I think Carlson is 100% sincere here. There's a school of thought that Biden has an easier time winning moderates (polls say so rn) and a school that Warren, with the entire party behind her, would be a convincing populist who peels back more voters. https://t.co/XobH9Bjo1Y
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) July 16, 2019
It's the same theory for how Sanders wins back voters who think the Dem party abandoned workers, with the twist that Warren, a former Republican, would be a better salesperson than the socialist guy.
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) July 16, 2019
And by super-villain, I mean Peter ‘Bathory’ Thiel, not Dave Weigel, who is IMO entirely too Bernie-curious but not a complete waste of skin. This is gonna further irritate the Cosplay Socialists, of course, but if you want an ‘Electability!’ argument…
This piece on the lack of overlap between Sanders and Warren supporters sheds light on why the case for her has become “she has a plan for that” instead of “she’ll confront monied interests,” which is the better pitch https://t.co/Fo4xw4SkL4
— Natalie Shure (@nataliesurely) July 12, 2019
Or maybe people who have skin in the game prefer actual planning to performative confrontation:
… In poll after poll, Sanders appeals to lower-income and less-educated people; Warren beats Sanders among those with postgraduate degrees. Sanders performs better with men, Warren with women. Younger people who vote less frequently are more often in Sanders’ camp; seniors who follow politics closely generally prefer Warren.
Sanders also has won over more African Americans than Warren: He earns a greater share of support from black voters than any candidate in the race except for Joe Biden, according to the latest Morning Consult surveys…
It’s not a given that Sanders voters would flock to Warren, or vice versa, if one of them left the race and endorsed the other. In Morning Consult, Reuters-Ipsos and Washington Post-ABC News polls, more Sanders supporters name Biden as their second choice than Warren — and a higher percentage of Warren voters pick Kamala Harris as their No. 2 than Sanders, according to recent surveys…
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