Funding? Or Fearing The Bern?

On October 1, 2015, Sam Frizell published an article to Time Magazine entitled, Why Hillary Clinton Should Fear Bernie Sanders' Fundraising In 2 Charts. Frizell demonstrates through graphs that although Senator Sanders has not raised as much money as his competition, he has many more contributors to his campaign. The article also discusses Sanders' feat of surpassing the number of dollars and contributors President Obama attained during his third quarter campaign. Frizell utilizes these points to inform his readers that Senator Bernie Sanders is not only a serious contender for the Democratic Primary Candidate but also for the Presidency.

Sam Frizell is an accomplished journalist writing for several established periodicals. He is currently employed by Time Magazine to write about Politics specifically from the Democrat perspective. Therefore, one can assume his target audience are American Democrats who read Time Magazine, with the potential to reach a broader readership.

Frizell creates an empirical argument through graphs, facts, and figures. This data has been previously published by the candidates' campaigns without dispute. Utilizing "hard numbers" to establish an opinion creates very little room for opposition. Despite the article relying heavily on the data, Frizell uses language to imply Sanders' formidability. The word "fear" has immense connotation and is, therefore, extremely loaded. Suggesting someone should be afraid of anything or anyone, nearly always implies the weakness of those who fear and the strength of those that inspire it. "And Sanders has significantly outpaced Obama in total individual contributors, as shown here, based on statements from the campaigns themselves. (Clinton’s campaign hasn’t said how many individual contributors she has.)" This quote alone demonstrates Sanders' accomplishments and simultaneously proposes Clinton is apprehensive in revealing her support because she doesn't measure up.

While I don't think Secretary Clinton should be afraid of her competition, I do think that if she desires to be the President of the United States she should be aware of what other candidates are doing and of how much support they possess.