The Sanders campaign: A look back

Vermont Sen.

As Los Angeles activist and aspiring officeholder Mimi Soltysik ponders the Democratic ballot in the race for the White House, the words he blurts out include “warmonger,” “imperialist” and “status quo.”

Dave McTeague has never met Bernie Sanders, but he’s latched onto him with the fervor of a religious acolyte.

The men and women who make up one of Bernie Sanders’ best political assets in New York are doing just about everything to help him except one: vote.

Shawn Bagley thought he knew what he was getting into when he was elected to become one of California’s so-called superdelegates to the Democratic National Convention, and energetic debate with other activists was part of it.

While Bernie Sanders expresses disdain for big banks and other corporate lenders, some of the most valuable field lieutenants in the Vermonter’s political “revolution” are a band of techies here who have proven masterful at persuading Americans to make credit-card payments.

As the Bernie Sanders campaign accepts the reality that securing enough votes at this point to win the Democratic nomination outright is impossible, it has moved on to a new phase in its long-shot bid for the White House: hijack Hillary Clinton’s so-called superdelegates.

When Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign started hiring staff here in February, operatives found they had more of a head start than they expected.

His hands caked in grime from his repair job, Walter Brown coughed out a laugh when asked for his thoughts about Bernie Sanders, whose insurgent presidential campaign has electrified liberals around the country.

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have a similar agenda when it comes to issues of special concern to black and Latino voters, but take starkly different approaches to winning them over.