She's simply not politically savvy. There was no Plan B, she was pushed on by folks who wanted to see Bernie screwed and she figured why not, these days there is no reason not to run for President. Don't believe there ever was a strat beyond this.
She was a high profile anti-finance sector candidate that scratched the generic Dem idpol itch (woman, academic, looks like someone's sweet old grandmother)
He supported her in 2016 just like he supported Obama against Hillary in 2008.
This says less about Sanders than it does about the Dem party as a whole. There just aren't a lot of good options.
She's simply not politically savvy. There was no Plan B, she was pushed on by folks who wanted to see Bernie screwed and she figured why not, these days there is no reason not to run for President. Don't believe there ever was a strat beyond this.
Didn't bernie try really hard to get her to run against hillary in 2016?
That says more about Sanders than it does about her at this point.
She fucking spoke at the Federalist society before switching to Democrat for a Senate run.
She was a high profile anti-finance sector candidate that scratched the generic Dem idpol itch (woman, academic, looks like someone's sweet old grandmother)
He supported her in 2016 just like he supported Obama against Hillary in 2008.
This says less about Sanders than it does about the Dem party as a whole. There just aren't a lot of good options.