whoever the democratic candidate is, they will get full support from liberals regardless of their politics
If it's a liberal candidate, which Bernie could qualify as. If it was Kshama Sawant or a real leftist....well liberals don't have a good record choosing between socialism and fascism. Again I have no idea who this theoretical leftist Democratic candidate could be. I think even a Bernie candidacy would be enough of an excuse for Democrats to rebel, if not voting for Trump then voting for a centrist spoiler. Didn't Bloomberg threaten to run a spoiler campaign if Bernie won the primary?
I agree with your general sentiment that someone to the left of Biden could win against Trump, but the checks of bourgeoisie democracy prevent any sort of true change to happen with a presidential election.
If somebody challenges Biden from the left, and gains viability, I think you see the media pivot towards Trump.
All the reasons why Trump lost in 2020 are no longer a differentiator. Covid is "over", Biden has failed on inflation. It's the economy stupid. I don't think anybody actually cares about the war in Ukraine, but Trump can run as the anti-war candidate and just dunk on the neo-cons firmly located in the dem party now.
I think the dems would rather see Trump win than a leftist dem. They'd throw the whole contest and Neera Tanden would go I told you so while Chelsea Clinton holds a 1 3/4 fire hose that has so little pressure it folds.
If it's a liberal candidate, which Bernie could qualify as. If it was Kshama Sawant or a real leftist....well liberals don't have a good record choosing between socialism and fascism. Again I have no idea who this theoretical leftist Democratic candidate could be. I think even a Bernie candidacy would be enough of an excuse for Democrats to rebel, if not voting for Trump then voting for a centrist spoiler. Didn't Bloomberg threaten to run a spoiler campaign if Bernie won the primary?
I agree with your general sentiment that someone to the left of Biden could win against Trump, but the checks of bourgeoisie democracy prevent any sort of true change to happen with a presidential election.
If somebody challenges Biden from the left, and gains viability, I think you see the media pivot towards Trump.
All the reasons why Trump lost in 2020 are no longer a differentiator. Covid is "over", Biden has failed on inflation. It's the economy stupid. I don't think anybody actually cares about the war in Ukraine, but Trump can run as the anti-war candidate and just dunk on the neo-cons firmly located in the dem party now.
I think the dems would rather see Trump win than a leftist dem. They'd throw the whole contest and Neera Tanden would go I told you so while Chelsea Clinton holds a 1 3/4 fire hose that has so little pressure it folds.
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we ran this experiment with Bernie, the dems wouldn't even go as far as to let him have the nom and then sabotage him against Trump