'The greatest threat to the Democratic Party’s legitimacy isn’t Bernie Sanders, but its own intransigence.'
Senator Bernie Sanders, 2020 presidential candidate, speaks during a Get Out The Vote Rally at Finlay Park in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S., on Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. Photo: Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images Senator Bernie Sanders has a long road to travel before he becomes the Democratic Party’s nominee for president.
It is unclear if the faction of superdelegates who will vote against Sanders if he has the most delegates are even capable of making good on their threats. They might not have the numbers, and they don’t have a consensus alternative, either. The Times interviewed 93 of the party’s 771 superdelegates — a minority. Of those, 84 agreed that the party should not guarantee Sanders the nomination if he reaches the convention with a plurality.
But when Beyer speaks of “we,” to whom does he really refer? The idea that a secret Democratic majority thirsts for Nancy Pelosi or Chris Coons to swoop in on a white horse, and repel Trump’s Uruk Hai forces, does not pass muster. Probably five voters outside the state of Delaware know who Chris Coons even is, and that’s a generous estimate. Pelosi is well known, but higher name recognition does not mean she has a positive reputation among voters. In Pelosi’s case, the opposite is likely true.
Sanders’s status as the frontrunner is not secure, that much is true. But he polls well nationally in head-to-head matchups against Trump, and polls well again in most Super Tuesday states. There’s every reason to think he’d be a viable candidate in a general election. He’s certainly battle-tested in ways that Chris Coons — God help us — is not. Moreover, the coalition Sanders is pulling together is one the party can’t afford to ignore.
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