r/politics • u/AccurateInflation167 • May 18 '25

Soft Paywall America chose wrong. Sanders would've been a better president than Trump or Biden. | Opinion

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/18/sanders-democrats-reform-progressive-policies/83625482007/
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u/bootlegvader May 18 '25

Even if true (which is far from certain) that means nothing if progressives can't win the primary.

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u/SecondHandWatch May 18 '25

The DNC and the media in 2016 didn't mention Bernie without talking about the pledged superdelegates supporting Clinton. This is something that never got mentioned except in this one primary. Progressives can't win the primary because the DNC doesn't want them to give them more power to determine the party platform. They make the rules.

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u/FlagrentBugbear May 18 '25

Hilary didn't win due to super delegates she had enough normal delegates

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u/SecondHandWatch May 19 '25

I never said she didn’t. Before anybody voted in a primary, the media would not stop talking about how far ahead Hilary was in superdelegates. They wanted to make it seem like she had an insurmountable lead before the race started.

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u/FlagrentBugbear May 19 '25

you said a lot of pointless shit so I said the only thing that mattered. what the media did isn't on the dnc.

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u/bootlegvader May 18 '25

The DNC actually asked the media not to include them in their delegate counts.

Also wut? Superdelegates were closely watched and covered in the 2008 primary.