Still processing that @60minutes interview. Just as a political matter, a hard pivot away from Fidel Castro and the USSR would have been the wise move for Sanders, so he could capitalize on his big Nevada win, calm Democrats and build. That interview? Whew, well bye-bye Florida.
When you combine that with the Sanders fans attacking @ava & @SpeakerPelosi and the tape pouring out showing a younger Sanders (who actually looks the same as now!) saying positive things about the USSR, the Sandinistas, socialism etc, he's leaving few Dems willing to defend him.
And he would need the party he holds at arms length and its hardcore base, esp black women over 30 -- AKA Democratic supervoters -- to get in formation for him if he's the nominee, because the oppo, the media vetting & the Russia & Trump Tom Foolery only gets worse from here.
Spiking the football now, before SC and all those southern Super Tuesday states, and already plotting on the speaker and other Dems is really short-sighted, as is admitting you don't have that $30 trillion spending bag planned out. Americans-and not just rich ones-hate taxes.
Sanders probably took note of how Warren got clobbered for explaining her M4A pay-fors, and it's a legitimate counterpoint that nobody asks Republicans how they'll pay for their endless wars and tax cuts. But the game is the game.
So I think Sanders is one up, one down right now. The Nevada win was legit proof of concept, especially on turning out Latinx, young and union votes (even with M4A). But everything after has been unhelpful to his end goal of getting the Dem nomination and becoming president.
