Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Sanders Must Now Choose His Battlefield [View all]Tom Rinaldo
(22,980 posts)The public for a host of reasons, but Covid-19 in particular, has moved on. Even coverage of the last primaries, on the very night of those primaries, took a distant back seat to coverage of the pandemic.
Sanders speaking as a potential presidential candidate now will increasingly be seen as a distraction, and his thoughts viewed within that context will be tainted by a political lens just when the public wants to rise above that.
Sanders speaking as a former candidate and current U.S. Senator with a long track record for fighting for the interests of average Americans, will have both higher visibility and greater credibility on the issues that matter to him. In all likelihood he will also have greater access to decision making circles inside the Democratic Party in regards to social and economic issues that matter to him once he is no longer seen as opposing our presumptive nominee.
I understand the irony regarding timing that this story centers on, but the decision is still a relative no-brainer. Bernie needs to suspend his campaign. That doesn't have to officially happen today, but the wheels should now be in motion toward that end.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden