Bernie Sanders showed us he's a very skilled politician

[Mosby]

Sen. Bernie Sanders is a highly skilled politician, and at Friday night’s debate he showed it.

The Democratic Party is polarized right now between Bernie fans who insist that democratic socialism is the way forward and an establishment that’s terrified Sanders will bring electoral doom. The truth, however, is a bit more boring. Far-left politics isn’t really a winning hand, but Sanders himself is an effective player who consistently outperforms the partisan fundamentals in his races.

Those talents were on display Friday evening at the New Hampshire debate, where he stayed relentlessly on message, emphasized the popular aspects of his agenda, and avoided major pitfalls. As long as he can avoid the trap of believing too much of his own hype, he has the ability to craft a winning message for November.

https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/policy-and-politics/2020/2/7/21128979/bernie-sanders-won-democratic-debate

[burrowowl]

1. Yes he does

[Voltaire2]

2. There is nothing "far left" about anything Sanders

is proposing.

[msongs]

3. yes he is great at self promotion. nt

[Happy Hoosier]

4. AS long as he employs Turner and Sirota....

He does not get my vote in the primaries. Period. His employment of them demonstrates extremely poor leadership and judgement.

[calguy]

5. He is very skilled at reciting the same canned responses over and over

Honestly folks, I swear some of the answers he gave were word for word the same answers I heard four yearsago. And when asked point blank how much his programs would cost, he gave the same deflecting response without ever answering the simple question how much does it cost? Some will say it shows he is consistent, I say he is consistently vague and misleading.

[Quixote1818]

6. That's how Republicans win and that is how marketing works.

Keep it simple and easy to understand and stick to your message. I always wondered why Democrats for years never seemed to understand this.

[Mosby]

8. +1

Bernie also has a way of seeming very genuine.

[Gothmog]

7. Bernie's polling with Black voters is still terrible.

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