Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: 'Bernie' Is Not Seeking Our Party's Nomination For President [View all]beastie boy
(9,237 posts)race.
It has been clear to many of us that for Bernie, the Democratic Party is not an affiliation but a vehicle to advance his agenda. However, I don't agree that his primary goal is to weaken or destroy the Democratic Party establishment. His initial goal was to take the party over and become the party establishment himself. He managed to gain a foothold in the party in '16, and he was hoping he could leverage it for further gains in '20. His increased attacks on the "establishment" was to weaken the party leadership so he could take it over more easily. To wreak the "establishment"was the means to achieving his goals, not the goal itself. Now that he failed beyond his worst expectations in it, he has no Plan B. He just doesn't know what to do next. He keeps moving in the same direction only because the inertia of his past movements takes him there, but I sense no will or purpose in his actions.
Bernie is losing momentum and credibility with each day of his futile defiance. The longer he maintains this trajectory, the more people realize its futility. Bernie is running out of relevance, and, the good news is, his power, will or ability, to wreak anything.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden