Bernie Sanders and me here pictured together in New York City, October 2016
Does Bernie Sanders really have any real chance to win this election?
Hell, yes, he has a chance! A damn good one!
Recent polls reveal that he is leading in New Hampshire, and tied for first in Iowa. That should allow him to have a strong showing early in the Democratic primaries, and a good start could be crucial. He already has so much more of a high profile than he did in 2016, where his name grew prominent gradually, and with extreme reluctance by the mainstream media to give him any credit or attention other than the bare minimum that they could get away with.
This time, Sanders could use that early momentum, if he keeps this thing going, and use it to capture the Democratic party nomination. And if he is the nominee for the Democrats, he will be going against an unpopular incumbent in Trump, and he does not back away from saying what is on his mind, does not sugarcoat it. And people trust Sanders, more than they do any other politician.
So yes, he does have a real chance here.
In fact, he should have been the Democratic nominee back in 2016, if the mainstreamers had not given a weak Hillary Clinton the campaign lifeline that she asked them for (illegally), and if the superdelegates had not conspired to make sure that Sanders would never get the nomination.
Because he exposed Hillary’s obvious weaknesses, even if the mainstreamers still turned a blind eye to the fact that they were, in fact, weaknesses. They refused to see that until it was much, much too late. They only recognized this truth after she lost the election, and even then, it took a while, as they looked to blame anyone and everyone else, other than Hillary herself.
Finally, the mainstream media cannot deny the success of Bernie Sanders, who is making another White House run, much like he did in 2016. Back then, the major news media insisted that he was a fringe candidate and that his candidacy was not to be taken seriously. That was one of many factors that contributed to him not getting a fair shake, and added to the sense that the election was rigged in favor of the preferred powers that be.
Yes, Hillary asked for and received help – illegally – from Democratic party leadership. Her husband met with the Attorney General during investigations into her actions, and within days, all charges were dropped. And she received help by obtaining a Presidential debate question in advance by Donna Brazile. Yet, mainstream Democrats acted honestly perplexed when many people were angry at the seeming fix. All of this added to the obvious distrust and dislike of Hillary, and the Clintons as a political family more generally. It would come back to bite them in a big way in the general election, when the notoriously known liar, Donald Trump, was regarded as more honest and likable than Hillary, who apparently was the most hated candidate in history. She managed to do something that had seemed, up to that point, utterly impossible: Trump winning the White House.
It was beginning much the same way in this election, too. They pushed Joe Biden, but he has not established himself as the clear cut favorite. Pete Buttigeig also emerged as a candidate who could potentially gain the support of the Democrat mainstream, as well as the mainstream media. Yet, he also has failed to establish himself as a clear-cut favorite.
Meanwhile, Bernie’s candidacy has had some bumps along the way, such as when he suffered a heart attack.
Still, it has bounced back strong enough that even mainstream Democrats like former President Obama, as well as the mainstream media, have finally been forced to acknowledge that he indeed has a chance to win the Democratic nomination.
Maybe this time, the Democrats have actually learned a lesson and decided to let the democratic process work out who wins the nomination, instead of effectively fixing it in favor of their preferred candidate. But it is still early. Let’s see if they are honest and allow the strongest candidate to emerge, or if they get involved once again, and shoot themselves and their credibility in the foot.
Let's face it: the reluctance by mainstream Democrats and the corporate media that supports them is really the biggest obstacle to him securing the nomination, and possibly the only major obstacle big enough to prevent him from winning the White House.
Can he do this? Can we do this?
Yes we can!!
Here are the articles used in writing this particular blog entry. The first one is about the well-known fears by mainstream Democrats regarding the possibility of Sanders becoming their nominee. The second one is about recent polls showing, undeniably, that Sanders has a real chance here:
Fears of Sanders Win Growing Among Democratic Establishment The urgent warnings come as Sanders shows new signs of strength on the ground in the first two states on the presidential primary calendar, Iowa and New Hampshire, backed by a dominant fundraising operation By Steve Peoples and Alexandra Jaffe • Published January 8, 2020 • Updated at 3:16 pm on January 8, 2020:
Poll Shows Sanders Leading in New Hampshire, Tied for First in Iowa Less Than a Month Before First 2020 Caucuses "The New Year opens with Bernie Sanders in his best standing yet against the field in Iowa and New Hampshire." byJake Johnson, staff writer, January 05, 2020:
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