"homeless waif" will win the nomination and go on to win the White House!!! JMHO

Bill Richardson called Bernie Sanders a homeless waif in this article: http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/12/politics/bernie-sanders-democratic-debate/index.html

Bernie Sanders faces the biggest test of his decades-long career this week.

The committed Democratic socialist and sometimes self-styled radical has consistently argued that his brand of populist politics can win elections. In Vermont, his rumpled persona and righteously indignant approach to economic inequality helped him climb from mayor of Burlington to congressman and U.S. senator.

Now he'll find out whether he can have the same success nationally.

The first Democratic debate of the 2016 presidential season on Tuesday — sponsored by CNN and Facebook — offers Sanders his best chance to argue that his campaign is not merely a summertime lark fueled by fickle millennials, but instead a sturdy and battle-ready movement that can span 50 states and capture the nomination and the White House.

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Ahead of the showdown in Las Vegas, Sanders spent the weekend making the case he's not out of the mainstream, repeatedly arguing that it's "not a radical idea" to think someone should be paid a livable wage or that students should not go into a lifetime of debt. "I don't think this is a leftist, extremist position," he said at a Saturday rally in Boulder, Colorado, referring to a $15 minimum wage.

Hillary Clinton's failure to quiet the questions surrounding her use of a private e-mail account coupled with her establishment credentials have provided an opening for Sanders, who nearly matched her quarterly fundraising total with a $26 million haul.

"He has been waiting for this his entire career," said Greg Guma, who wrote "The People's Republic: Vermont and the Sanders Revolution." "This is Bernie getting his close-up."

Read full article here: http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/12/politics/bernie-sanders-democratic-debate/index.html