President Obama: Bernie Sanders is no Obama 2008

WASHINGTON — It doesn't sound like President Barack Obama is feeling the Bern.

In an interview with Politico out Monday morning, Obama dismissed the idea that Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' rise is comparable to then-Sen. Obama's rise in 2008.

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"No, I don't think...that's true," Obama told POLITICO's Glenn Thrush. "I think Bernie came in with the luxury of being a complete long-shot and just letting loose. I think Hillary [Clinton] came in with the — both privilege and burden of being perceived as the front-runner." Read more...

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Source: Mashable.com