{"id":7495,"date":"2015-11-02T07:47:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T14:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/?p=7495"},"modified":"2015-11-01T23:04:44","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T06:04:44","slug":"sanders-spends-2m-on-1st-ad-campaign-in-iowa-new-hampshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/election\/sanders-spends-2m-on-1st-ad-campaign-in-iowa-new-hampshire\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanders spends $2M on 1st ad campaign in Iowa, New Hampshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I remember when I decided to support Barack Obama. It was in January of 2008. Whatever else I may have heard or read, one commercial won me over. Absurd? Sure, but that one commercial made me write the biggest check I have ever sent any cause. ONE commercial can make a difference. One donation &#8212; of any size &#8212; CAN make a difference. Together, WE can elect Bernie Sanders President of the United States in 2016. Don&#8217;t believe the naysayers. Vote for real change.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hwwwn9zHT-8\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bigstory.ap.org\/article\/256fc2ce0c02433da973b8e8f32d68dc\/sanders-spends-2m-1st-ad-campaign-iowa-new-hampshire-0\">Sanders spends $2M on 1st ad campaign in Iowa, New Hampshire<\/a> <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is spending $2 million on his first television ad campaign in Iowa and New Hampshire, casting himself as a longtime fighter against injustice and inequality.  <\/p>\n<p>The ad traces Sanders&#8217; humble upbringing in Brooklyn, New York, and notes that he attended Dr. Martin Luther King&#8217;s March on Washington in 1963.  <\/p>\n<p>It tells viewers about his work as the mayor of a Vermont city and in Congress and says he&#8217;s now &#8220;taking on Wall Street and a corrupt political system.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>It points to the 1 million contributors to his campaign and shows footage of his large rallies around the nation.  <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s his first ad of his campaign to challenge front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bigstory.ap.org\/article\/256fc2ce0c02433da973b8e8f32d68dc\/sanders-spends-2m-1st-ad-campaign-iowa-new-hampshire-0\">Sanders spends $2M on 1st ad campaign in Iowa, New Hampshire<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2015\/11\/01\/next-phase-sanders-tv-ad-signals-move-amplify-popular-message\">&#8216;Next Phase&#8217; for Sanders as TV Ad Signals Move to Amplify Popular Message | Common Dreams | Breaking News &amp; Views for the Progressive Community<\/a> <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>As <em>CNN<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2015\/11\/01\/politics\/bernie-sanders-television-ad\/index.html\">put it<\/a>, &#8220;The ad buy is a significant step for a campaign that started with a shoestring budget, though now the democratic socialist has a strong fundraising operation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2015\/11\/01\/next-phase-sanders-tv-ad-signals-move-amplify-popular-message\">&#8216;Next Phase&#8217; for Sanders as TV Ad Signals Move to Amplify Popular Message | Common Dreams | Breaking News &amp; Views for the Progressive Community<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I remember when I decided to support Barack Obama. It was in January of 2008. Whatever else I may have heard or read, one commercial won me over. Absurd? Sure, but that one commercial made me write the biggest check I have ever sent any cause. ONE commercial can make a difference. One donation &#8212; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/election\/sanders-spends-2m-on-1st-ad-campaign-in-iowa-new-hampshire\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sanders spends $2M on 1st ad campaign in Iowa, New Hampshire<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-election"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7495"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7497,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7495\/revisions\/7497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}