The Bernie Sanders story is about two things: 1) His authenticity in contrast to the phoniness of the Clintons.  In other words, the guy is real and speaks from the heart.  He does not need a consultant to tell him to be more genuine. 2) He is telling many Democrats what they want to hear.  Forgive me for saying it, but this is not your dad's or grandpa's Democratic Party.  Hard to think that JFK, Humphrey, or Scoop Jackson would be cheering at a Sanders rally. Once upon a time, a man like Sanders would have enjoyed little success as a Democrat.  No way he'd be leading in polls.  He would have been ridiculed by the party's mainstream as a lunatic, a lefty, a "pinko," unelectable. That was then and this is now, as our friends at IBD tell us: This summer, MSNBC's "Hardball" host Chris Matthews took Debbie Wasserman Schultz by surprise when he asked her: "What is the difference between a...(Read Full Post)