Petard, it hoisted them.

I’m not discrediting Warren, but the “mantle” of modern American socialism as an acceptable political ideology does belong to Sanders.

It’s cute that you still believe the “progressive spoiler” narratives that have been debunked a thousand times already. Moron.

God, will you freaking losers get over 2016 already?

How does any of this make sense?

I think that’s why I find it all so confusing. Beto, to me, looks and acts like someone who is clearly faking it. And yet he’s electable?

people on the left and right alike would think she has bad manners and have a bunch of nasty sexist feelings about her.

Joe Biden is literally Jeb! but in Democrat form.  Hopefully he will see similar primary results.

How can you say Kamala has more “fire” than Warren?  If anything, Warren has too much fire. 

I mean we’d have fun watching it, and then people on the left and right alike would think she has bad manners and have a bunch of nasty sexist feelings about her. Not to say that I think she shouldn’t run or can’t win, but the optics of her killing Trump in a debate aren’t going to do anyone any good.

Unless you are latter day Biff Tannen with an ecyclopedia from 2033 or something, you have no idea who the nominee will be.

Sanders is literally the only candidate who will actually follow through on any progressive platform.

To fully understand this idiom, you must know that mantle refers to a kind of article of clothing. ... This idiom comes from the Bible. In the Bible, a prophet named Elijah left his cloak behind when he ascended to heaven. A new prophet named Elisha picked up this mantle to wear and also took over Elijah’s role as…

Trump resoundingly lost every debate to Hillary, and it was so bad that the media were practically saying Trump did OK because he did not soil himself on stage.

Biden’s weakness is that he is not a leader. He has never been a leader. He is a follower. He’s a sidekick. A helper. An assistant. He does not have a vision. He is not inspiring.

they’re a big fan of his dirty tricks and Southern Strategy though

And today’s Republicans would call that Clean Air Act creating, affirmative action supporting, social security bolstering, minimum tax on the rich creating, China relationship forming, price and wage freezing liberal Richard Nixon a full-blown Communist.

That is every bit her mantle as much as it his

Most of the “old school” Democrats of today would be considered Republicans of the Reagan, Bush 1 eras. The candidates we call “cuckoo crazy super left liberal socialist communists” would be called “middle of the road” in more advanced countries than ours.

Bernie doesn’t attack people. That’s not who he is. That should be a virtue instead of a drawback but that’s not the case these days.