Senator Bernie Sanders: 'I am prepared to run for president'

The Hill reports:

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said he is prepared to run for president and will look seriously at the race in 2016.

“I am prepared to run for president of the United States. I don't believe that I am the only person out there who can fight this fight, but I am certainly prepared to look seriously at that race,” he told The Nation in an interview published Thursday.

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