Is a 78-year-old self-described socialist, a man who vows to upend big chunks of the economy, raise taxes in a big way, and who — impolite but necessary to say — recently had a heart attack, really the Democrats’ best shot at beating President Trump?
That’s the counterintuitive argument Senator Bernie Sanders and his boosters are making in the final days before voting begins in Iowa.
While many of his rivals darkly warn that the country would never elect the snowy-haired, proudly cantankerous populist, Sanders argues that his brand of revolutionary progressivism is right for the moment. And his backers make the case that Sanders may be uniquely positioned to win back the White House for the Democrats by beating Trump at his own game: activating a passionate base of supporters built outside the traditional party system.
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