Bernie Sanders Enters 2020 Presidential Campaign, No Longer An Underdog

[Dennis Donovan]

Last edited Tue Feb 19, 2019, 08:07 AM - Edit history (1)

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/19/676923000/bernie-sanders-enters-2020-presidential-campaign-no-longer-an-underdog

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is giving it another go, launching a second campaign for the White House four years after surprising Democrats with a strong bid for the party's 2016 nomination.

"We began the political revolution in the 2016 campaign, and now it's time to move that revolution forward," the independent senator told Vermont Public Radio in an interview airing Tuesday morning.

But this 2020 bid will undoubtedly be a very different presidential campaign than his quest for the Democratic nomination as an underdog in 2016. Sanders enters the race as a top contender who, along with former Vice President Joe Biden, tops most early polls, far outpacing other Democratic candidates in support and name identification.

It's a sharp contrast from when Sanders seemingly came out of nowhere to surprise the political class — and at times himself — by winning several key primaries against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Buoyed by a big early win in New Hampshire, Sanders fought Clinton for the Democratic nomination through the final June contests, drawing tens of thousands of supporters to rallies in the process.

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Lorne might as well hire Larry David as a regular cast member now...

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1. WaPo breaking

Sen. Bernie Sanders, Democrats' 2016 runner-up, to make another presidential bid

By Washington Post Staff
February 19 at 6:34 AM

Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont whose 2016 presidential campaign grew from a left-wing insurgency to a major political force, will seek the Democratic Party’s nomination again in 2020.

After Donald Trump became president, Sanders began to take a bigger role shaping the party, reintroducing ambitious bills, starting with “Medicare-for-all” legislation. Those ideas have gained popularity since his 2016 run, but he now faces a diverse field of candidates, many of whom share his policy positions if not his democratic socialist beliefs.

This is a developing story. It will be updated.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2019/02/19/sen-bernie-sanders-democrats-2016-runner-up-to-make-another-presidential-bid/?utm_term=.5e75abb6c15b

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2. NY Times breaking

Bernie Sanders Announces 2020 Presidential Run

By Sydney Ember

Feb. 19, 2019

Senator Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent and 2016 Democratic primary runner-up whose populist policy agenda has helped push the party to the left, announced on Tuesday that he was running for president again, embarking on a bid that will test whether he can retain the anti-establishment appeal he enjoyed with many liberal voters three years ago.

A self-styled democratic socialist whose calls for “Medicare for all,” a $15 minimum wage and tuition-free public colleges have become pillars of the party’s left wing, Mr. Sanders is among the best-known politicians to join an already crowded Democratic field and one of the most outspoken against President Trump, whom he has repeatedly called a “pathological liar” and a “racist.”

“Three years ago, during our 2016 campaign, when we brought forth our progressive agenda we were told that our ideas were ‘radical’ and ‘extreme,’” Mr. Sanders said on Tuesday in an early-morning email to supporters, citing those health, economic and education policies as well as combating climate change and raising taxes on wealthy Americans.

“Well, three years have come and gone. And, as result of millions of Americans standing up and fighting back, all of these policies and more are now supported by a majority of Americans,” he said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/us/politics/bernie-sanders-2020-president.html

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3. As an independent?

[Dennis Donovan]

4. As a Dem.

[pazzyanne]

5. Rather have him as a Dem than an Independent which would split the Democratic electorate.

[Dennis Donovan]

6. He would never do that.

[pazzyanne]

7. To give him credit, he did not do that last time!

[Squinch]

8. LOL! He'd do it in a heartbeat if he thought it would get him something.

[Dennis Donovan]

9. Of course he wouldn't.

[Squinch]

10. Sure Dennis. You go with that.