Bernie Sanders needs to get serious about foreign policy

He'll have to work hard to control the Byzantine military bureaucracy

Let's see those firm foreign policy views.
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For most of the past year, the entire political class treated Bernie Sanders' primary challenge as a quixotic effort, doomed to fail — even many of his supporters. It's time to put that notion firmly to bed. Sanders eked out a virtual tie in the Iowa caucuses, and looks set to win the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday outright. Though he is still surely the underdog, he really and truly could win the nomination.

This means it's time for the press to start treating him with the seriousness due to the potential next president — i.e., less "Great moments in Bernie Sanders's hair" and more "Who would he appoint to cabinet positions?"

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Ryan Cooper

Ryan Cooper is a national correspondent at TheWeek.com. His work has appeared in the Washington Monthly, The New Republic, and the Washington Post.