Bernie Sanders says he may run for president in 2016

WASHINGTON D.C. , D.C., Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, one of the most prominent liberals in the U.S. Senate, indicated that he may run for president in 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday.

Sanders told NBC's Chuck Todd, "I am the longest-serving independent in the history of the United States Congress; that's how I've always won in the state of Vermont. I am thinking about running for president," adding that he was undecided about whether to run as an independent or as a Democrat.

"The truth is, profound anger at both political parties," Sanders said. "More and more people are becoming independent. The negative of it is, how do you set up a 50-state infrastructure for running as an independent?"

Sanders has been one of the leading liberals in congress, authoring legislation to increase spending for veterans and speaking out against income inequality and the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United ruling.

A recent CNN poll shows that just 5 percent of registered Democrats in Iowa would support Sanders were caucuses held immediately. In the same poll, Hillary Clinton scored 53 percent of that number.

Sanders refused to speak against Clinton, and said that he would run against "greed on Wall Street and corporate America."

"The American people want real change, and I've been taking on the big-money interests and the special interests all of my political life," he said.