Is Bernie Sanders Good For America? -- Colin's Last Stand (Episode 46)
America’s most popular politician may just be America’s biggest hurdle in finding the common ground necessary to solve the United States’ myriad problems. Needless to say, when idealism heavily outweighs pragmatism, you have a gigantic problem, indeed.
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