You point out how Bernie is the candidate who achieved that goal already, but you don't end your post with 'and therefore Bernie is the real deal'?
You see how rare such a chance is, and then you dismiss it instead of grabbing it?
We now see the whole democratic mainstream narrative shifting because Bernie relentlessly beating the same drums for the last 50 years but you see Warren as the hard worker?
Healthcare for all, Green New Deal, minimum wage, etc, that's what all the candidates talk about because Bernie shifted the Overton window. It's his contribution to the country already before even being president - but you see Warren as the reformer?
For all his time in Congress, Bernie has essentially ZERO legislative accomplishments. He shows little ability to team with allies to accomplish concrete goals.
He talks a great platform. He moves the content of the debate. He's an inspiration. But I don't believe he can be elected. If elected, I don't believe he can get any of his agenda through Congress.
Warren has demonstrated impressive ability to enact reforms. Her championing of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is proof. This was anathema to Wall Street and big money. It made good progress until the Trump administration de-fanged it. She's worked tirelessly with anyone who will ally with her in pursuit of reforms. I do note, however, that she's been an absolute whore for the medical device manufacturers in particular. A key constituency in Mass. A pragmatic necessity, as I see it.
In the current system, I don't believe any purist can be elected. In this perspective, there is no contradiction at all with accepting Big Money while seeking to end the influence of Big Money.
Making progress within a deeply corrupt system cannot be accomplished by a lily-white purist. We mustn't make the perfect the enemy of the good.
Bernie is an impractical, ineffective, but consistent idealist. He's an inspiration.
Warren is a pragmatic, effective realist. She can get things done.
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