In addition, a majority of Dems see Sanders' potential nomination as a sure path to Trump's re-election. I think there's been a sense of impatience, of urgency in coalescing around someone who can push past Sanders and take Trump on, as quickly as possible. +
@Helen This is the continuation of the thread I was working on, that somehow got disconnected. +
Biden is many wonderful things, but he's not the ideal candidate. He ticks the boxes better than anyone else. He, better than anyone else, puts a winning coalition together. In a kind of primal instinct, the party recognized that fact.
