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WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO WIN THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION?

Yes, the 2020 election seems a long way off -- though, for some, it can't get here soon enough.

There's s a very old political adage that originated with the labor union movement. It goes like this: "Organize, organize, organize."

The Bernie Sanders campaign isn't wasting any time. With nineteen announced candidates and at leadt one more  expected to announce within a few days, Bernie Sanders supporters are holding over a thousand organizing sessions in communities large and small, nationwide, on April 27.

Last go 'round, Bernie Sanders drew record crowds and mobilized young voters in greater numbers than any political candidate, ever, in American history. Yet the Democratic Party Establishment had preordained that Hillary Clinton would be their party's nominee, and they were willing to perform whatever internal string-pulling, deck-stacking, and acts of outright disenfranchisement of Sanders voters that they thought necessary to assure their candidate got the nomination.

Thus, when Sanders tells supporters, "This campaign is up against some of the most powerful political and economic institutions in this country," he isn't just taking about Republicans. He is addressing the clout of the comfortable corporatists who buy candidates, office holders, and party agendas to get what they want, across party lines.

Sanders continues, "They may have the money, but we have the people – and April 27 is our chance to show what we are capable of when millions of us come together."

The gaggle of Democrats vying for the party nomination is unprecedented. A major factor is the assumption that anybody who can wear the mantle of nominee will automatically beat Trump. While that is not a safe bet, at all, no candidate is better equipped than Bernie Sanders to understand just what his opponents are capable of doing. ALL of his opponents.

Thus, he's not just running. He's organizing, early.

His campaign's message of "Not me, us," is expanding to its potential supporters to say, "By joining an Organizing Kickoff event near you, you’ll be part of the work required to win this election. You’ll also have the opportunity to meet other Bernie supporters in your area."

The contact with like-minded-folks card is in play. And a whole lot more that speaks directly to millenials, who now comprise the biggest voting block in the American electorate.

The political establishment just might not know what hit 'em.
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The above was filed and published before Sen. Sanders (I, NH) took a controversial new position, advocating voting rights for felons behind bars. That shocker, easily his biggest unforced error, came Monday night during CNN's marathon on hour-long Town Hall meetings with five candidates, one at a time. Surprisingly, fellow US Sen. candidate Kamala Harris (D, CA), also vying for the Dem nomination, seemed to endorse the idea during her hour of airtime. -- editor
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Here's a simplified map of the Sanders organizing sessions on April 27.


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