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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Kind Of A Big Deal

Bernie Sanders had a minor heart procedure. He had some chest pains, a blocked artery and two stints were inserted. 

The age question is out there for both Biden and Sanders.  Warren isn't that much younger, but her stamina is frankly amazing.  More than any other candidate, Sanders' supporters are inherently suspicious of the primary process and hostile to any criticism of their Messiah.  If health forced him out, that could have a very salubrious effect on the tenor of the secondary stages of the primary, as candidates are whittled down.  I hope he's fine, but I also hope he considers the risks of running an arduous campaign at his age.

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