Originally Posted by
SueAxe
As far as Biden and Sanders go, there a couple of issues that have not gotten talked about that will come into play that will make them less attractive. Biden has run before and has shown himself to be a terrible campaigner. He talks too much and invariably puts his foot in his mouth. Those of us old enough to remember, lived through him plagarizing speeches in the Eighties and being caught by Maureen Dowdand forced to drop out of the campaign. Then there is the Anita Hill issue. Those hearings were televised which means there is film footage out there of his patronizing, dismissive comments of her. That will be a real albatross when running during the #MeToo era. As for Bernie, Hillary was somewhat hands off with him in hopes of avoiding a bruising, divisive battle (she might be regretting that at this point) but he was/is actually a fairly flawed candidate. He was actually opposed to gay marriage initially, voted for Bill Clinton’s tough crime package and, as that evidences, has a voting record that is anything but progressive. In addition, identity issues are important to the left and he is actually a bit tone deaf on that front. Moreover, once the other side decides he has to be dealt with, likely, more unflattering issues will surface. The NY times already ran a piece about the unaddressed sexual harassment during the ‘16 campaign. I see himcrashing and burning earlier in the primary cycle.
I would not write off Liz Warren quite yet. While she has had some missteps, you might find that, like how the attacks on Pelosie actually angered people, voters will rally around her as the latest woman to be unfairly attacked by a strain of misogynistic voters.