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and because he has been talking for a long time about income inequality and the need for the govt. to actively puruse policies to deal directly with it. He's also said Iraq was a mistake. Besides that he probably could win. If that isn't liberal enough for you you need reconsider your understanding of political reality. Ralph Nader, Noam Chomsky or Dennis Kucinich is not going to be president. Deal with it or get used to permanent Republican rule.