'Biden: We don't need 'socialism': from Kos this time

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4. Watch out, the world is changing. Socialist is not as bad as neo-liberal hawk to me.

"The phrase -- according to the vice president's office, not a specific reference to Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator who identifies as a democratic socialist but caucuses with Democrats -- was embedded in a larger speech that hit some of Biden's most frequently touted policies: economic fairness, boosting the middle class and encouraging corporate responsibility."

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But with Democratic voters increasingly rallying around Sanders, according to polls in Iowa and New Hampshire, the phrase could soon appear out-of-date.

In a recent Des Moines Register/Bloomberg poll in Iowa, more likely Democratic caucus-goers -- 43% -- identified as "socialist" rather than identifying as "capitalist."

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/20/politics/joe-biden-davos-socialism/

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