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Now, I’ve known Hillary Clinton for many years. Let me confess: I like Hillary. I disagree with Hillary Clinton on many issues. My job is to differentiate myself from her on the issues — not by personal attacks. I’ve never run a negative ad in my life. Why not? First of all, in Vermont, they don’t work — and, frankly, I think increasingly around this country they don’t work. I really do believe that people want a candidate to come up with solutions to America’s problems rather than just attacking his or her opponent.
— Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), in an interview with The Nation.
10,000
Number of “screaming fans” Sen. Bernie Sanders drew to a speech in Madison, Wis., where he “promised to fulfill all of their progressive dreams: paid vacation for all, generous maternity leave, tuition-free public colleges, a minimum wage of $15, no more big banks, less youth unemployment, dramatic prison reform and an end to economic inequality,” the Washington Post reports. Said Sanders: “Please, think big, not small. Our vision should be that in the wealthiest country in the history of the world there is nothing that we cannot accomplish.” The AP reports Sanders has raised $15 million since entering the presidential race in late April.
10 points
Hillary Clinton’s lead over Bernie Sanders in the Democratic presidential race is 41% to 31%, according to a new Suffolk University poll in New Hampshire. Said pollster David Paleologos: “Most political observers felt that Hillary Clinton’s large early lead among Democratic voters would eventually shrunk a bit over time. But in New Hampshire right now, the lead has shrunk a lot, and this is a much different Democratic primary race than we are seeing in other states so far.”
$3 million
Amount Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) 2016 presidential campaign pulled in over the last four days, The Hill reports. “Sanders’s campaign had received approximately 75,000 contributions at an average amount of $43. … A campaign adviser also told the publication 99.4 percent of the donations were in the amounts of $250 or less.”
$1.5 million
Amount Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign online in the 24 hours after he announced his candidacy, the Washington Post reports. “The donations came from a broad base of supporters — some 35,000 donors who gave an average of $43.54 a piece, according to the Sanders campaign.”
We’re looking at a system where our democracy is being owned by a handful of billionaires.
— Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), quoted by ABC News, on why he’s running for president.
You’re not going to be the sixteenth writer who asks me about Hillary, are you? I know you would not do that. You want to ask me about the state of the economy, unemployment, poverty. You would not ask me about my views on Hillary Clinton.
— Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), quoted by Bloomberg.
My wife always reminds me I depress everybody so much that I need to pass out tranquilizers.
— Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), quoted by the Boston Globe, joking about his curmudgeonly demeanor.
She has accomplished a lot of very positive things in her career, but I’m not quite sure that the political process is one in which we anoint people.
— Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), in an interview with Yahoo News, critical of the seeming coronation of Hillary Clinton for president.
