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Uncle Joe

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2. "For Democrats, Bernie Sanders is the one to watch for"
Sat Feb 13, 2016, 02:18 PM
Feb 2016


But Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator who has been fast gaining ground, is the one to watch for.

It is interesting to see that Sanders, in a broad sense, is the Donald Trump of the left: he’s been shaking things up on the Democratic side, and has been giving the “establishment” candidate a run for her money.

He has also been making the Democratic establishment jittery because he’s perceived to be too liberal to get the Democratic nomination, and too liberal to win the general election if he is their nominee.

But a significant portion of the Democratic base — which I’m a part of — loves him. This base is disenchanted with Hillary Clinton for a long and obvious laundry list of reasons


http://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/columnists/2015/10/10/democrats-bernie-sanders-one-watch/73611888/



Thanks for the thread, Nanjeanne.

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