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Its official! Bernie Sanders is running for the Democratic Party’s nomination for President of the United States in 2016.
The Senator from Vermont will make his announcement on Thursday.
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The Brooklyn native was elected as an independent to the United States Senate from his adopted State of Vermont in 2006 after serving as a member of the House of Representatives from there for many years. He was then officially a Socialist.
However, since joining the Senate, Sanders has caucused with the Democrats.
So the big question for Sanders is, “does he really think that he has a chance in hell of beating Hilary Clinton or is he just running to promote certain issues?”
According to a Huffington Post poll, Sanders trails Clinton by more than 55 points getting support from only 6.3% of respondents. He also trails Vice President Joe Biden and his fellow senator from Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren.
Sanders has been very vocal recently in his opposition to President Obama on a number of issues. These include taking on the President in his attempts to get more power to negotiate trade agreements with other countries, specifically the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a new agreement that the US is negotiating with 11 Pacific nations.
The Senator also pointedly came out against Rahm Emanuel’s bid for a second term as Mayor of Chicago.
