A deal with the Democrats: Bernie Sanders ignites passion, controversy

By Shay Totten | Vermont Guardian

Posted January 27, 2006

After months of tacit approval, Vermont Democrats made it official: Bernie Sanders is one of them, at least for this election season.

Despite the endorsement — and the campaign cash is likely to follow — Sanders still keeps the Democratic Party at arm’s length.

As recently as December, Sanders laid blame for the lack of organized outrage at the agenda of the Bush administration squarely at the feet of Democrats, who, he said, weren’t providing a “real alternative” to the Republicans.

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