First Read: “They’re both white men in their mid-to-late 70s. And they’re both current/former creatures of the U.S. Senate.”
“But Joe Biden versus Bernie Sanders — the two 2020 candidates who lead in almost every Democratic poll — represents one heck of an ideological contrast, if the race ultimately comes down to these two men.”
“Of course, a full-out Biden-versus-Bernie ideological fight — if it comes to that — could create an opening for the other 2020 Dems, whose messages are in between a revolution and a restoration.”
“But also remember that both Biden and Sanders mutually benefit from contrasts with one another. Biden needs the foil of Sanders to show that his version of democratic socialism goes too far, while Sanders needs the foil of Biden to demonstrate that Obamaism-Bidenism doesn’t go far enough.”
Amy Walter: Restoration vs. Revolution
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