{"id":167066,"date":"2015-07-20T16:09:39","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T16:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=167066"},"modified":"2015-07-20T16:11:48","modified_gmt":"2015-07-20T16:11:48","slug":"sanders-putting-pressure-clinton-democratic-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/politics\/sanders-putting-pressure-clinton-democratic-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanders Putting Pressure on Clinton in Democratic Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content-body-23894221-27861004\">\n<p>But <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/news\/politics-government\/election\/article24783868.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bernie Sanders<\/a> is always there. Garnering the <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2015\/07\/01\/politics\/bernie-sanders-crowds-wisconsin-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">largest crowds <\/a>of the presidential race. Raising millions of dollars, <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2016\/us\/elections\/election-2016-campaign-money-race.html\" target=\"_blank\">more than nearly every other candidate<\/a> of either party. And boasting a following that can only be described as intense.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, he received a raucous reception in the early nominating state of Iowa at <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/news\/politics-government\/election\/article27474967.html\" target=\"_blank\">the first joint appearance of the Democratic candidates, <\/a>with supporters banging their fists on the table, clinking silverware against glasses and interrupting him with their enthusiasm. &#8220;Preach!&#8221; shouted one woman.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton still boasts the <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2016\/president\/us\/2016_democratic_presidential_nomination-3824.html#polls\" target=\"_blank\">highest poll numbers<\/a> and a <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/news\/politics-government\/election\/article25981966.html\" target=\"_blank\">record amount of money<\/a> raised. Now the surprising popularity of Sanders, the 73-year-old self-described socialist who relishes being a champion of the underpaid, overworked American worker, means Clinton will have to spend money and effort for a nomination many assumed was hers for the taking.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bernie is authentic,&#8221; said Kurt Meyer, Democratic chairman of a trio of rural counties in north-central Iowa, who has not endorsed a candidate. &#8220;He has a fervor in his message that connects with people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.truth-out.org\/news\/item\/31958-sanders-putting-pressure-on-clinton-in-democratic-contest\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But Bernie Sanders is always there. Garnering the largest crowds of the presidential race. Raising millions of dollars, more than nearly every other candidate of either party. And boasting a following that can only be described as intense. Over the weekend, he received a raucous reception in the early nominating state of Iowa at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":167067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[487,17,18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-167066","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"category-politics","9":"category-latest-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}