http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/bernie-sanders-just-changed-the-democratic-party
At eleven forty-five, Sanders
addressed
his supporters, who were cheering even more wildly than those Clinton’s
crowd had been. “Iowa, thank you,” he began, his voice hoarse. “Nine
months ago, we came to this beautiful state. We had no political
organization, we had no money, we had no name recognition, and we were
taking on the most powerful political organization in the United States
of America. And tonight, while the results are still not known, it looks
like we are in a virtual tie.”
That
history explains why Sanders emerged as the big winner of the night on
the Democratic side. Not only has he pulled off a rags-to-riches story,
he has done it on the basis of a message that is more radical than
anything Presidential politics has seen in decades—a message that he
repeats with such regularity and relentlessness that his stump speech
has become familiar to many Americans.
As
he looked ahead to carrying on the fight in New Hampshire, he used many
of his favorite lines. “It is just too late for establishment politics
and establishment economics.” “We do not represent the interests of the
billionaire class, Wall Street, or corporate America. We don’t want
their money.” “The American people are saying no to a rigged economy.”
“We are going to create an economy that works for working families, not
just the billionaire class.”
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