Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  (CNN) Ko Bernie Sanders, taku seneta o Vermont, ā, he hoa nō ngā tau maha, kei te whakataetae mō te peresideni. I kī ia i tana whakapuaki (me te tohu mohio o te whakahianga whakaaro nui): "E kore e whakahawea te iwi ki ahau". Ki te nuinga o nga Amerikana, ko te Sen. Bernie Sanders he ingoa noa iho, mehemea he ingoa. He iti noa iho tana mōhiotanga ki te iwi whānui, nā reira he tino wero nui ia ki te wikitōria i te pōtitanga ki te tūranga nui rawa o te motu. Ko te hunga e whai ana i te ao tōrangapū, ka whakaaro pea ki a ia hei tangata maui, ko te āhua o te kāwanatanga nui rawa atu i roto i te uniana, ka moemoea ki te pōti ki te Rōpū Kaunihera, pērā i a mātau i te tau 2006. Me tāpiri atu e au, hei tangata kua whai tata nei i a ia (me te whakamiharo) mō te wā roa: Ina mutu te whakarongo a te tangata ki a Bernie, ka mōhio rātau - ahakoa e whakaae ana rātau ki ōna whakaaro, kāore rānei - he reo pono ia, he reo pono e kōrero ana, kāore e mataku. A kaua tetahi e whakahawea ki a ia. Kei te maumahara ahau i a Bernie te koromatua o Burlington; koinei te taone nui rawa atu i Vermont (he iti nei te korero). I tutaki ahau ki a ia i reira, a patua ana tona reo ki ahau rite te tahi mea kihai i tino rongo i mua. I kōrero ia ki te reo o Brooklyn, ā, he Hurai ia - ehara i te tangata o Vermont. I mahi ia hei rangatira o tēnei taone ahu whakamua i ngā takutai o Lake Champlain me te kaha whakaharahara mō ngā tau maha, i te whakarongo āta ki ngā kōrero a te iwi, i te ako i ngā kaupapa tōrangapū i te taumata ā-rohe, i te whakarerekētanga tūturu i roto i ngā oranga o ia rā o te hunga mahi pakeke. Kāore ia i te kaitōrangapū, ā, kāore anō kia noho. He tangata ahu whakamua ia, e noho ana i tana nohoanga i te Rōpū o Amerika hei tangata motuhake, ahakoa e pōti ana ia ki ngā kaitōrangapū i runga i ngā take nui. I te wā i whakatau ai a Bernie ki te whakataetae mō te tūru o Jim Jeffords ki te Whare Āpiha i te tau 1988, he tokomaha i whakaaro, he wero iti ia. E maumahara ana ahau ki te whakahaere i tētahi hui kohikohi moni i tōku pāmu, i reira a Bernie i tu ai mō te rua haora, e whakautu ana i ngā pātai me te tika o te whakautu ki te hunga kāore anō kia tūtaki i tōna reo kaha, whakaihiihi, whakangahau, me te ngākau nui....
Jay Parini: Ko Bernie Sanders, e rere ana mo te Perehitini, he tangata whai mana, engari he tangata korero pono hoki ia e korero ana me te kore wehi. E mea ana ia ka taea e te seneta o Vermont te āwhina ki te neke i a Hillary Clinton ki te taha mauī i runga i ngā take ahu whakamua.