Liberal Mag 'The Nation' Endorses Sanders

Liberal magazine The Nation has endorsed Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders just weeks before the Iowa caucus.

This is just the third time in its history that the magazine has endorsed a presidential candidate. Earlier in the week, the liberal grassroots organization MoveOn.org endorsed Sanders.

"Bernie Sanders and his supporters are bending the arc of history toward justice,” the magazine’s editors wrote. “Theirs is an insurgency, a possibility, and a dream that we proudly endorse.”

The magazine went on to endorse Sanders' position on everything from Wall Street reform to foreign policy positions. They called Sanders' a 'champion' in what amounts to a 'revolution.'

"We believe such a revolution is not only possible but necessary—and that’s why we’re endorsing Bernie Sanders for president. This magazine rarely makes endorsements in the Democratic primary (we’ve done so only twice: for Jesse Jackson in 1988, and for Barack Obama in 2008). We do so now impelled by the awareness that our rigged system works for the few and not for the many. Americans are waking up to this reality, and they are demanding change. This understanding animates both the Republican and Democratic primaries, though it has taken those two contests in fundamentally different directions."

The editors did acknowledge that Sanders will have no easy time getting to the White House.

"While we believe that Sanders would make a great president, we know his road to the White House remains steep," they wrote. "At press time, he is contesting for wins in Iowa and New Hampshire and gaining ground on front-runner Hillary Clinton in national polls. His economic-populist message has resonated with many progressives and young voters, but he has yet to marshal deep support among the African-American, Latino, and Asian-American voters who form core constituencies of the Democratic Party. "