I love the smell of democracy in the morning.
Sanders: Iowa, NH wins could lead to one of "greatest political upsets""If we can win in Iowa, if we can win in New Hampshire, I think we're on our way to a national victory and one of the great political upsets in the modern history of America," Sanders said on "CBS This Morning."
"I think we have a shot to win in Iowa," said Sanders, who said he'll be spending a lot of time there and in New Hampshire over the next month or so.
A CBS News Battleground tracker poll released Sunday found Hillary Clinton is leading in Iowa, but Sanders is leading Clinton in New Hampshire by 14 percentage points.
A photo from Portland by my friend Anne M.I take no joy in crushing anyone's dreams but if you're dreaming of another Clinton presidency, please wake up. There was never anything remotely progressive about backing HRC, quite the contrary.
It's time for the American people to step up.
Who will stop them, if not us?
Bernie is the one who tells it like it is. Then and now.
x YouTube VideoThe infinitely complex strands of history have produced, by whatever strange math or magic, an anomalous and serendipitous opportunity to change directions as a society in a significant and unprecedented way. A no doubt, once in a lifetime chance to exert massive leverage on a whole range of stubbornly entrenched problems, correcting for the most egregious mistakes of history and culture.
We are presented with a rare opportunity for visionary leadership by someone with a deep personal commitment to justice and equality and doing the right thing. This opportunity comes, quite possibly, just in the nick of time.
I recommend this piece by Rachel Maddow. Thanks to the kossack who sent this to me.
x YouTube VideoBernie Sanders is just a man. But he represents and calls out to something transcendent in all of us. Call it integrity, call it dignity, call it human decency. Call it hope for us all.
That hope and change we were promised and so desperately need is still possible. We have this one chance.
This is our time. If we rise up now and stand together we can put a people's representative in the White House. At this perilous moment, we need a president unbeholden to corporate or special interests. We need a leader with vision and commitment to the best interests of the American people. We need what Bernie Sanders has so powerfully demonstrated for 50 years and counting. We need strong leadership. Strong enough to do the right thing. Especially on climate change.
The following is a recent email from Bill McKibben, one of the most credible voices on climate change (emphasis added):
Last night's Democratic debate was a disappointment for anyone who cares about the future of our planet. After an historic climate summit in Paris, it is unconscionable that the moderators of last night's debate — as well as the Republican debate — didn't ask a single question about climate change.
It's too bad, because Bernie’s new climate plan is the kind of deep, powerful plan we really need. I hope that you’ll sign on to support it.
It gets us started fast — 40% reductions in carbon emissions by 2030 would put the country and the world on a new pathway.
Bernie’s plan would create ten million jobs — and make sure that they’re shared with those communities that usually get left out of our economic booms.
But here’s what’s really important: Bernie’s climate plan comes with unique credibility. Because he’s worked hard for change when it wasn’t popular or easy. I know this because he’s a fellow Vermonter who I’ve watched for decades. And I know it in my bones because, in the early days of the fight against the Keystone Pipeline, he was almost the only person on Capitol Hill who signed on to help with the fight. He was dogged, and sometimes he was grumpy, and he never let up.
That’s the spirit we’re going to need going forward. As the revelations of the last few weeks have made clear, the biggest and richest of the oil companies, Exxon, knew everything there was to know about climate change decades ago, and yet helped spread the disinformation and deceit that have held back progress for a quarter-century.
To stand up to that kind of power requires backbone and passionate commitment. And it requires a leader who can mobilize a movement.
When we talk about alternative energy, there’s solar, and there’s wind. And there’s Bernie Sanders.
Click here to say you support Bernie's bold new climate plan.
In solidarity,
Bill McKibben Author
There you have it. We have one shot at an honest and uncompromised leader who is clear enough and who cares enough to do the right thing.
America, this is our chance.