Bernie announces he is running again, what do you think?

I'm interested in what you Americans have to say about him. Do you want him to win the Democratic Primary and do you think he can? Are other candidates better? Is the age a factor?

I'm British so it's not my party to go to, though I do like what Sanders stands for and would definantely support him were I there. I think it's a shame that the rules prevent a 29-year-old from running as his VP though I hope AOC backs him and features in his campaign.

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Northwest · M

I caucused for Bernie, during the 2016 campaign. I will not do it again. The real issues, is the Bernie heads. One can see them on SW every once in a while, but in some aspects, they are worse than the WallNuts.

I understand that the Democratic National Committee, was working against him, but that did not translate into actions that can hurt him at the polls. It was internal. Post nomination, his hard core supporters took the same line as the Trump supporters: Hillary made fun of rape victims, she killed our troops, she sold underage kids to pedophile through a pizza front end, and the list goes on.

They still refuse to accept their role in putting Trump in the White House.

The time to make a point, is NOT when the Supreme Court is already stacked 5-4, and when the President of the United States stands in front of the entire country, and announces that not only is he circumventing the Constitution, by creating a fake National Emergency, but he's not worried about the courts, because the issue will eventually be in the same Supreme Court that he got Kavanaugh, a guy who during his confirmation hearings, promised revenge. Not to mention the other conservative judge he got to the Supreme Court.

As much respect as I have for Bernie's agenda, he squandered it all by announcing his Presidential run.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@Northwest I think unity counts both ways though. If Sanders did win the nomination, would centrist liberals vote for him in the general. I'd hope they would.

Northwest · M

@Burnley123 I would have voted for him. Centrists were more concerned about Trump, than scoring points. Generally speaking, centrists are about the bigger goals, than point scoring.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@Northwest I certainly think you and others here would vote for Bernie but I don't know if they all would.

Here we've had seven MPs resign from the party over disputed with Corbyn. This is in theory down to Brexit and anti semetism allegations but these are people who worked to undermine corbyn from the start. They've also openly appealed for pro remain Conservatives to join their project. I know this is not the same as in America but I think you might get some centrist who argue that Trump and Bernie are equally bad so we need to abstain.

The left and centre left need each other if we are gonna win. Differences do matter but so does strategy.