There’s Still a Case for ‘Bernie or Bust’
A Biden nomination would repeat a losing formula that will certainly hand Donald Trump another term
The Democratic primary’s crowded field has finally winnowed. At the peak, more than two dozen candidates were vying for the nomination, but with the pre-Super Tuesday consolidation of moderates behind Joe Biden, it’s now a two-way race. The two options are: Bernie or bust.
Voters face a choice. We can repeat a losing formula — nominate an establishment-minded veteran — that will certainly hand Donald Trump another term, or we can pin our hopes on the unprecedented grassroots movement that has coalesced around Sen. Bernie Sanders, even in spite of his lackluster showing in the Democratic primary.
For decades now, the reigning conventional wisdom has been that the American people are afraid of change. We are made to believe that the path to the Promised Land is gradualism — going nowhere and getting there in increments. The moment is never right to rock the boat. Now is not the time, and now will never be the time. Populism is a dirty word.
We’re told time and again that the moderate candidate is always the safest; Biden is the ultimate repudiation of this thesis.
