WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Less than a month before the Iowa caucuses, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders continues to be the beneficiary of positive news, as the Vermont Senator received the endorsement of the liberal magazine The Nation.
The Nation's editors claim the 'political revolution' being called for by Sanders is not only possible but necessary.
'Thanks to his campaign's integrity, Sanders alone has the potential to unite the movements emerging across the country into one loud, irresistible demand for systemic political change,' the editors wrote.
The Nation's endorsement of Sanders is not particularly surprising but is rare, as the magazine has endorsed only two other presidential candidates: Jesse Jackson in 1988 and Barack Obama in 2008.
However, the magazine's editors noted that Sanders faces an uphill battle in the race against Hillary Clinton, pointing to his lack of deep support among minority voters.
The editors noted that Clinton would shatter the glass ceiling and champion women's rights in a way that no other president has if she were elected but argued the limits of her potential presidency are clear.
The magazine's endorsement is the latest positive headline for Sanders, who has recently been gaining on Clinton in numerous polls.
A closely watched Des Moines Register/Bloomberg poll released Thursday showed Sanders virtually tied with Clinton in the first-in-the-nation caucus state of Iowa.
The poll found that 42 percent of likely Democratic caucus attendees support Clinton, while 40 percent favor Sanders. Clinton's two-point lead is within the poll's margin of error.
CBS News and the New York Times also recently released a poll showing Sanders trailing Clinton by just single digits nationally.
Clinton claims she is not nervous about Sanders' rise in the polls, although she has still stepped up her attacks against the Senator's positions on gun control and healthcare.
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