Bernie Sanders is a movement.

Robert Reich via Facebook.com

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Some commentators see Bernie Sanders' surge as a reflection of Democrats' growing unease with Hillary Clinton. I think that's dead wrong. The surge of enthusiasm for Bernie has nothing to do with Hillary. It's about what Bernie is telling America.

Bernie is talking about the loss of power of the middle class and poor relative to the powerful and privileged at the top. He's explaining why most people are no better off today, and many are worse off, than they were 30 years ago -- even though the U.S. economy is almost twice as large. And he's asking Americans to join together -- not just Democrats but Independents and Republicans as well, not just the middle class but also the poor, not just whites but also blacks and Latinos and Asians -- in order to wrest power away from the top and reclaim our economy and democracy.

Hillary Clinton would make a fine president, infinitely better than any Republican now running. But Hillary Clinton is not a movement. Bernie Sanders is a movement.

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Bernie Sanders surges in new poll, closing gap on Hillary Clinton

In one month, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has cut Hillary Clinton's lead in half, a new Fox News poll shows.

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ROBERT B. REICH, Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley and Senior Fellow at the Blum Center for Developing Economies, was Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration. Time Magazine named him one of the ten most effective cabinet secretaries of the twentieth century. He has written fourteen books, including the best sellers “Aftershock, “The Work of Nations," and"Beyond Outrage." He is also a founding editor of the American Prospect magazine and chairman of Common Cause. His film, INEQUALITY FOR ALL is available on Netflix, iTunes, Amazon. His new book, "SAVING CAPITALISM: For the Many, Not the Few" is out 9/29. 

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