Bernie Sanders Is Losing Primary Battles, But Winning A War

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17. Kamala Harris endorsed 27 candidates, only 4 lost as of

last updates.

Bernie's looking more like a dying horse being kicked for questionable purposes.

As for single payer in 2020, it seems possible. Universal coverage was and is the Democratic Party's goal and that ultimately requires some form of single payer. Hillary's administration planned to take the next steps toward that. And our original reason for going the ACA way, of hoping to unite the nation behind it, may be history. If Sanders hangs on enough to use it again for divisive purposes, though, that could once again impede progress.

Speaking of dead or dying though, the ACA is still very much alive in spite of wishes of both Republicans and Sanders supporters to repeal it. We may still continue ahead with the ACA in 2020, building further advances on it as planned. Reality is that most Republicans want to keep it, so it could still be something the middle of both parties could unite behind.

And, very notably, the mood of this election season is rejection of extremism and fringe troublemakers and instead a return to decent and workable government.

POLITICO: Of 27 candidates Harris endorsed in Tuesday primary, 20 finished first or were leading in returns as of Friday, while another four finished second and will advance to the November general election.