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From an electoral standpoint, Sanders stands the best chance against Trump. Large sections of the party still view him as a threat. As much as
they’ve attempted to court him, flatter him, and accommodate him in
various respects – recall the awkward ‘unity
tour’ he held with DNC chairman Tom Perez in 2017 – he is still
fundamentally at odds with the interests of the party’s most powerful
actors. They might adopt bits and pieces of his agenda, as everyone from
New York governor Andrew Cuomo to Nevada senator-elect Jacky Rosen has to varying degrees.
An unambiguous ‘front-runner’ designation would be a mixed blessing,
because one of Sanders’s strengths last cycle was how his appeal grew
somewhat under the radar, until the evidence for it became impossible to
ignore.
Early in the 2016 Primary campaign, I started a Facebook group: Bernie Sanders: Advice and Strategies to Help Him Win! As the primary season advanced, we shifted the focus to advancing Bernie's legislation in the Senate, particularly the (more...)
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