Bernie Sanders is a terribly vulnerable candidate. He has weak ties to the institutions of the Democratic Party and has excelled at being an asshole to important stakeholders. There are still bitter feelings from 2016. His best route to the nomination is that the field is so divided.
There is a ton of opposition research on Sanders. Clinton never used it, because she was trying to unify the party. But it's there.
Some candidate needs to kamikaze Sanders by going at him hard on his vulnerabilities. It can't be Warren or Harris, because they are frontrunners. It can't be Gillibrand, because she already has the Franken baggage. In fact, it probably should be a make candidate. Buttigieg doesn't seem like that type of politician. Klobuchar would be an interesting choice, but I think it will be someone like Hickenlooper or Sherrod Brown, if they run.
It needs to happen sooner rather than later. Don't let that sense of inevitability sink in.
No comments:
Post a Comment