According to his wife, US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who is being operated on because of a blocked artery, soon wants to return to the election arena. The 78-year-old is expected to leave the hospital on the weekend, Jane Sanders said. Her husband wants to participate in the next television debate of presidential candidates of the opposition Democrats on October 15.
The campaign appearances of the Senator had been canceled on Wednesday until further notice. He had previously experienced chest discomfort at an election campaign in Las Vegas, after which the arterial block was diagnosed. Sanders were used in Sanders two stents. These are implants that keep veins open.
Her husband is now "awake," said Jane Sanders on. He spent a large part of the day Wednesday talking to his staff about political plans and "cracking jokes with nurses and doctors." The doctors are satisfied with the progress of his recovery. After the hospital discharge Sanders would rest for a few more days in his hometown Burlington in the state of Vermont.
The left-leaning Senator belongs to the narrower circle of favorites for the candidacy against President Donald Trump in the coming year. However, he had fallen back from second to third place in recent polls about the potential Trump challengers. Sanders was overtaken by Senator Elizabeth Warren, who also represents decidedly left-leaning positions. At the top of most polls is former Vice President Joe Biden, whose lead has shrunk.
The senator from the New England state of Vermont had caused a sensation in the Democratic primary polls in 2016 when he was able to mobilize an enthusiastic broad following from predominantly young people. In the internal competition of the Democrats for the presidential candidacy then he lost then but the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who then lost the election against Trump.
Sanders himself is party-less, but closely allied with the Democrats. He describes himself as a "democratic socialist" and argues among other things for a stronger taxation of the highest income groups and global corporations.
