Can Bernie Sanders re-create the magic? Vermont senator joins 2020 Democratic race
by Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times
Feb 20, 2019
4 minutes
WASHINGTON - The return of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to presidential politics this week will test how much the Democratic Party has truly shifted to the left as well as gauge the resilience of a self-proclaimed democratic socialist candidate whose message has changed little even as the political landscape around him has shifted.
Sanders plunged into the 2020 race Tuesday with a campaign video recapping many of the promises of his 2016 effort: Medicare for all, free college tuition for all and the dismantling of what he calls the rigged economy favoring the wealthy.
But he did so at a time other candidates in the race - many of whom rode his
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