Reich writes: "Is the Democratic Party's 'moderate' (or shall we say 'establishment') wing coalesces around Joe Biden to stop Bernie, the primary contest is starting to look a lot like 2016, when the same wing rallied around Hillary Clinton."
Former Clinton labor secretary Robert Reich. (photo: Steve Russell/Toronto Star)
Bernie or Biden?
03 March 20
s the Democratic Party�s �moderate� (or shall we say �establishment�) wing coalesces around Joe Biden to stop Bernie, the primary contest is starting to look a lot like 2016, when the same wing rallied around Hillary Clinton.�
Today Amy Klobuchar quit the race to endorse Biden. Pete Buttigieg is endorsing Biden, too. As the New York Times�s David Leonhardt puts it in his column today, �if you�re a Democrat who doesn�t want Bernie Sanders to be the party�s nominee, your choice is now clear: you should vote for Joe Biden.�
But suppose you�re a Democrat who doesn�t want Donald Trump to have a second term? Suppose you�re a Democrat who suspects that Trump got elected in the first place because he exploited a deep sense of betrayal felt by tens of millions of Americans whose wages haven�t budged in 40 years and who know the system is rigged for the benefit of those at the top? Do you really vote for Joe Biden?�
I don�t think so.�
What do you think?�
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