…you do your part.
Note: what follows is just my opinion. I’m no expert, but I am reasonably intelligent and pretty well informed, as much as you can be in a country with a media as dysfunctional as our own.
In every poll I have seen, Senator Sanders is stuck between 20 — 35%. Kos refers to this as Bernie’s ceiling and I suspect Kos is right unless something dramatic changes that. The debates, while beneficial for Bernie, have not changed the tenor of the race.
So, we are roughly (I’m too lazy to actually look a calendar right now) 90 days out from the primaries. What could change Bernie Sanders standing in the polls dramatically enough to give him a chance?
There are only three things that can do so in my estimation:
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Massive outreach to people of color. I’m encountering this daily down here in Texas; African-Americans and Latinos all ask the same thing: “Who is Bernie Sanders?” It is no accident that his campaign staff in Texas are Latino. And it is no accident that they are explicitly telling volunteers — we have to reach out to people of color.
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A vast number of person to person conversations addressing questions, concerns and needs of Democratic primary voters. Here in Texas, the first round will involve 850,000 contacts. That’s got to be completed in early December so we can start the next round.
- Finally, and most importantly, a GOTV (Get Out The Vote) effort that surpasses what Obama achieved in 2008 and 2012.
What do all these things have in common?
You.
If you do not volunteer, recruit other volunteers, and spend about two to six hours a week working on the Bernie Sanders campaign, we cannot win. It’s that simple.
From day one Bernie has talked about a POLITICAL REVOLUTION. When he said that, he meant you getting involved.
Bernie keeps repeating that this will happen when people say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. The way to say that is you start doing some volunteer work for the campaign.
Bernie says things will be accomplished when PEOPLE RISE UP. He’s not talking about somebody else. Bernie is talking about you.
If everyone who attended those massive rallies over the summer made 100 phone calls, knocked on 20 doors, manned 2 tables at events and did 1 days worth of GOTV, Bernie would win the primaries. Barely. But if those same people did all of the above and did the door knocking in African-American and Latino neighborhoods and brought in one more volunteer to do the same… Bernie win by a landslide.
YOU ARE BERNIE SANDERS SECRET WEAPON. HE IS COUNTING ON YOU.
The man is 74 years old, flying coach around the nation, working all day every day to make this thing happen. It’s time to do your part.
NOW IS THE TIME AND HERE IS HOW YOU DO IT:
- You start by signing up HERE.
- Then you go HERE and find a local event so you can meet other like minded people.
- Then you go HERE and sign up for a training webinar on phone banking. It has been stressed to me that this is a priority for the campaign at this time.
See? Easy and painless.
Now A Challenge:
- If you are interested in supporting Bernie Sanders but have not taken action yet, do the above steps now.
- Let us know you did so in the poll and with a comment in the diary.
- My goal is ten new Bernie Sanders volunteers out of this diary. That is how I am justifying the time to write this as opposed to making phone calls. I want ten new Bernie Sanders volunteers.
A FINAL NOTE: When Bernie Sanders wins the primary, we are going to need the support of every single Hillary Clinton voter there is to win the general election. Remember, winning in May, June or July is just the beginning, not the end. The real goal is Tuesday, November 8th, 2016. Every single Hillary Clinton voter you attack, insult or alienate between now and then could be the difference between winning and losing the big prize. Grow up, put on your big boy/big girl undies and follow your candidate’s example.