1: ( CNN ) Bernie Sanders , my Vermont senator and , indeed , a friend of many years , is now running for president . 2: What he will do , however , is move Hillary Clinton on matters of importance to progressives : The restraining of Wall Street and large corporations , the scandal of how America allows its political campaigns to be funded and the welfare of working class Americans , who seems pathetically easy to persuade -- again and again -- to vote against their own economic interests . 3: He says the Vermont senator could help move Hillary Clinton to left on progressive issues .
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