Bernie Sanders Says He's Willing To Campaign For Montana Populist Rob Quist

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85. So Bernie says.

People back home have mixed reviews.

"Burdened by the cross of his socialist crusade, he was a scold whose counter-culture moralizing appealed to the state's liberal sensibilities as well as its conservatives, who embraced his gun ownership stance, his defense of individual rights, an antipathy toward big corporations and, generally speaking, his stick-it-to-them approach to politics."

http://lansingcitypulse.com/article-permalink-12189.html


https://mic.com/articles/124341/here-s-how-black-people-actually-fare-in-vermont-with-bernie-sanders-as-their-senator#.sNkS81hLp

And indeed Bernie has a rather narrow definition of 'progressive' so how does one compare him to other 'progressives' on getting things done if so few meet the definition?

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/02/bernie_sanders_definition_of_progressive_is_a_very_selective_one.html

This is not about "fighting the primaries" these articles on the topic we are discussing were written then.