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Originally Posted by tony286
Here you go
From Thomas Frank in the Washington post sums it up:
Had winning been the party?s number one concern, several more suitable candidates were ready to go. There was Joe Biden, with his powerful plainspoken style, and there was Bernie Sanders, an inspiring and largely scandal-free figure. Each of them would probably have beaten Trump, but neither of them would really have served the interests of the party insiders.
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Neither one of those candidates would have fit into the "identity politics" mold that Democrats now have to use. They will never be able to run a white straight male again - especially an old one.
Besides that, for all of the love Bernie gets he would have been a disaster policy wise.
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