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Oh even Bernie knows how he got c*@kblocked by the mainstream liberals to run for president. Would he make a better candidate and president than Joe? Yes of cou

Oh even Bernie knows how he got c*@kblocked by the mainstream liberals to run for president. Would he make a better candidate and president than Joe? Yes of course, no brainer. Would he make the liberal donor class upset and they couldn’t afford to have him run? 100%.

mrtranscendence 4y ago
Whether Sanders would make a better president than Biden is a matter I'm not sure on, I'm reasonably convinced that he would not have made a better candidate. A more polarizing candidate, yes, and more inspiring to the left wing, but not a better candidate overall. Some of his keystone positions like Medicare for All don't turn out to be very popular even among democrats. Say what you want about the process, but he did lose the nomination. If you think that's just because the establishment was being unfair, think of how unfair the opposition would have been in the general election.
- Sohcahtoa82 4y ago
  > Some of his keystone positions like Medicare for All don't turn out to be very popular even among democrats. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/09/29/increasing-share-of-americans-favor-a-single-government-program-to-provide-health-care-coverage/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/09/29/increasing-... 36% of the population and 54% of Democrats are in favor of single-payer, but... https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/494602-poll-69-percent-of-voters-support-medicare-for-all/ https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/494602-pol... This poll says 69% support M4A. What I worry is that talk about "Medicare For All" and "Single Payer" and other phrases might run into a similar problem the Affordable Care Act had where a lot of people didn't know that ObamaCare was just a nickname for the ACA, and there was a slew of people that said they didn't like ObamaCare but they liked the ACA.

mrtranscendence 4y ago

Whether Sanders would make a better president than Biden is a matter I'm not sure on, I'm reasonably convinced that he would not have made a better candidate. A more polarizing candidate, yes, and more inspiring to the left wing, but not a better candidate overall. Some of his keystone positions like Medicare for All don't turn out to be very popular even among democrats. Say what you want about the process, but he did lose the nomination. If you think that's just because the establishment was being unfair, think of how unfair the opposition would have been in the general election.

Sohcahtoa82 4y ago
> Some of his keystone positions like Medicare for All don't turn out to be very popular even among democrats. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/09/29/increasing-share-of-americans-favor-a-single-government-program-to-provide-health-care-coverage/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/09/29/increasing-... 36% of the population and 54% of Democrats are in favor of single-payer, but... https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/494602-poll-69-percent-of-voters-support-medicare-for-all/ https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/494602-pol... This poll says 69% support M4A. What I worry is that talk about "Medicare For All" and "Single Payer" and other phrases might run into a similar problem the Affordable Care Act had where a lot of people didn't know that ObamaCare was just a nickname for the ACA, and there was a slew of people that said they didn't like ObamaCare but they liked the ACA.