Posted on 03/06/2014 1:01:27 PM PST by Sub-Driver
March 06, 2014, 02:08 pm Sanders: 'I am prepared to run for president'
By Mario Trujillo
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said he is prepared to run for president and will look seriously at the race in 2016.
“I am prepared to run for president of the United States. I don't believe that I am the only person out there who can fight this fight, but I am certainly prepared to look seriously at that race,” he told The Nation in an interview published Thursday.
Sanders has broached the subject of a presidential candidacy before but has predicted the odds of running are slim.
The Vermont independent said he had not decided how he would run — either as an independent third-party candidate or by entering the Democratic primary.
Running as an independent, he said, would require him to build a whole infrastructure, and there would always be the potential for, what he called, the “Nader dilemma,” in which a liberal third-party candidate peels off votes from a Democratic contender, making it easier for a Republican to win.
“The question that you asked is extremely important; it requires a whole lot of discussion. It’s one that I have not answered yet,” he said.
He said he is not actively raising money or organizing a campaign but he is talking to people about it and plans to make trips around the country.
“If I run, I'm not going to be raising hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars,” he said. “I think I have the capability of raising a lot of money, and that's important, but that at the end of the day, is not going to be what's most important.”
He said people underestimate the voters’ frustration with the status quo and are looking for a candidate to address it. He said the Democratic Party relies too heavily on “big money interests.”
Sanders gave a series of interviews with The Nation and Time magazine in which he discussed much of the same topic.
In the Time interview published Wednesday, Sanders said Hillary Clinton is not the Democratic candidate to lead the political revolution he envisions.
He said he would make a better president than her.
“I think, you know, if you talk about the need for a political revolution in America, I think it’s fair to say that Secretary Clinton probably will not be one of the more active people,” he said.
Sanders ticked off his populist wish list, which includes universal healthcare and access to college, a stricter tax system for corporations and the wealthy, and campaign finance reforms that would roll back the Supreme Court decision that opened up corporate political donations and led to the creation of super-PACs.
“Do you think that’s Hillary Clinton’s agenda? I don’t think so,” he said.
* BARF!! *
Good.
Now if the Republicans could just not produce Michael Bloomberg as a candidate...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said he is prepared to run for president...so the whako nut jobs will be represented well...run bernie, run...you’re not gay, you’re not black, and you’re not a woman, all you are is crazy...a snow ball would stand a better shot in hell than you getting elected, but...hey, go for it.
I agree Bernie! Please enter the Democratic primary and run against her!
If America is ready for two socialists in a row, then America is dead. I pray that this evil flake will be seen for what he is.
If he runs as an indie...
...RUN BERNIE RUN !!!
God can heal our land. Maybe this is one way He could do it. Siphon off enough DemoRat votes so that Ted Cruz or Ben Carson could win.
Run, Bernie, Run!
The only way Bernie helps us is if he goes 3rd party and secures some serious funding.
Never forget that Ralphie Nader was the margin of victory in Florida 2000.
Shouldn’t it be Bernie Sanders(S)?
Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren—Hard Core Commies Gone Wild.
He’ll carry Vermont!!!
I don’t know why he just doesn’t run as the communist
he is?
Hahaha, he doesn’t know if he’ll run or not.
The Party will tell him if he’s running or not.
One Communist was enough thank you.
Kewl. I was wondering who would go for the coveted Kucinich/Nader slot this go round.
I thought he was a self-proclaimed socialist
..exactly..
At least he admits what he is not like barry
Sanders, like so many others in Red England, is a communist.
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