Yeah, "most winnable" in this context means "for the first time in decades there was a left-ish candidate who may have had a 25% chance to win at the outset of the race." That's better than any other primary in living memory, but it's nowhere near a slam dunk (or even a coin toss).
Good point. If Bernie had gone all-in from Day 1 of the 2016 campaign (instead of initially running just to get healthcare in the national conversation, and because he couldn't talk Elizabeth Warren into running lol) that might have been a real contest. And conservative Democrats wouldn't have had the Trump gun to hold to voters' heads, because no one took Trump seriously at that point.
Yeah, "most winnable" in this context means "for the first time in decades there was a left-ish candidate who may have had a 25% chance to win at the outset of the race." That's better than any other primary in living memory, but it's nowhere near a slam dunk (or even a coin toss).
The most winnable was 2016, that primary was the real missed opportunity.
Good point. If Bernie had gone all-in from Day 1 of the 2016 campaign (instead of initially running just to get healthcare in the national conversation, and because he couldn't talk Elizabeth Warren into running lol) that might have been a real contest. And conservative Democrats wouldn't have had the Trump gun to hold to voters' heads, because no one took Trump seriously at that point.
You mean the one where the DNC literally admitted in court they could rig the primaries if they wanted to? And this was proven legal.