Thread by @ThePlumLineGS

1) Some Dems are in a panic about @BernieSanders's interview on "60 Minutes." He defended praise of Castro and brushed off questions about the cost of his agenda.

I talked to Sanders' pollster at length about all the electability concerns being raised:

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@BernieSanders 2) A few highlights from my interview with Sanders' pollster.

The Sanders campaign is more focused than you might expect on the idea that the election will be a referendum on Trump -- and that Trump will help unify the party, even w/ Sanders at the top:

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@BernieSanders 3) I asked Sanders' pollster whether the fact that the 2018 win was driven by a large shift in suburban and college educated white voters weighs on their thinking.

Does the campaign see the need to hold those gains? Interesting answers:

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@BernieSanders 4) I asked Sanders' pollster about the bashing of the Dem establishment. What obligation will there be to unite the party if he's nominated?

In my view, the establishment also bears responsibility for this. Either way, Sanders' pollster says it'll be OK:

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@BernieSanders 5) I asked Sanders' pollster whether he sees it as a problem that some House Dems (in Florida) find his past statements to be politically perilous for them.

Again, interesting answers:

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@BernieSanders 6) Finally, Bernie's pollster suggests the campaign really buys into the idea that Bernie can reverse the realignment we've been seeing along class and education lines among white voters under Trump:

(cc @RonBrownstein @DouthatNYT)

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