The formula that failed in 2016 will work in 2020 if the Democrats are smarter and don’t screw things up.
Bernie Sanders
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Will Anti-Wall Street Pressure Force Centrist Democrats to Back Impeachment?
It may not be a coincidence that Rep. Jim Himes came out for a formal inquiry after being targeted for a primary challenge.
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Bernie Sanders Goes Big With a Complete College Loan Forgiveness Proposal
It’s bold, but it will have plenty of detractors from the left, right, and middle of the political spectrum.
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Bernie Sanders Created Confusion About Single-Payer Health Care
Most people think ‘Medicare for All’ would allow people to buy in to the existing program.
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Bernie Sanders Might Be Making a Warren Presidency Possible
His broadening the spectrum of “acceptable” ideas is opening a path for the candidate who has the most of them.
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Have Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg Mastered the Moment?
It’s unclear whether they’re polling well because they’re on television or they’re on television because they’re polling well.
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Biden and Sanders Could Take Different Paths to Get to the Same Place
There’s a wide ideological gap between Biden and Sanders, but they can both win more by persusion than base moblilzation.
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Should the Democrats Go Left or Occupy the Middle?
The socialists believe the surest way to lose in 2020 is to play it safe with a centrist candidate.
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You Can’t Turn Obama Into a Liability for the Democratic Party
The former president is an asset to his party and his country, and snarky and critical articles are not going to change that.
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Elizabeth Warren Emphatically Rejects Fox News Town Hall Invite
It’s a principled stand that works politically, but it’s also a gamble.
