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Being a Bernie Sanders Champion

Bernie Sanders takes Wisconsin! This makes seven wins out of the last eight contests and reinforces the populist message and its resonance with Americans across the country.  The delegate count, 1279 for Hillary Clinton against Bernie Sanders' 1027 makes the race appear to be a dead heat. I've spoken with numerous young voters, but Bernie supporters are particularly  excited, enthusiastic, and motivated by the prospect of real populism and the focus of morality and social justice in politics again as a front running concern of a candidate with a proven record of consistency in his approach and priorities. But there's a problem. Bernie Sanders supporters are falling in love with the moment more than the message . Bolstered by the fatigue with political complexity and manipulation by corporation and dark money, Bernie voters are doing what has sabotaged American voters again and again throughout our history. They are loading all their hopes and fears and dreams and fr...