Tonight in Madison, Wisconsin, 10,000 to 13,000 people turned out to hear Bernie Sanders give his stump speech. So far this is the largest crowd that has turned out for any current presidential candidate. He has been packing them in and his campaign people have been changing venues to largest ones that is available on scheduled stops. They had to broadcast his speech outside of the building to the crowd out side that could not get in.

He has electrified every one who has gone to see him. He reads from notes and sounds much like a truck driver from Brooklyn. His magic is in what he says that resonates with the general population. He hits all the major worries of the population. He hits hard against the uber wealthy and the malfeasance of corporations.

He has raised 9 million so far from small donations and insists he will be able to raise enough to run a grass roots campaign, so far, it is working.

Today Hillary Clinton announced raising 45 million dollars so far. This election will be about taking back election process by the people.

This is a long video but the program starts at about 41:50 minutes with John Nichols. At this time of writing this I have not found a shorter video only this real time video. Nichols gives a very good warm up speech sighting "Fighting Bob" La Follette and "The Wisconsin Idea." The rest of the video is Bernie. He makes it worth while to attend his speeches because it isn't a canned speech he works the crowd to the fullest and reminds them that is all about them.

I see the logo all the time on Face Book "Feel the Bern." If you listen to this speech he gave tonight you will really "feel the Bern." It is not just a thought up jingle there is really something to his stump speech and working the crowd.

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