Independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is running for re-election. The 82-year-old from Vermont announced Monday that he's seeking his fourth term in the U.S. Senate.
That’s what I mean, he’s spent his whole life saying it’s not about him, it’s about the movement. He needs to let a younger progressive take his spot so that person gets “the experience” and run for president.
Okay, so who? Name the person. What prominent 62-year-old (or 42-year-old, or 22 30-year-old, which is the minimum age allowed in the Senate) Vermont progressive should be running instead?
Maybe the problem is less Bernie being unwilling to give up the job and more that nobody else is stepping up to replace him.
No one is going be prominent enough to compare to Bernie, especially at the twilight of his political career, and be a natural successor.
It’s like saying where’s the next Obama, when Obama himself was no name, first term, junior Senate candidate from Illinois when he gave the 2004 DNC keynote speech, only four years before becoming president.
What I’m trying to say is, unless you’re already neck deep in Vermont politics, we probably won’t hear the name of the next prominent progressive out of the state until that seat opens up.
Okay, so who? Name the person. What prominent 62-year-old (or 42-year-old, or
2230-year-old, which is the minimum age allowed in the Senate) Vermont progressive should be running instead?Maybe the problem is less Bernie being unwilling to give up the job and more that nobody else is stepping up to replace him.
No one is going be prominent enough to compare to Bernie, especially at the twilight of his political career, and be a natural successor.
It’s like saying where’s the next Obama, when Obama himself was no name, first term, junior Senate candidate from Illinois when he gave the 2004 DNC keynote speech, only four years before becoming president.
What I’m trying to say is, unless you’re already neck deep in Vermont politics, we probably won’t hear the name of the next prominent progressive out of the state until that seat opens up.
Bruh, if Bernie didn’t run for his seat, do you think people wouldn’t vote for the person he campaigns for?
Especially if he said his reason was at his age he feels a younger candidate would be better?
Why?
Seriously, I want to know what makes someone think a young candidate needs national recognition to win Bernie’s seat when Bernie campaigns for them.
What?
You think it’s just Bernie by himself and he has no staff?
That’s just…
Well…
It’s certainly an opinion.