Bernie Sanders Thinks Democrats Are Still Way Off-Course

10/03/17 • 40 min

It was just 15 months ago that Bernie Sanders ended his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, but by his own telling, he’s already converted that political insurgency into a movement that’s changed what’s considered mainstream in America, from a $15 minimum wage to universal healthcare. In his new book, Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution, he distills what he’s learned into a how-to for grassroots activists. But with Hillary Clinton still on a book-tour putting part of the blame for Trump’s victory on Sanders, the self-described socialist is clearly feeling contentious, and puts plenty of blame back on Clinton and an “upper-middle-class” Democratic party, which he joined in 2015 to run for president.

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10/03/17 • 40 min

Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin - Bernie Sanders Thinks Democrats Are Still Way Off-Course

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This is Alec Baldwin, and you're listening to here's the thing.

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In his first political race for US Senate in nineteen seventy two, a horn rimmed, disheveled young socialist named Bernie Sanders lost badly, getting only two percent of the vote.

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In one he had his first electoral victory by just barely becoming mayor of Burlington, Vermont, by