Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: WATCH: Bernie Sanders Says 'I Don't Know' When Asked About a Major Abortion Rights Issue [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)and I suspect he must have expected to continue until he retired, telling himself his lack of achievement was because he was obstructed by a senate full of corrupt, corporatist minds. (No wonder he hates the Democrats'/Obama's ACA, tax increases on the wealthy, regulation of the financial industry, everything else.)
As bad times increased under conservative domination, Elizabeth Warren's call for strong solutions revealed previously unpolled, enthusiastic Democratic support for just that, but she didn't run. So he leaped into the wholly unexpected vacuum she left, but completely unready. And unable.
Absolutely to that last. It's a classic resort for people their colleagues and other professionals won't touch. They have to run as outsiders, almost always as populist "reformers" stirring up antagonism and claiming they'll clean up the corrupt system that won't support them. Sure they will. And sure wish I'd known that when I became old enough to vote.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden