Berniemania!
by digby
Sanders is in:
VPR News has learned from several sources that Independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders will announce his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday.
Sanders will release a short statement on that day and then hold a major campaign kickoff in Vermont in several weeks.
Sanders' entry into the Democratic race ensures that Hillary Clinton will face a challenge to win the support of the liberal wing of the party.
Sanders' basic message will be that the middle class in America has been decimated in the past two decades while wealthy people and corporations have flourished.
This is excellent news. Sanders being in the race will give voice to many of the left wing concerns that might otherwise never come up or would be dismissed without airing by the media. And who knows, Berniemania could sweep the nation!
(Don't tell anyone but Sanders is a real live socialist. This is going to be fun if only to watch wingnut heads explode when he admits to it in public. It's beyond their comprehension --- they think socialism is some kind of totalitarian left wing ideology that will send them all to FEMA camps.)
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