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Democratic Runner-Ups Can Still Make History

caption: Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who is running for president in 2016.
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Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who is running for president in 2016.
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Bill Radke speaks with University of Washington historian Margaret O'Mara about how Bernie Sanders' campaign reminds her of Henry Wallace, Franklin D. Roosevelt's vice president who lost to Harry Truman in the 1948 Democratic primary. O'Mara is the author of the book, "Pivotal Tuesdays: Four Elections That Shaped the Twentieth Century."

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