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Jefferson23

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Fri Jun 12, 2015, 07:40 AM Jun 2015

Sanders: 'This is not a protest campaign'

By Dan Merica, CNN

Updated 12:20 PM ET, Thu June 11, 2015
Video Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)Bernie Sanders isn't running to push Hillary Clinton to the left, the senator said on Thursday, rejecting the idea that his long shot candidacy is aimed at issues, not winning.

"This is not an education campaign. This is not a protest campaign," an animated Sanders said at the Christian Science Monitor breakfast in Washington. "This is a campaign to win."

Since announcing his campaign for president in late April, Sanders has been greeted by sizable crowds in early voting states like Iowa and New Hampshire. Though he finds himself polling far behind Clinton, Sanders has been her most potent progressive challenger so far.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/11/politics/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-campaign/

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