Bernie Sanders jumps into a crowded pool
His success in pulling Democrats to the left may be his undoing
BERNIE SANDERS, the self-declared socialist senator from Vermont, had a good long run against Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Democratic presidential primary. His left-wing pitch has fared even better. Slogans that were lampooned then—Medicare for all, a $15 nationwide minimum wage, free tuition at public colleges—are now mainstream. Among Democratic presidential hopefuls, fealty to these mantras can even seem mandatory.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Bernie runs again”
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