NYTimes -Bernie Sanders: To Rein In Wall Street, Fix the Fed

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2. The difference is that Obama sold himself as "bipartisan"

The problem with President Obama is that he bought a lot of his hype and thought that he could sweet talk the Republicans into going along with him. Shaming them and calling them out didn't become a part of his arsenal until his second term, at which point most of the damage was done.

And that's not even getting into the fact that many of the people he chose as his advisors and his cabinet, who he signaled his closeness to even before winning the election, were all part of the problem.

Sanders has made no claim to bipartisanship or a conciliatory tone, and based on his track record there is no reason to believe he won't use it.