Bernie Sanders: 'We Are The Underdog' (Interview at Link)

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http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/06/10/413434807/bernie-sanders-we-are-the-underdog

Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, a self-described Democratic socialist who is running for president, has emerged as the leading critic to front-runner Hillary Clinton, pressuring her on trade, foreign policy and fiscal issues.

And he's seeing a swell of momentum, both in the early states and from grass-roots activists, many of whom were holding out hope that Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren might run. Now, many have begun to turn to Sanders as their alternative. In fact, in a straw poll at the Wisconsin Democratic Party convention last weekend, Clinton only edged him by 9 points.

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I am a United States senator from a very small state, way up in New England ... We have about 620,000 people. And while known by about 95 percent, 100 percent of people in my own state and got 71 percent of the vote last time, I am not terribly well known in other parts of the country. Hillary Clinton may very well be the best known woman in the entire world — enormous name recognition. So we are very early in the campaign.

But I want to tell you, that even in terms of polling, if you look at polls, my numbers have jumped very, very significantly, I think the last poll I saw we were at 18 percent in New Hampshire, 15 or 16 percent in Iowa. We've got a long way to go. We are the underdog, but I think we're making progress.

Interview at link

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1. I'm just glad they didn't go with a headline like: Sanders Denies Israeli Dual Citizenship

That's the kind of thing I expect every day.

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2. Oops spoke too soon

NYT holdin it down...

Bernie Sanders Denies Internet Claim on Dual Israeli Citizenship

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/06/10/bernie-sanders-denies-internet-claim-on-dual-israeli-citizenship/?_r=0