Has Bernie Sanders really helped Joe Biden move further left?
by David Smith in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#69917)
The senator's relationship with Biden has proven constructive, with an ambitious agenda - but some Sanders aides and supporters offer a mixed verdict
The band played On The Road Again. The New York studio audience chanted: Bernie! Bernie! Bernie!" Senator Bernie Sanders was making his 16th appearance on CBS's The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - tying the record set by comedian John Oliver.
Colbert confronted his guest with a card bearing a provocative headline, Joe Biden Is Bernie Sanders", from a Wall Street Journal column that argued the president will effectively be running for a re-election as a democratic socialist. The host asked Sanders: Was this news to you?"
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