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Sanders Nevada concession speech: On to Super Tuesday

Bernie Sanders downplayed his Nevada loss in a concession speech Saturday, telling supporters he's got momentum and it'll show on Super Tuesday.

"The wind is at our backs. We have the momentum," Sanders said, noting that his campaign was significantly behind Hillary Clinton's in Nevada polls just five weeks before. "And I believe that when Democrats assemble in Philadelphia in July at that convention we are going to see the results of one of the great political upsets in the history of the United States."

Sanders did mention South Carolina, the next primary on the schedule, in his speech, but he suggested that the more promising contests would come on March 1. Clinton is favored in South Carolina's Democratic primary next Saturday.

"We are bringing working people and young people in to the political process in a way we have not seen for a very long time. in a short while I'll be on a plane to South Carolina and then we're going to be competing in 11 states all across this country on super Tuesday," Sanders said. "And I believe that on Super Tuesday we have got an excellent chance to win many of those states."