Progressives, At Least Nominate the Stronger General Election Progressive Candidate

. Bernie Sanders has won the first three contest for the Democratic nomination. If this trend continues, he will shortly have wrapped up an insurmountable lead in delegates. Sanders has proven to be dominant in this field because he has a clearly articulated set of positions which he has held for years. While in the past he has taken some positions which clearly have been taken with a view to being able to win office in Vermont, he is now taking. mainstream progressive positions on guns and immigration.

. The candidate whose positions seem closest to those of Sanders is Senator Elizabeth Warren. Senator Elizabeth Warren would be a far stronger general election candidate. If Bernie Sanders and the progressives are interested in having progressive positions enacted into law, Senator Sanders would withdraw from the contest for the nomination and support Elizabeth Warren.

. If this sounds far-fetched, consider some real issues.

. Consider the period of time between the Nevada caucus and the February 25, 2020 Democratic debate. The entire period was consumed with a discussion of the history of Bernie Sanders, not his positions. By now, it is common knowledge that Bernie Sanders and his wife left the day after their wedding to travel to what was then the Soviet Union. Most people in the 1980s did not honeymoon in the Soviet Union. There has also been discussion of his comments praising the Castro regime for its education program, repeated during the debate on Wednesday evening…