DEMS/ELECTION/SOCIALISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign strategy seems like it can be summed up in one word: ‘SOCIALISM!’ With Bernie Sanders, a self-described ‘democratic socialist,’ near the top of many of the early primary polls, and with several other candidates cribbing from his platform and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez increasingly driving the policy debate, Republicans are eager to paint the entire Democratic Party pink. For Republicans to use socialism as their foil presents Sanders with both possibility and peril. He has the opportunity to engage Trump now and prove he can win an argument over socialism, soothing any Democratic anxiety about his electability. But if Sanders can’t satisfactorily respond to Trump’s broadsides, his presidential candidacy will sputter and Democrats will backpedal from his agenda.”
–Bill Scher, “How Bernie Could Save Socialism From Trump,” Politico, March 7, 2019