The case for Bernie Sanders: Is it time to get rid of the prevent defense?
On January 18, New York Magazine published Jonathan Chait’s article titled “The Case Against Bernie Sanders.”
After reading this piece, the entire premise is that Hillary is more likely to win because she’s more likely to win.
For the record, I’m a Bernie leaner. What’s bothersome about Chait’s piece is that he’s completely ignoring several significant trends, and this same surface analysis is appearing again (Michael Cohen in the Boston Globe) and again (Greg Sargent in The Washington Post) and again (Jonathan Martin in the New York Times).
Whether you’re a Bernie supporter or not, there are at least four critical trends that insiders aren’t writing about. Here are the four trends and why they’re important not just to Bernie, but to Hillary, to the Democratic Party, and to anyone interested in change in our country.
