[WASHINGTONTIMES] Sen. Bernard Sanders, Vermont independent, says anybody who really wants to be president is "slightly crazy" -- but that he would be open to a run in 2016 if a suitably progressive candidate does not emerge.
"Under normal times, it's fine, you have a moderate Democrat running, a moderate Republican running," Mr. Sanders told the Burlington Free Press. "These are not normal times. The United States right now is in the middle of a severe crisis and you have to call it what it is."
Mr. Sanders told the paper he probably would run as an independent -- he currently caucuses with Democrats -- but that he would be at an immediate disadvantage because he wouldn't be getting any money from Wall Street or corporate America. |