Bernie Sanders says President Biden will win in 2024 if he runs on a "strong progressive agenda"

But he's not all that progressive. He never has been. In a sane country, he'd be a middle-of-the-road Republican. There is no progressive left in this country. Not with any real power.

Look, I'd love for that to be true, but it just isn't. Biden will win by being a boring centrist, because that's who he is and that's who will win a general election (generally speaking).

With the GOP going completely off the rails the easiest path to victory is to simply go middle of the road and pick up all those independents/centrists and conservatives with brains. Progressives will vote Biden regardless because Trump (or any Trump wannabe) is too terrifying of a reality.

This country has never shown it has some giant progressive silent majority - Bernie would know, he bet and lost on that materializing in his own presidential runs.

I don't see Democrats running hard on progressive policies until either the GOP starts running moderates again (forcing Democrats to pickup votes elsewhere) or young people prove they can be a force at the ballot box.

All this is not to shit on what Biden has achieved, because he has done things for progressives, but I don't see him suddenly switching to anything resembling a "strong progressive agenda" because it will just give his GOP opponent ammo to claim "see he's radical too". Biden will be the most boring, normal politician he can, while highlighting how bad things will get if his extreme opponent gets into office, and that's probably the smartest thing to do.

The infra bill was a huge shot in the arm and, based on the ads I'm seeing, he's going to run on its passing... that bill is beyond amazing, but they should have gone harder. While the ~$1.6 trillion is an eye watering amount of money, ~$4-6 trillion is what was originally asked for and what is needed. Hopefully he'll run on a Build Back Better: Part Deux. Also his appointees to the NLRB have been super progressive and aggressive, the return to Joy Silk will give the reinvigorated labor movement serious steam, but he also busted the RR workers ability to strike and he seriously shouldn't have done that. Overall, I'm not mad at the Biden WH on domestic issues... but more is needed and he should have let the RR workers strike. Like, the economy be damned, call the hedge fund's bet and end the Reagan era union busting.

He had better. Nothing worse than an incumbent democrat losing to fascists.

I've never been been a fan of Biden, but I don't think Bernie is wrong. The recent progress on pharma drug costs are a step in the right direction. If there's a realistic plan to keep fighting profiteering in medicine, I'll hear it out.

No more please can we just get normal human beings as presidential candidates and not whatever the fuck this has been?

Yeah...no. Enough of the fucking 70+ year olds. I'm so fucking tired of people who should be fucking retired owning and running everything. Fuck the mother fucking hell off fossils. God damn it. Enough with the fucking retirement home bullshit. Holy fucking hell.

Stop putting old farts in leading roles.

After the last guy the country just needed a guy who mostly plays but the rules, as unwritten as they are. Understands the system. Makes the country look like its head is connected to the neck. Generally speaks diplomatically. Doesn't have too many ideas that are way outside center. Looks after the little guy sometimes. Hires advisors who have a clue.

We got that guy. That's a good thing.

Now we need a newer, younger person with vision. Somebody who can help rebuild an American dream. Somebody who will be alive to see their dream come true. Somebody who can get everyone excited about figuring out what it means to be an American. Somebody who can set aggressive goals and make the case for why we should pursue them, and get the ball rolling. Somebody who shows the average American that their life specifically can be better tomorrow than it is today.

Regrettably that person will still struggle to defeat the ancient skeleton incumbents.

Biden is too old to run. And Trump is a liar, criminal, un-American, and working to get rid of our democracy, AND is too OLD. But it looks like I will be voting for Biden again. And he has done some good things while in office.

So, I hope that Biden will have a moment of clarity about the needs of the middle class and poor people of the US. And he'll want to die of old age with history saying he was very helpful in fighting for policies to help us.

Maybe. But I do know Republicans don't believe in our democracy and they don't want young people voting. They want to rule us with religion even though they are a small part of your nation.

Biden? a progressive? yea right.

Hey everyone, go outside and find some grass and take your shoes off and put your feet in it. Stand there for a minute or two and just feel the grass on your feet. Have fun!

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Maybe the US should create a "Geriatric Party", where all these senile diaper wearers are put in a home.

Voting for a guy who has at MOST 5 years to live is not good foresight, regardless of what political party you rally behind.

"sorry, best I can do is neoliberal"

Seeing how much Trump has lost it, Biden might not even need to do that to win.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

He urged voters who are dissatisfied with the work the Biden administration has done to recognize that "we are living in an unprecedented moment in American history."

In the announcement, the president explicitly positioned himself opposite Trump, and some of his other Republican opponents, on key issues like abortion and social security.

Dictating what health care decisions women can make, banning books, and telling people who they can love.

Sanders referenced several of those issues in underscoring what he believes is the importance of building "a strong progressive agenda" to win the presidency in 2024.

Sanders called on Democrats to develop a progressive agenda that prioritizes the needs of seniors and of young people by expanding Medicare and addressing student debt.

"And when we win big, we have to make it clear that we stand with the working class of this country, against the kind of corporate greed that we now see."

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He can run on a strong progressive agenda, but we all know it's all talk and no substance.

"I can't believe what you say because I see what you do." James Baldwin

Not cool to say he'll lose like that, Bern.

He ran on a progressive platform the first time. And then reneged on it. That union buster can fuck off.

All talk no action. Don’t just hear what they say, see what they did. You’ll make the choice, think about next generation. I wanted to live in US but maybe not anymore, there are many shit-and non-brain young people.

So win by lying about what he's actually going to do while claiming that the policy positions of people who would have been better candidates are his own? Well it worked the first time, barely 🤷

Currently I am actually concerned if Biden makes it through the election healthwise. He looks very brittle and if the incumbent president bonus wasn't direly needed, I would advocate for someone else to get there.

But I am actually afraid of him dying or getting too sick during the campaign circus phase and Trump will win again. I don't trust the American people at all.

While I'll never vote Republican I don't see myself voting Biden this time. He got my vote to unseat the cheeto last time but his administration's antagonism towards financial markets along with his outdated stance on things like policing (more cops with no reform) and cannabis legalization (just no) along with him pushing a CBDC (programmable digital dollar that removes all privacy and places all control in the hands of the banking elite) have lost him my vote. I'll be wasting my vote on a third party since a worthy Dem primary challenge is highly unlikely.

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Sorry Bernie, Biden is trying to run on turning cult followers. Also known as, the stupidest strategy.

Only hope is to get something to stick to Donald. Which given the track record....

So no?

Of course looney lefty Bernie Sanders supports the commie cadaver sleepy Joe. They want to make it illegal to eat meat or even go to church. Carl Marks is laughing in his grave; in the end he won after all.

If Democrats truly want to keep Trump out of office then they need to vote for West. We've tried it your way for decades and its not working when the entire discussion is which senile, geriatric, racist POS is the 'lesser evil' Your status quo is keeping people in poverty, increased homelessness, with no access to affordable healthcare or housing.

Oh, and Bernie can go fuck off. His progressive talk is tainted by insisting we support one of the architects of most of our problems in the US. If theres a law suppressing people's rights, it was probably written by Biden

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Has Sanders ever won a contested election? Maybe we shouldn't be looking to him for campaign advice

Ya’ll act like Cornel West isn’t real.