By SJ Otto
A Yahoo News story provides real good news for progressive Democrats. A Yahoo Poll shows that Bernie Sanders is able to beat all the other Democrat contenders. That news is hard to believe, but the article insists that Sanders can beat them all and he can win. The only question now is “can he beat Trump.” Sanders has insisted that he can beat Trump and polls show that he can.
For a long time we have been hearing Democrats complaining about Sanders’ electability? “Can a socialist win?” What may have made this happen are all the new voters, young millennial, who are not afraid of the word “socialism.” The establishment, including most mainstream news outlets, has clearly opposed Sanders. Some have said so out right. Others have followed the campaigns of Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg way more closely. There have been way fewer mainstream news interviews with Sanders. This should surprise no one. The political establishment has never liked socialism. Mainstream news medias have not been favorable to socialist nor their ideas. But times may be changing. It is still not clear if Sanders can beat Trump. There may be some middle of the road hard heads who would rather vote for a right-wing moron than a socialist. But it will be interesting to see if Sanders can beat Trump and if he can win.
According the Yahooarticle, the so called “moderate” Democrats are not giving up without a fight. For example:
Yet mainstream Democrats seem to think the democratic socialist from Vermont
The Yahoo article also has to admit that the Democrat strategy of clinging to the political center may not be such a good strategy after all:
This defies conventional wisdom about the Democratic contest, which has long held that Sanders is a factional candidate with a low ceiling of support and that most Democratic primary voters would prefer a more moderate nominee. In fact, the three moderates who have been rising lately in the polls — Bloomberg, Buttigieg and Klobuchar — performed the worst in the Yahoo News/YouGov survey.
For those who have wanted the Democrats to turn left, this is real good news. Chances are it will take a while for the advice to sink in. Most Democrats will stick to the center until it becomes obvious that their strategy is no good. And some may never catch on. It is time for the Democratic Party to allow its more left-wing forces to ditch the centrist approach and try something new.
Also; what could be more fitting than for our idiot President Donald Trump to be beaten by a socialist, an idea he has had great scorn!
