Style: Used a short statement and brief media Q&A to compelling effect. More pleasingly confident than usual. Notably commanding, with gravitas. Spoke in a more conversational and idiomatic manner than he typically does.
Substance: The absence of a formal announcement speech and relative brevity of the event made detailed proposals less likely, but, as he almost always does, the senator made the priorities of a President Sanders clear: passing campaign finance reform, stopping climate change, opposing trade deals, and limiting the power of corporations.
Worst moment: One of his strongest political performances in recent memory; no bad moment stood out.
Overall: Not quite Hillary Clinton's worst nightmare, but Sanders painted a picture of a candidacy that could bedevil her well into 2016. With apparent reluctance, he raised her support for George W. Bush's Iraq war as one of the chief points of contrast between them (while taking a pass–for now–on direct criticism on the actions of the Clinton Foundation). If he can add two more dashes of happy to his pro-middle class warrior image, raise buckets of the small campaign contributions for which he made a direct appeal, and juice his poll numbers with time on the ground in Iowa and New Hampshire, he could emerge as the biggest Democratic thorn in Clinton's side. The manner in which he made his presidential announcement was as unorthodox as his political resume, but the overall effect was potent.
Photographer: Mandel Ngan/AFP
Washington children may finally get to sled on one of the
District's best hills in the full light of the law, thanks to an
amendment the House Appropriations Committee approved Thursday along
with the 2016 Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill.
Sledding on the Hill was banned after the 9/11 attacks in 2001 prompted increased security.
Representative Sam Farr, a California Democrat, first wrote the amendment's language, which instructs Capitol Police to "forebear" enforcement of the law "when encountering snow sledders on the grounds." It was included in an amendment submitted to the bill report by Representative Tom Graves, a Republican from Georgia, and could up the pressure on the police from the committee that provides their pay.
On March 5, one of the last snowy days of the year, children rebelled and stormed the Hill with sleds in hand over the warning of Capitol police, according to Washington media reports. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C.'s delegate to Congress, had asked U.S. Capitol Police Board Chairman Frank Larkin to waive the rule but was denied.
The bill is headed to the House floor.
Erik Wasson contributed to this report.
Sledding on the Hill was banned after the 9/11 attacks in 2001 prompted increased security.
Representative Sam Farr, a California Democrat, first wrote the amendment's language, which instructs Capitol Police to "forebear" enforcement of the law "when encountering snow sledders on the grounds." It was included in an amendment submitted to the bill report by Representative Tom Graves, a Republican from Georgia, and could up the pressure on the police from the committee that provides their pay.
On March 5, one of the last snowy days of the year, children rebelled and stormed the Hill with sleds in hand over the warning of Capitol police, according to Washington media reports. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C.'s delegate to Congress, had asked U.S. Capitol Police Board Chairman Frank Larkin to waive the rule but was denied.
The bill is headed to the House floor.
Erik Wasson contributed to this report.
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