Everybody on the left should chill a little and let the Primary unfold and see what happens. ANY of the potential Democratic candidates and Bernie would be light years better than ANY Republican. NUMBER 1 PRIORITY — get the Republicans out of the White House and the Senate — PERIOD.
In 2016 I voted for Bernie in the Primary and Hillary in the General Election. Vote with your heart and your mind in the Primary and whoever wins — vote for them in the General. If Bernie is the best chance to win, let’s go with it. Yes, he’s old, but he seems healthy. All we need is 4 years from Bernie to set the table for 8 more years for his Vice President to be President. If the VP is a woman, such as Kamala Harris, she would most likely win in 2024 — after all that the Repugs have done. Then we would likely have the first woman President — for probably 8 years.
4+8=12 years of sanity and moving in a much better direction — maybe even 20 years!
Everything that’s broken can’t get fixed in just 4 years, but Bernie is right on most of the major issues and he can set the table for some real progress. If the Dems control the House and Senate in 2025 Kamala or Warren or whoever would get a lot done. It is not worth arguing about purity — winning is the only option. I think Bernie would win in 2020 because a lot of Independents really like him. Whoever the Democrats put up, I’ll vote for them, though I prefer the more progressive candidates.