If You Had Won The Ideological Debate You Would Be Winning The Primary

[Me.]

Just saying

[Squinch]

1. Kick. There is no prize for participation.

[msongs]

2. what if you won the "my best demographics stayed home'" debate? nt

[Me.]

4. Won THe Debate/Still Lost The Primary

[mcar]

3. Yep. nt

[elleng]

5. Simplistic

[Me.]

8. Strangely

some things are

[Codeine]

6. You're not inspiring a revolution

if you can’t even inspire your fans to cast a simple vote.

[Cha]

7. Exactly, Me.. and he can't tell

us any differently.

Thank you!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

9. But...huge missing piece..50-65% of Dems think the most

important factor in nominating is to pick someone who can beat trump. #1 priority.

So that's the flaw in Sanders' rationale for staying in. Love of policy is beat out.

[Me.]

10. ...

[MrsCoffee]

11. Yeah, Bernie is winning so hard I just can't stand it.

And he's healthier since the heart attack.

And his constant bashing of our nominee and our party is the only way we can win.

What other fucking snake oil are they selling for $27?

[NYMinute]

14. The only person winning more is Trump

[LostOne4Ever]

12. That would be true if the only reason peeps voted was for Ideology

But it is not.

They vote for all sorts of reasons. Some vote for who they think is better under pressure, who they think is more likely to win in the general, who they think is more attractive, who they would rather have a beer with.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

15. Agree with that!

[NYMinute]

13. Bernie is trying to save face after getting shellacked

[Cha]

16. It didn't work

[RandiFan1290]

20. Buh Bye

Better luck next time

[NCProgressive]

17. Bernie's ego is showing

He can't just say, "I tried, my message didn't resonate and I lost."

It should be so easy for an humble person.

[Gothmog]

18. sanders staying in the primaries and losing by large margins could be amusing

sanders not dropping out may help Biden. sanders keeps on losing primaries by large margins nnly strenghten's Joe's position https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/11/no-surprise-bernie-sanders-is-still-all-about-himself-never-party/

Sanders’s remaining in the race should serve several salutary purposes for the party and the country. First, seeing him lose overwhelmingly week after week will dispel the notion that the Democratic Party has moved left, or that he is in a dominant position to negotiate with the overwhelming winner. It’s not clear why the Biden camp should “give” Sanders anything.

Second, it is good to keep Biden in fighting form, continuing to boost turnout and showing, as he did in Philadelphia, how presidential he is. Biden can pivot to the general election, essentially ignoring Sanders. (His planned speech on the coronavirus is the perfect opportunity to leave Sanders out of the discussion entirely.)....

Whoever is to replace Sanders as the standard-bearer for the left — hopefully someone as smart and wonky as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) — will need to learn how to win elections. (Hint: It is not by scaring voters or attaching oneself to the socialist label.) When in office, a new generation of leaders on the left will need to learn the art of deal-making rather than waste years, as Sanders has, rabble-rousing but accomplishing nothing. Unlike Sanders, Warren (or whoever else takes the reins) will not be burdened by a record of reflexively praising dictators nor be driven to attack fellow Democrats.

Sanders will end the race at some point, a diminished figure. In retrospect, his wins in 2016 will be seen more as an anti-Hillary Clinton vote than a pro-Sanders vote. How he behaves at Sunday’s debate will determine whether he leaves a bad taste in the mouths of Democrats.

[betsuni]

19. I don't even know what he means by that.

Because if you ask Americans if they want health care, clean water and air and higher wages, they say yes? Duh.

[Me.]

21. Those Ideas Were Popular Even Before He was Born