# Odd question re Sanders visit to Vatican City

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-question-re-sanders-visit-to-vatican-city/752295>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [April 15, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-question-re-sanders-visit-to-vatican-city/752295 "2016-04-15T18:30:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-question-re-sanders-visit-to-vatican-city/752295/21 "2016-04-18T03:42:12Z")

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And because I like the challenge of trying to fix clumsy wording:

In a matter of months he moved from gadfly to someone who could seriously challenge the longtime Democratic favorite, largely on the strength of a set of ideas more common to liberal university campuses than the political debate stage.

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