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The race is not always to the Swift Boat Veterans
I've tried not to get too invested int the Presidential race because it's early days and, ultimately, it's not nearly as important as it's made out to be. But I guess I was more in denial about Warren's prospects than I admitted because I definitely have a sad right now. I know her becoming a compromise candidate at a brokered convention was a long shot (and isn't technically off the table) but at least it was something to cling to.
I'm not a fan of Sanders, but at least I can get behind his agenda. Sadly, though, that's becoming increasingly moot. He hasn't turned out the youth vote like he claimed he could and a lot of folks who like what he and Warren stand for are getting spooked and running to Biden. Fucking Biden. He should never have been in this race. He should have had the good sense and humility to stand aside and throw his support behind someone younger and more forward-thinking. But of course expecting good sense and humility from a career politician is a mug's game.
He's not the worst of the mediocre centrist candidates the Dems have run (last night I was struggling to recall, "How did Dukakis happen?") but he's harder to accept because we've been offered glimpses of something better. But just three years of Trump has been enough to get people to abandon their dreams of something better in the desperate hope of keeping things from getting even worse.
I'm not a fan of Sanders, but at least I can get behind his agenda. Sadly, though, that's becoming increasingly moot. He hasn't turned out the youth vote like he claimed he could and a lot of folks who like what he and Warren stand for are getting spooked and running to Biden. Fucking Biden. He should never have been in this race. He should have had the good sense and humility to stand aside and throw his support behind someone younger and more forward-thinking. But of course expecting good sense and humility from a career politician is a mug's game.
He's not the worst of the mediocre centrist candidates the Dems have run (last night I was struggling to recall, "How did Dukakis happen?") but he's harder to accept because we've been offered glimpses of something better. But just three years of Trump has been enough to get people to abandon their dreams of something better in the desperate hope of keeping things from getting even worse.