Bernie Sanders is a longtime US representative and senator from Vermont — and a self-described “democratic socialist.” And despite the baggage that label carries in the United States, Sanders is running for president in 2016, hoping to bring his populist views into the party’s mainstream.
Hillary Clinton’s gone viral. Or her text messages have gone viral. Or her imaginary text messages have gone viral. A Tumblr blog imagining what Clinton’s text message conversations would be like sprouted up recently and became popular on the web but got a dose of mainstream credibility when Clinton herself made a submission to the site.
As Iowans prepare to head to the cacaus, some people are questioning just why this state that is the first in the nation to pass judgment on presidential candidates have never elected a woman to the state’s most powerful positions.