When the Democratic presidential candidates take the stage here Saturday night for their second debate, the spotlight will be particularly bright on one of them, and it won't be the front-runner. The pressure in this matchup will be on Bernie Sanders. The Vermont senator, who caught fire over the summer with his own brand of straight talk and unapologetic affection for Scandinavian socialism, has hit a rut. "Bern-mentum," as his supporters call his insurgent rise, is stalling. And Sanders seems conflicted about how to rekindle it. Now, it’s on him to demonstrate that there is a second act, that he wasn’t merely a summer fling for Democrats. Hillary Rodham...
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