thing -- even if it meant taking on Wall Street billionaires and other powerful interests. A candidate who could inspire a movement," said Goodstein. "Bernie Sanders is that candidate."

Due to his long-standing criticism of the influence of big-money interests on government, Sanders has strong online and grassroots appeal, which he hopes to leverage to raise the money needed to fund a presidential campaign. And so far, the strategy looks savvy. The campaign has received roughly 75,000 contributions, and the average amount is $43. According to a campaign adviser, 99.4 percent of the donations have been $250 or less, and 185,000 supporters have signed up on the website BernieSanders.com.

Bringing on former Obama aides to help amplify that momentum is, perhaps, by design. Months before Sanders formally announced, his longtime adviser Tad Devine told The Huffington Post that he saw Obama’s 2008 White House race as the template for the type of campaign the Sanders camp would have to run to prove successful. By that, Devine didn't mean raising historic amounts of funds and utilizing new technologies when it comes to organizing. Rather, he was talking about appealing to a broader pool of voters, not just down-the-line Democrats.

"I think ultimately, if he gets into this thing, he is going to look for support across a broad spectrum of groups," Devine said at the time. "If he gets into this thing, I think people will find out that Bernie Sanders’ politics are not traditional."

There's a sucker born every minute.
 
Unfortunately to be a serious candidate the stipulations in accepting public funding of elections is unrealistic in chances of winning. Nor do I see how public funding of an election relates to starting a charity.

It doesn't. He just has millions of dollars that he plans to blow on a worthless campaign instead of on the poor. I guess fellow travelers of Bernie just wouldn't donate in those large dollar amounts if it was just to help poor people.
 
It's sad when your success as a politician depends on how much money you have access to.

it is, for sure. it would probably take a constitutional amendment to change that now, and the chances of that happening approach zero.

it's very unlikely that he'll get the nomination, but i'll probably vote for him anyway. the idiots in my state won't fix our late primary date, so he'll have dropped out by the time i get to vote, most likely. the primary system isn't as frustrating as the money part, but it's close. the same few states get to pick the candidates almost every time. i don't see how anyone thinks that's fair or that it could be a good idea to set it up that way. the solution is obvious : a national primary day, or two super Tuesdays spaced a couple weeks apart.
 
it is, for sure. it would probably take a constitutional amendment to change that now, and the chances of that happening approach zero.

it's very unlikely that he'll get the nomination, but i'll probably vote for him anyway. the idiots in my state won't fix our late primary date, so he'll have dropped out by the time i get to vote, most likely. the primary system isn't as frustrating as the money part, but it's close. the same few states get to pick the candidates almost every time. i don't see how anyone thinks that's fair or even a good idea. the solution is obvious : a national primary day, or two super Tuesdays space a couple weeks apart.

The powers that be don't want the system to be fair or easy.
 
It doesn't. He just has millions of dollars that he plans to blow on a worthless campaign instead of on the poor. I guess fellow travelers of Bernie just wouldn't donate in those large dollar amounts if it was just to help poor people.

I would imagine if he has leftover money he will give it to a charity. He can either give it to a political party or a charity, but him being really an "Independent" I cannot imagine him donating leftover cash back to the party. But we will have to see. But, hey if your point is "well he talks about helping working class and poor people, he should just start a charity and not run for office!", is kind of silly. Every single candidate is going to say that message, so essentially you can say that to any candidate running. Every candidate is going to say we need to give back the opportunity or to assist people in income mobility, what they differ is how to exactly to do that and the policies that will ensure this.
 
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