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Beat the Devil
Cockburn, Alexander | October 30, 2000 issue

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In the early eighties, actually-there was a progressive coalition in Vermont designed to become a third force in politics. One of its prime spokesmen was Bernie Sanders, who became mayor of Vermont's largest city, Burlington. In 1988 the coalition backed Sanders for Vermont's single seat in Congress. The progressive coalition had a long-term strategy. It knew Sanders would not win on that first outing. The essential victory was to persuade progressives to vote, finally, for their beliefs, to stop deluding themselves that the Democratic Party would fulfill even a sliver of their expectations.

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VERMONT -- Politics & government; SANDERS, Bernie; MAYORS; POLITICAL parties; BURLINGTON (Vt.); VERMONT; UNITED States
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