2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I always knew that Hillary had it in her [View all]ladjf
(17,320 posts)stunningly shallow question.
1991 was prior to the worst political and military blunder in our history,the invasion of Iraq, with it's
catastrophic outcomes, the accelerated rate of financial inequity, the exponential devastation of environmental changes, 25 years of terrible obstructionism by Republicans.
Further, Bernie was the 49 years old compared to the current age of 74. It may come as a surprise to many, but most people acquire higher levels of analytical skills in the area of philosophy and psychology. My guess is that by 2015, Bernie had realized the accelerating unfavorable trends in American Politics and the incredible ineptness of the 2016 Republican candidates and that Clinton,
though a competent politician seemed to be more concerned about augmenting her considerable wealth than taking care of the American People and that large numbers of Americans were extremely unhappy with the current state of American Politics. For him, it was a case of now or never. He courageously decided to run based on his opinion that he could win the election and help ALL Americans.