Bernie In The News This Week

First, let me say I saw Bernie live on CBS News this morning (sorry; I can't find that particular segment online) and I am even more convinced we need this man as president.

Second, note that Hillary no longer has an insurmountable monopoly in all polls, indeed she has dropped even in some national polls. And in at least two early states, New Hampshire and Iowa, Sanders leads Clinton: he holds a 22% lead in NH and a 10% lead in Iowa. I am not an enthusiastic poll-watcher and I don't think this means Bernie will become the Democratic candidate; I just want to rebut those who insist I am wasting my vote. Strategy is well and good, but an honest, democratically motivated vote is never wasted. And yes, I'll switch to Hillary when Bernie leaves the race.

Now a couple of article links:

• Catherine Thompson at TPM: Bernie Sanders Thinks The GOP Debate Was 'Pretty Sad'
• Joshua Holland at The Nation: What ‘The Wall Street Journal’ Gets Totally Wrong About Bernie Sanders’s Agenda
• Jen Hayden at Kos: Bill O'Reilly tried to ambush Bernie Sanders—Bernie wasn't having it

You gotta love a man that Bill-O can't succeed in ambushing...