Bernie isn't promising the moon. He's promising to *fight for* the moon.

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36. At worst, it's an unproven one.

That's because we haven't had a president who pushed hard for a progressive agenda for decades. Even without the presidential bully pulpit, he's already moved the needle. Every major Dem candidate is now in favor of a $15 minimum wage. Even Biden is in favor of a Green New Deal. Most Americans are now in favor of M4A, free college, and everything else on Bernie's platform. The "revolution" he talks about means getting politicians in line with the electorate, which already supports Bernie's agenda. If he becomes president his power to do that increases dramatically.

At the very least, it means we would have people like Joe Stiglitz instead of Larry Summers and Tim Geithner. Every executive branch position would be filled by a progressive. He would obviously be more aggressive with executive actions than Biden. There would be no proposals for Chained CPI. And so on. And he would never be under the illusion that Republicans could me dealt with as reasonable people, as Biden seems to think.

Biden, on the other hand, actually came out and said "nothing would fundamentally change" if he became president.