Bernie Sanders Announces Presidential Bid
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From the Center
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to Run for PresidentSen. Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, launched his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday, presenting competition from the political left to front-runner Hillary Clinton.
“This campaign is not about Bernie Sanders,” Mr. Sanders will email supporters early Thursday, according to a preview offered by his campaign. “It’s about a grass-roots movement of Americans standing up and saying: ‘Enough is enough. This country and our government belong to all of us, not just a handful of billionaires.’”
On Wednesday, Mr. Sanders declared his candidacy to the Associated...
From the Right
Bernie Sanders Takes Presidential PlungeAccording to the experts, Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) has zero chance of winning the 2016 Democratic nomination.
Nevertheless, on Thursday he announced he’s running for president, vowing to make his candidacy about issues that are extremely and personally important to the progressive Left.
“This country today, in my view, has more serious crises than at any other time since the Great Depression of the 1930s,” he said. “For most Americans, their reality is that they’re working longer hours for lower wages. And [in] inflation-adjusted income, they’re earning less money than...
From the Left
Bernie Sanders Announces He Is Running for PresidentSenator Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont, announced Thursday that he was running for president as a Democrat, injecting a progressive voice into the contest and providing Hillary Rodham Clinton with her first official rival for the party’s nomination.
Avoiding the fanfare that several Republicans have chosen so far when announcing their candidacies, Mr. Sanders issued a statement to supporters that laid out his goals for reducing income inequality, addressing climate change and scaling back the influence of money in politics.
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