We are now hearing from the Associated Press that...
In the past three weeks, Sanders' campaign has spent about $4.7 million on ads to Clinton's $3.7 million, an investment that so far has meant 1,000 more Sanders commercials than Clinton ads on broadcast TV, according to advertising tracker Kantar Media's CMAG.
The Sanders ad burst is coinciding with his rise in preference polls in Iowa and New Hampshire, the first two states where voters will weigh in on the 2016 election. The Democratic contest appears to be tightening.
Two recent surveys suggest Sanders has gained on Clinton in Iowa. In New Hampshire, one poll showed the Vermont senator ahead of the former first lady and secretary of state by double digits, while another pointed to a tighter race. Iowa votes Feb. 1; New Hampshire, Feb. 9.
If you ever needed any convincing that Bernie Sanders can win the White House, consider the above evidence. It has been apparent for quite a while to Sanders fans that the only reason he wasn’t polling well against Hillary nationally among Democrats is because they didn’t know anything about him.
We have always believed that if people came to know him, they would see the real Bernie, and not just the denigrating ‘rumors of Bernie Sanders’ that Republicans and other political opponents make a point of spreading (because they know that it is a surefire way to defeat a Good Guy political opponent, if you can get away with it).
And now we have concrete evidence that it hasn’t all just been the stuff of dreamy wistful thinking. Bernie has spent the money we gave him and now the key voters in Iowa and New Hampshire (and nationally, too) are seeing the real man, giving them a hopeful image to displace the intentionally misleading rumors that had been generated to deceive them.
And the big takeaway from all of this?
WE ARE THE ONES WHO MADE THIS HAPPEN
Without the money we have made available to his crusade, he could not have done what he has done.
We now know: if he has enough money to buy expensive ad time, he is going to win in November. We’ve got to give him that power to reach all the people who matter for this crusade. The stakes are just too, too high for all of us.
So let’s keep giving him the $$ to pull off this little miracle, eh?