Bernie Sanders, powered by diverse liberal coalition, forces a reckoning for Democrats

[bluewater]

Last edited Mon Feb 24, 2020, 11:53 AM - Edit history (1)

Link to tweet

Bernie Sanders has seized a commanding position in the Democratic presidential race, building a diverse coalition that is driving his liberal movement toward the cusp of a takeover of a major political party.

The senator’s ascendancy, though years in the making, is forcing a sudden reckoning in the Democratic Party’s hierarchy, as centrist politicians and their wealthy benefactors grapple with the upheaval brought by an electorate not only hungry to defeat President Trump, but also clamoring for radical change.

Following Sanders’s resounding victory in Saturday’s Nevada caucuses, and with polls showing him on the rise, Democrats are entering a season of open warfare over whether Sanders (I-Vt.) is equipped to beat Trump in what could be a brutal general election. The senator and his allies insist he could, but his detractors say he is too polarizing to win in November — and could severely cost Democrats in congressional or state races if Republicans use Sanders’s self-description as a democratic socialist to paint all Democrats as extreme.

The Sanders insurgency is the culmination of grievances that have simmered for the past decade among liberals who say Washington has all but ignored the problems of income inequality, health-care access and climate change.

That is a fair assessment of where we are today and why.

[Nitram]

1. Is it his wig that is "powdered?"

[bluewater]

4. lol That typo was in the tweet.

I cut and pasted it in.

Thanks for spotting it, I will edit the headline.


lol

[Lunch Lady]

2. Bernie Sanders is a good man.

He cares about people like me.

[CentralMass]

3. +1