Sanders: 'Tonight We Served Notice to the Political and Economic Establishment'

"What happened here in New Hampshire in terms of an enthusiastic and aroused electorate—people who came out in large numbers—that is what will happen all over this country!"

by

Jon Queally, staff writer

Update (9:54 PM): A 'Huuge' victory in New Hampshire, fueled by record-breaking and enthusiastic turnout, is just a taste of things to come says Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders took the stage in New Hampshire on Tuesday night after claiming victory, by what appears to be a substantial margin, over Hillary Clinton.

"Together we have sent the message that will echo from Wall Street to Washington, from Maine to California," Sanders told the crowd. "And that is: that the government of our great country belongs to all of the people and not just a handful of wealthy campaign contributors and their super PACs."

"Tonight, with what appears to be a record-breaking voter turnout—and I say 'HUUUGE' voter turnout—we won, because we harnessed the energy and the excitement that the Democratic Party will need to succeed in November." —Bernie Sanders"Nine months ago," he continued, "we began our campaign here in New Hampshire. We had no campaign organization. We had no money. And we were taking on the most powerful political organization in the United States of America. And tonight, with what appears to be a record-breaking voter turnout—and I say 'HUUUGE' voter turnout—we won, because we harnessed the energy and the excitement that the Democratic Party will need to succeed in November."

"What happened here in New Hampshire in terms of an enthusiastic and aroused electorate—people who came out in large numbers—that is what will happen all over this country!" he declared as the crowd roared in approval.

"Let us never forget," he went on, "Democrats and progressives win when voter turnout is high. Republicans win when people are demoralized and voter turnout is low.

 Tonight we served notice to the political and economic establishment of this country that the American people will not continue to accept a corrupt campaign finance system that is undermining American democracy. And we will not accept a rigged economy in which ordinary Americans work longer hours for lower wages while almost all the new income and wealth goes to the top one percent."

As of this writing, with nearly 35 percent of the vote in, Sanders was enjoying a 20-point lead, beating Clinton 59 percent to 38 percent in the Granite State.

Watch Sanders' victory speech in its entirety:

Earlier (8:55 PM EST):

--

--

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/02/09/sanders-tonight-we-served-notice-political-and-economic-establishment