Sanders is still on top—is he really unstoppable?

By SJ Otto

So far Bernie Sanders, the democratic socialist, has been the front runner and nothing could be better than that. All the other Democratic hacks, except for Elizabeth Warren, have vowed to support both capitalism and have an agenda that will not offend middle of the road Republicans. Sander’s win has shown this country that there are a lot of people sick of the status quo and wanting serious change. Health care is a major problem for many people in the US. Sander came out and said that most of his fellow candidates are afraid to take on big pharma and the powerful health care industry, which has been price gouging people and trying to make massive profits off of sick people. Promising do take the office and do nothing, as Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg and others are promising, is not appealing to the majority of Democratic voters.

On top of that we also have a lot of millennials, young people who will be voting for the first time, and they want Sanders. They are sick of price gouging by pharmaceutical companies. They are also sick of the idea they must spend a large part of their lives paying off student loan debt that will take up most of their income for years to come.

At times the debate got ridiculous with conservative Democrats making ludicrous charges against Sanders. Again, according to Yahoo News:

“Biden pushed Sanders about his past votes against gun control, which Sanders conceded were a mistake before bringing up his current D- rating with the National Rifle Association. Biden and former Mayor Pete Buttigieg criticized Sanders for his favorable comments about former Cuban leader Fidel Castro.” 

All he said was that it was a good idea for Castro to initiate a campaign against illiteracy and a health care for all citizens’ policy. Again according to Yahoo News:

Sanders also said:

“Occasionally, it might be a good idea to be honest about American foreign policy, and that includes the fact that America has overthrown governments all over the world,” Sanders said. “And when dictatorships, whether it is the Chinese or the Cubans do something good, you acknowledge that.”

Sanders’ opposition to gun control efforts might actually work to his advantage if he wants to pull in some Republicans.

If there is a draw back it is that Sanders’ wins resemble those of George McGovern back when he was nominated, in 1972, to run against then President Richard Nixon. It turned out that his rise in the polls were largely due to money donated by Nixon and his crew. The idea is that they wanted to run against him because he was the weaker candidate. But this time around it seems different. For one thing, there are a lot of young millennials, who worked for his campaign in the last election and they seem dedicated to supporting him this time. I believe Sanders is a much stronger and much more popular candidate than McGovern was. Nixon was also much more popular than Donald Trump. So I’m not convinced we need to worry that outsiders, such as Trump or the Russians, can really count on Trump beating Sanders if Sanders ends up as the Democrat nominee.  

So the campaign goes on…..=>