He made millions as an LA investor. Now, he may run for president to fight poverty
SIOUX CITY, Iowa - Joe Sanberg was a bit flummoxed. He was trying to list all the Democrats running for president and, after naming 12 in fairly quick succession, was temporarily stuck.
"Holy smokes," he muttered, "who am I missing?"
After 2 minutes and 25 seconds, the Los Angeles-based investor identified the whole field, 18 at the time. The candidates, like cells in a petri dish, have multiplied further since, but even with 23 contenders, Sanberg thinks there just might be room for one more.
"Who is running a campaign to end poverty?" Sanberg asked, the unspoken implied answer being, in his mind, "no one."
"I would uniquely talk about poverty," he said of a potential presidential run. "About poverty every hour of every single day and in a different way, which is
