The editorial board for the Barre Montpelier Times Argus, a daily newspaper in Vermont, wrote a scathing editorial imploring Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) not to run for President in 2020.
The board makes the case on four grounds: that Sanders has chosen his own Presidential ambitions over the needs of Vermonters, that he will again fracture the Democratic party during the primaries, that his message is stale and better carried by others and that he responded poorly to the accusations of sexism in his 2016 campaign.
“Taken together—ego, electoral math, a tired message and a prickly media darling—Sanders is convincing himself that he’s the person who can win the White House in 2020,” the board writes. “We are not convinced he should.”
Read the full editorial here.
Ouch
The only people who think that Bernie is a presidential material are his cultist followers and Bernie himself.
A lot of the comments after the full article were supportive of Sanders and thought the newspaper way off base.
We do not need someone that will split the Dem. vote, really hope he won’t run.
Now that’s a REAL feel the burn moment.
Good. It needs to be said. And there are others whose visions of grandeur should be reined in too. The Democrats must find a smart, principled, experienced, charismatic, person, probably male at this point, who can lead and unite. Someone not too smug and who has actually accomplished things beyond positioning him or herself for the next run for higher office. I’m tired of electoral politics grounded in polling. I want facts and proposals and plans and aspirations. I even want to be a little bit inspired and hopeful,
Sigh.