Bernie & Trump - Déjà Vu

Four years ago, Trump ran for President as a radical, pushing his message as far right as possible. All of the mainstream Republican politicians and newspapers said he would never make it, said they would never support him, and that he would get crushed in the general election. However, he steamrolled the nomination, beating out a terrible array of mainstream Republicans (Seriously, Ted Cruz was a top opponent). During the primaries, all of the candidates attacked each other, but once Trump was selected, they all supported their party's candidate. Now, Bernie Sanders is doing the exact same thing on the left. He is pushing radical progressive policies, some of which don't make any sense (the odds of passing medicare-for-all (and eliminating all private insurance), is just as likely as Mexico paying for the wall).  But Bernie's message (and personality) is connecting with democratic voters in a big way.  It looks like he will easily win the most delegates from the states, although that doesn't mean he will get the nomination. But if he does, you can expect an exceptional interesting battle for the presidency.  






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