Not a single vote has been cast and yet if you listen to the media there is only one logical choice…….Trump is still the man to beat in every GOP primary /caucus……and then there is Bernie whose flame is burning brighter these days but for some reason the media does not appreciate his rise…..it seems as the media will do whatever it takes to beat Bernie and hand the nomination to Clinton….there has been article after article, op-ed after op-ed making Bernie out as some sort of usurper…..they gave him no chance in the beginning and now that he has crapped on their parade they have set about trying to destroy his candidacy as best they can…….

For a long time, as he campaigned for president, a wide spectrum of establishment media insisted that Bernie Sanders couldn’t win. Now they’re sounding the alarm that he might. And, just in case you haven’t gotten the media message yet — Sanders is “angry,” kind of like Donald Trump…….. Continue reading……..

Source: The Escalating Media Assault on Bernie Sanders – BillMoyers.com

Appears that Bernie has the “establishment” (there’s that word again) wide-eyed and running for the hills……..

In the last 24 hours, the editorial board of The Washington Post launched a major broadside against Sanders. The Post is a paper owned by a billionaire and, in the early 2000s (under different ownership), its editorial page ardently supported the Iraq War that Sanders (and I) opposed. While the Post’s columnists include a heavy dose of neoconservatives alongside some traditional moderate liberals, the Post recently let go Harold Myerson, its one authentically liberal populist columnist who had the spirit of Occupy Wall Street and the Sanders campaign.

As the Iowa caucus comes close, there is panic in the air of the establishment and that includes the Washington Democratic establishment, the Wall Street financial establishment and the corporate media establishment, which today is only concerned about the Donald Trump reality show and the GOP debate.

Source: Sanders surge panics Washington establishment | TheHill

Dammit!  The Bern is getting stronger!  Clinton and her surrogates which includes the major media outlets are in a panic…..does not get much better than that…..

(I must depart and help my young wards prep for their final exam……shall return a bit later)…….