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Goldberg: The Bernie juggernaut [View all]
https://www.denverpost.com/2020/01/28/the-bernie-juggernaut/?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_content=tw-denverpostGoldberg: The Bernie juggernaut
By MICHELLE GOLDBERG | c. The New York Times Company
PUBLISHED: January 28, 2020 at 3:55 pm | UPDATED: January 28, 2020 at 4:07 pm
There are no moral or intellectual comparisons between Sanders and Trump, but there are structural similarities between the Sanders campaign and the one Trump ran in 2016. Trump thrilled conservatives with his unembarrassed embrace of far-right figures disdained by mainstream Republicans. He inspired alienated men on the internet to mobilize behind him. Party elites wanted to stop him, but his solid core of support allowed him to romp through a fractured field.
The parallels with Sanders are obvious. He’s running a campaign steeped in the ethos of an anti-establishment left, and benefiting from elite Democrats’ failure to coalesce around someone else. He has an enormous online following, with legions of trolls intimidating Democrats who seem to stand in their way. An outsider who long refused to join the party whose nomination he’s seeking, he appeals to people who distrust most political institutions, the mainstream media very much included.
The parallels with Sanders are obvious. He’s running a campaign steeped in the ethos of an anti-establishment left, and benefiting from elite Democrats’ failure to coalesce around someone else. He has an enormous online following, with legions of trolls intimidating Democrats who seem to stand in their way. An outsider who long refused to join the party whose nomination he’s seeking, he appeals to people who distrust most political institutions, the mainstream media very much included.
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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