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A thought about Biden and Sanders: Different as they are, they both (in my view) have fantasies about the political realities that would face a Dem president, even if the party regains the Senate 1/
Biden imagines that he could reach out to good people across the aisle and achieve bipartisanship. Sanders imagines that he can persuade large numbers of GOP voters to embrace much bigger govt, including single-payer health care 2/
Everything we've seen for decades says that these are fantasies. Any Democrat will face what Obama faced: scorched-earth opposition. And never mind Republicans – even many Dem voters will balk at a plan that takes away private insurance 3/
Either man could turn out to be a very good president – and God knows it wouldn't take much to improve on where we are. But neither seems remotely prepared for the bitter political trench warfare that surely awaits. 4/
And can I say that this naivety probably has something to do with being an old white guy (says a fairly old white guy). Someone like Warren isn't just a font of policy ideas; she also knows very well what she would be up against 5/
