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The Democratic Center Holds
Democratic moderates and party leaders have managed to fend off Bernie Sanders. Will the Democratic Party hold in November?
For better or worse, whatever happens between now and November, the Democratic Party has selected its champion.
Former Vice President Joe Biden never looked like the front-runner; until he was. This is thanks largely in part to a number of high-profile endorsements from well-respected members of the Democratic Party, including Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina and political strategist James Carville.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, long declared unsuitable by the Democratic Party powers-that-be, seems doomed to failure. In the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak, Biden has managed to secure an almost runaway lead in delegates over Sanders.
Sanders, it is being reported, is taking some time to evaluate his campaign. This is usually a sign that the end is near.
Liberal progressives in the Democratic Party aren’t too happy about this turn of events.
They blame a number of party machinations, from a coordinated effort by party leaders to stop Sanders by throwing their support behind Biden to more serious accusations of voter suppression.
Many Sanders supporters have said, mostly on social media, that they will not “vote blue no matter who”…