A former top aide to President Barack Obama likened Bernie Sanders’s debate performance — and the way it was received by pundits — to Obama’s first presidential run in 2007. Dan Pfeiffer made the comment on Twitter.

“Clinton had a great night, but Sanders winning the focus group and online polls, but losing the pundits is reminiscent of Obama in 07-08,” Pfeiffer, the former White House communications director, tweeted.

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