A most interesting claim. Would a Biden presidency actually get us more of Bernie's agenda than

[emmaverybo]

Bernie himself could?

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1. this is the toughest issue i have regarding warren

she'd make an great president, but if we can manage to win both the white house and the senate, she'd be *huuuuge* in the senate.

we'd get a *ton* of incredibly important things done with her in the senate. but if we can't win the senate, seeing her as president become vastly more compelling.

[PatSeg]

2. That is an excellent point

Progressive change is about a lot more than revolutionary ideas.

[TwilightZone]

3. If we can win the Senate with Biden but without Sanders, that would be guaranteed.

We have to win before we set the agenda.

[Zoonart]

6. THIS!!!!

[Poeraria]

4. Absolutely.

Biden has the executive experience we need in the Whitehouse.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Bernie is rigid and uncompromising,

and he has spent decades trashing the Democratic "establishment," which he joins only occasionally when he wants to run for president. I don't know how he expects to get anything at all through Congress, since obviously the GOP will continue to obstruct - and if he can't get the support of a majority of the Democrats whose nuts he's been kicking for all these years, he won't get anything done at all. Obviously Biden has both the experience and the positive connections to work with Congress - maybe even the odd GOPer.

[George II]

7. A Biden presidency will get us BIDEN'S agenda. There may be overlaps, but I hope....

...Sanders and his people don't lay claim to half of what Biden accomplishes.

[flamingdem]

8. Biden can get things done

That's why I'm for Joe. Too many concerns that Bernie will be inflexible and have his favorite initiatives blocked by the GOP.

More important is that JOE CAN GET US THE SENATE! Thus, he can get things done.

[griffi94]

9. I've seen nothing in Bernies history that suggests that he can build a successful coalition.

So, the chances that he can build one now do not seem likely.
More probably, he would refuse to compromise at all, and refuse to reach out
to people whose support he would need if those people weren't deemed sufficiently pure.
In lieu of passing any meaningful legislation or reforms, Sanders would stick to his "my way or else"
strategy and instead rant about the establishment, corporate Democrat, the revolution, and how unfair
everything is.
We're seeing the same thing in his campaign. He's unable to build coalitions to garner the support
to win a majority of the delegates. Instead, he's ranting about the unfairness of the system.

[Martin Eden]

10. I voted for Bernie in the 2016 primary. And I just switched from UNDECIDED to BIDEN

I spelled out my thoughts on Sanders 2020 in this post.

[emmaverybo]

11. Good post! It's the possible world Bernie burned his bridges in. He will have made a difference,

but instead of free college for all, we will get what s possible, free two year college, Pell grants expansion, discharge student debt with bankruptcy and maybe, more.

Progressives must get the levers of power, build a consensus, and then get stuff done. Alienating
“The establishment” is not the way. It will happen, but not all at once that progressive ideas become reality.

Thanks for the read.

[Martin Eden]

12. Thanks for reading it.

Politics is the art of the possible, but we must not lose our moral compass or ever stop fighting for long term goals.