Bernie Sanders is running for president - CNN
The independent Vermont senator railed against the political machine — blasting "ugly 30-second ads," billionaire big-money donors and other "soap opera aspects of modern campaigns" — in a press conference kicking off his candidacy outside the... "I think the American people are tired of that," Sanders said. Sanders first announced his run in an email to supporters and media sent just after midnight early Thursday morning. Sanders first confirmed to the Associated Press in a story published Wednesday that he plans to run for the Democrats' 2016 presidential nomination. "I've run outside of the two-party system, defeating Democrats and Republicans, taking on big-money candidates and, you know, I think the message that has resonated in Vermont is a message that can resonate all over this country. Sanders caucuses with the Democrats in the Senate but is an unlikely candidate for the Democratic nomination, primarily because he has never been a registered member of the party and calls himself a "democratic socialist. Yet many of his views fit with the Democratic left, a constituency in which Sanders has found a small yet devout following. Source: www.cnn.com
