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16. Anyone who runs twice is Gene McCarthy 2.0. ?

Thu Feb 21, 2019, 11:00 AM

Feb 2019

What a load of hogwash.

This will be Bernie's second run. Hillary has run twice. If Biden jumps in this will be his third. IMO these three people are the cream of the crop

The author says of his opinion

So feel free, if you wish, to dismiss my analysis as the product of animus.

I will be happy to give him mine.

In the 2020 primaries, Bernie won’t have a monopoly on progressive market share.

That's a good thing and IMO we owe that to Bernie, he made being progressive popular

There’s a hunger to turn the page and leave the past behind.Democrats would prefer not to re-fight 2016.

There's only a few deadenders clinging to 2016, pragmatic and reasonable people have moved on. Too bad people like the author haven't.

An old white guy is out of sync with a party increasingly powered by minorities and women

there's a few other old white guys running. Are they out of sync? Bernie is 99% in sync with this Latina woman, so is the old white guy Biden.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Is Bernie 2.0 Eugene McCarthy redux? [View all] GoneOffShore Feb 2019 OP

I hope not tirebiter Feb 2019 #1

Exactly. GoneOffShore Feb 2019 #2

Wow! thanks for the article, Cha Feb 2019 #3

Yeah, Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #4

Opinion, backed with experience and a sense of history. GoneOffShore Feb 2019 #6

Still opinion Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #7

Except that it is more than just opinion. Garrett78 Feb 2019 #10

And that is your opinion Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #12

No, it's math. And not Bernie Math. Real math. Garrett78 Feb 2019 #27

And 24 hours in politics is an eternity Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #31

The key question with regard to Sanders is this: Garrett78 Feb 2019 #33

You may be absolutely correct Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #35

The reasons Sanders does so poorly among POC and non-millennial women is all about "ideas." Garrett78 Feb 2019 #36

We have so many great Democrats running True Blue American Feb 2019 #5

You should forward this to Bernie himself, ASAP! chwaliszewski Feb 2019 #8

Let the voters decide? workinclasszero Feb 2019 #19

One major difference now. The middle class is dying Quixote1818 Feb 2019 #9

Which 1970s are you looking at? George II Feb 2019 #11

Incomes still went much, much further then Quixote1818 Feb 2019 #14

The middle class has been dying for about 4 decades Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #13

Bingo workinclasszero Feb 2019 #20

The late sixties and early seventies was a pretty hate-filled time in America pecosbob Feb 2019 #15

Anyone who runs twice is Gene McCarthy 2.0. ? Autumn Feb 2019 #16

I voted for Bernie in the primary in PA. GoneOffShore Feb 2019 #17

That's the first I've read of him but when I read his article it was clear where he was coming from Autumn Feb 2019 #18

I've been reading Polman a lot as I've spent the last 37 years in Philadelphia. GoneOffShore Feb 2019 #21

Bernie Sanders is probably just another one-hit wonder Gothmog Feb 2019 #22

Great article. Many interesting points and observations. NurseJackie Feb 2019 #24

+1,000,000 George II Feb 2019 #25

Excellent article Docreed2003 Feb 2019 #26

"...the fact is Sanders lost because he got wiped out among African American voters." Garrett78 Feb 2019 #28

"only six of those 13 people won the nomination in his next race..." Awsi Dooger Feb 2019 #30

Bernie lost last time by 4 million votes, and there is little reason to think pnwmom Feb 2019 #32

The "only 6 of 13" argument is silly, I'd agree, but... Garrett78 Feb 2019 #34

He has 100% name recognition and he's polling at 12% among African Americans in SC DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2019 #38

Interesting analysis. brer cat Feb 2019 #37

"... (McCarthy) groused that the American electorate had become A-Schwarzenegger Feb 2019 #23

No Generic Brad Feb 2019 #29

He may well be a legitimate contender for the nomination, but does he have a chance in the general? GoneOffShore Feb 2019 #39