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It’s no presidential interview, but in his second week as host of Meet the Press, Chuck Todd scored a minor 2016 scoop. “I am thinking about running for president,” announced Senator Bernie Sanders, an Independent from Vermont who caucuses with the Democrats. He hasn’t decided if he would run as a third-party candidate or a Democrat, but said, “Anybody who speaks to the needs of the working class and the middle class of this country and shows the courage to take on the billionaire class — I think that candidate will do pretty well.” In reality, America isn’t going to elect a self-described socialist, but Sanders’s candidacy could highlight those issues and push Hillary Clinton to the left. Plus, Clinton can’t debate herself.
