Republicans are all atwitter over the growing field of declared and expected Democratic presidential candidates.
The din kicked up a notch Tuesday when Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said, more or less – I’m back.
But here’s what, so far, at least, is most delicious about watching this primary shape up: Unlike the Republicans in 2016, the Democrats are not eating their young, though its not from lack of dogged reporters eager for a new headline and soundbite to incite such a spectacle.
Think about it. In 2016, many of Sanders’ ideas were then deemed too radical, even by many Democrats. Now, however, Medicare for all, raising the minimum wage to $15 and free public college tuition are seen as more mainstream.
Much of the conversation going on in the Democratic Party right now started in the run-up to 2016 with Sanders’ campaign. That conversation endures now not because it was or is “radical,” but simply because it is idea-based – ideas about real and important issues such as health care, closing the income gap, education and helping the middle class and poor climb ladders of success.