Totally agree with Mike:
Bernie was torpedoed by the DNC for sure, but at least 60-70% of his now-inevitable loss of the nomination was his own fault. Whiny wokesterism doesn’t (and shouldn’t) appeal to many Americans. That put most of the nails in the campaign coffin.
His effort wasn’t as large a travesty as Warren’s but still — complete fail there.
I’ve followed Bernie’s work for almost 20 years. I was an admirer long before the rest of the country learned his name in 2016. And I’m telling you, folks. What we’ve seen from him this year is not the same Bernie. And I do think he’d be winning Michigan right now if he’d stayed who he always was. But he was either persuaded or flattered into concentrating on the very young college crowd and that was a major mistake. He started speaking a whole different language, and it’s not the language of the majority.
I still believe in the things he used to be for. A strong nation-state, a strong welfare, workers rights, protectionism, regulation of the banking industry, dramatic changes in healthcare. I don’t know if he has time to go back to that but it’s scary to have Biden as a nominee because even if he were cognitively intact, he’s got nothing to offer.
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