Bernie Sanders has Democrats on the ropes – is he the man to beat Trump?

The socialist senator and his supporters seem to have the upper hand over a party establishment worried he’s too leftwing

Raging against the machine has taken Bernie Sanders a long way. In 2016, his disdain for “the establishment” and the “donor class” gave progressives a near-perfect foil to Hillary Clinton, who was cast as the “anointed” Democratic candidate for president.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2INDAQK