New: A divided inner circle. A fateful misread of S.C. and Super Tuesday. A candidate who would not broaden his message or reach out beyond his powerful faction.
Bernie Sanders had the nomination within his grasp – @jmartNYT & me on how it slipped away 👇
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Bernie Sanders had the nomination within his grasp – @jmartNYT & me on how it slipped away 👇
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The Sanders team was divided over many important decisions, but most of all on how to handle Biden.
One faction constantly pleaded with Sanders to go on offense. Others saw it as a futile exercise – Bernie & Jane liked the Bidens and their word was final.
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One faction constantly pleaded with Sanders to go on offense. Others saw it as a futile exercise – Bernie & Jane liked the Bidens and their word was final.
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Sanders's pollster outlined this (prescient!) scenario in mid-January, in the latest of many appeals he made for Bernie to go on the attack.
But there was no consensus about what to do next, and Sanders never made the inroads he needed with black voters.
But there was no consensus about what to do next, and Sanders never made the inroads he needed with black voters.
As Sanders rose to the top, a wide range of allies urged him to modulate his message and make overtures to the middle of the party.
How wide a range? Well, it included @AOC @johncusack and @PeterWelch
But Sanders didn't adjust course
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How wide a range? Well, it included @AOC @johncusack and @PeterWelch
But Sanders didn't adjust course
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There was frustration at the highest levels of the campaign with a group of aides and allies who lobbied relentlessly for Sanders to nuke Biden, well past the point that the candidate had made it clear he did not want to do so.
One major clash came in late January ...
One major clash came in late January ...
A word people used repeatedly, describing Sanders's post-Nevada decision-making, was hubris nytimes.com/2020/03/21/us/…
Florida Dems reached out to Sanders just before the NV caucuses to propose opening a dialog – about all the "revolution" and "socialism" stuff that doesn't play great there
Sanders's campaign was initially receptive. Then came the @60Minutes interview ...
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Sanders's campaign was initially receptive. Then came the @60Minutes interview ...
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There's a lot in here – I hope you'll spend some time with the story this weekend, even with so much else going on
Sanders got so, so close. But even at the peak of his strength, there were deep flaws in his candidacy that helped his rivals overpower him.
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Sanders got so, so close. But even at the peak of his strength, there were deep flaws in his candidacy that helped his rivals overpower him.
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Bit of an update here with more detail on the Cusack appeals to Sanders👇 nytimes.com/2020/03/21/us/…
Bit of an update here with more detail on the Cusack appeals to Sanders👇 nytimes.com/2020/03/21/us/…
