Galindez writes: "It won't be easy. However it is wrong to say Bernie Sanders is finished. We hear the pundits saying that Sanders would need landslide victories to catch up. That is a stretch. He would need big wins, but the reality is better for Bernie than the establishment media will admit."



U.S. senator Bernie Sanders waves to the crowd before delivering remarks during a campaign rally in Manassas, Virginia, September 14, 2014. (photo: Paul J. Richards/APF)

The Political Revolution Has Just Begun

By Scott Galindez, Reader Supported News

enator Bernie Sanders issued the following statement on Tuesday:

“I congratulate Secretary Clinton on her victories on Tuesday. I also want to thank the millions of voters across the nation who supported our campaign and elected delegates who will take us all the way to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

“With more than half the delegates yet to be chosen and a calendar that favors us in the weeks and months to come, we remain confident that our campaign is on a path to win the nomination.”

It won’t be easy. However it is wrong to say Bernie Sanders is finished. We hear the pundits saying that Sanders would need landslide victories to catch up. That is a stretch. He would need big wins, but the reality is better for Bernie than the establishment media will admit.

There are 28 more contests, with a total of 2020 delegates still to come. The remaining map favors Sanders. He could sweep the next month, although Arizona will be hard fought. What percentage would he need on average? In pledged delegates Hillary currently is 316 ahead of Bernie. So from now on Bernie would need 58% of the remaining delegates.

That is no easy task. The Clinton campaign is in a great spot right now and they expanded their map on Tuesday.

The Sanders campaign also said:

"What you will not hear from the political and media establishment is that, based on the primary and caucus schedule for the rest of the race, this is the high water mark for the Clinton campaign. Starting today, the map now shifts dramatically in our favor.

“Arizona, Idaho, and Utah are up next Tuesday. Alaska, Hawaii, and Washington State caucus the Saturday after. Then it's Wisconsin's turn to vote.

“That means we have an extremely good chance to win nearly every state that votes in the next month. If we continue to stand together, we’re just getting started for our political revolution.”

Like I said, we cannot deny that Hillary Clinton maximized her favorable early map and she has made it an uphill climb for Bernie. It is not time to surrender though. Anything can happen, especially in 2016.

Besides, if this is a political revolution, we need to build as broad an organization as we can in every state. Washington, Oregon, Pennsylvania, New York, Wisconsin, New Jersey, California, and many other states are still to come. The Political Revolution will need organization in all of those states if we are going to take our country back. It may not happen in 2016. Change takes struggle. Let’s keep fighting.

Scott Galindez attended Syracuse University, where he first became politically active. The writings of El Salvador's slain archbishop Oscar Romero and the on-campus South Africa divestment movement converted him from a Reagan supporter to an activist for Peace and Justice. Over the years he has been influenced by the likes of Philip Berrigan, William Thomas, Mitch Snyder, Don White, Lisa Fithian, and Paul Wellstone. Scott met Marc Ash while organizing counterinaugural events after George W. Bush's first stolen election. Scott will be spending a year covering the presidential election from Iowa.

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