In the wake of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’ announcement two days ago that he will challenge Hillary Clinton for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, I have been repeatedly asked the same question: “Why?”
To which I respond, “Why not?”
Yes, I understand that Bernie’s not going to win the Democratic nomination. Even his fellow Vermonters, who have supported Bernie in increasingly greater numbers through a succession of electoral contests dating back more than three decades, are expressing skepticism regarding his chances for national office. CONT.
Matthew Dickinson, Middlebury College