Story highlights Bernie Sanders is contending with (and embracing) a version of himself that is pure caricature

Sanders has suggested inviting Larry David to a campaign rally

Washington (CNN) Bernie Sanders is having a moment.

And his moment looks nothing like what many people -- not even Bernie Sanders himself -- would likely have predicted for the super-serious Democratic socialist president candidate. Known for his dour, everything-is-awful approach to politics, Sanders has more recently become something else entirely. He has morphed into a kind of walking punchline for a joke that he is (sometimes) in on.

There is #BabiesForBernie, a viral Internet meme where toddlers embrace grandpa chic.

He "danced" on Ellen -- really, he just pointed and walked.

Read More