'Determined Leader' Sanders Nabs First Senate Endorsement

Despite the 'uphill battle ahead,' Sanders' 'leadership...and willingness to fearlessly stand up to the powers that be have galvanized a grass-roots movement,' wrote Merkley, announcing his endorsement Wednesday in a New York Times  op-ed. 'People know that we don't just need better policies, we need a wholesale rethinking of how our economy and our politics work, and for whom they work.'