He is self-identified as a socialist, which makes him the only openly socialist senator. If he is somehow elected he would also be the first openly socialist president( however many people consider Barack Obama to be a socialist ), and doing so would transform America into a weak socialist country. | He is self-identified as a socialist, which makes him the only openly socialist senator. If he is somehow elected he would also be the first openly socialist president( however many people consider Barack Obama to be a socialist ), and doing so would transform America into a weak socialist country. |