The Case For Bernie Sanders 2020

I WAS RECENTLY IN WASHINGTON AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, UNDERSTANDINGLY, ASKED ME, WHAT DO YOU THINK? WHO WILL RUN ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE IN

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FOR PRESIDENT? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, WHICH I DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR, BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET BACK TO BERNIE SANDERS IT'S NOT COMPLETELY CLEAR WHO WOULD BE THE LEAD. AND THEN I THOUGHT, WAIT, THERE'S A GUY WHO COULD ACTUALLY... OH, AND BERNIE SANDERS? THERE'S A REASON WHY EVERYONE, INCLUDING ME, BY THE WAY, I'LL CONFEST THIS, THOUGHT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE BERNIE SANDERS. BECAUSE? BECAUSE IT'S CONVENTIONAL THOUGHT, I WAS GUILTY SO A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER THE ELECTION, IT WILL BE TOO OLD.

LET'S INVESTIGATE THAT. YES, IN

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, WHEN THE ELECTION IS, BERNIE SANDERS WILL BE 79. BUT DONALD TRUMP WILL BE 75. HILLARY CLINTON, GOD FORBID, WILL BE 73. A PERSON WHO IS OFTEN MENTIONED IN THESE CONVERSATIONS, ELIZABETH WARREN, WELL WILL BE 71. THEY ARE ALL IN THEIR 70S. LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING. Would you accept BERNIE SANDERS AT 79 OR DONALD TRUMP AT 75? Would you accept Bernie Sanders at 79 or Donald Trump at 30? SANDERS AT 79 OR DONALD TRUMP AT ANY AGE? DO I THINK BERNIE SANDERS IS 79 OR 109? PEOPLE SAY THAT BERNIE SANDERS LOOKS ALL DEVELOPED AND HIS HAIR IS NOT COMBED, IN THE OLD TIMES THAT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE POLITICIANS WERE TALKABLE, TODAY IT'S A DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE WE KNOW YOU'RE A FAKE.

IT'S AN ADVANTAGE FOR SANDERS. THE CONVENTIONAL WAY OF THINKING IS THAT BERNIE WILL BE TOO OLD. ACTUALLY? PEOPLE LIVE LONG LIVES NOW, THEY WILL ELECT A GREAT VICE PRESIDENT, 79 IS NOT MUCH OLDER THAN 75, Presumably he will run against TRUMP, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WILL MAKE IT - I PROPOSE THE MOST POPULAR POLITICIAN IN THE COUNTRY IS THE ONE WE SHOULD BE IN FIRST CHOICE. I KNOW, WILD AND CRAZY THEORY. LET ME SHOW YOU A RECENT HEADLINE: WAY AHEAD OF DONALD TRUMP, WAY AHEAD OF HILLARY CLINTON, WAY AHEAD OF EVERYONE ELSE, AS YOU'LL SEE IN A SECOND.

IN FACT, SHE SAYS YES, BUT LOOK, SHE LOST THE PRIMARY TO HILLARY CLINTON. WHO LEFT HAD THE ENTIRE ESTABLISHMENT BEHIND HER, HAD THE BIGGEST MARK IN THE HISTORY OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND STILL CLOSED A 60 POINT LEAD. I HAVE ALL THESE NON-SENSE STATEMENT POINTS AGAINST BERNIE SANDERS, HE ONLY GETS WHITE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS. ACTUALLY? LET'S SEE THE SURVEYS AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS -- IT TURNS OUT NO, IT'S WONDERFUL. EVEN AMONG DEMOCRATS, AND EVERY KIND OF DEMOCRAT THERE IS. MEANWHILE, HOW IS HILLARY CLINTON? WE SHOULD NOT EVEN HAVE THIS CONVERSATION: HILLARY CLINTON, YOU ALREADY LOST DONALD TRUMP. BUT PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON ARE TAKING IT SERIOUSLY.

NO. LET ME SHOW YOU THEIR NUMBERS NOW. YOUR NUMBERS NOW, ARE AT 35% FAVORABLE, 55% UNFAVORABLE. BERNIE IS AT 62%, SHE'S AT 35%, I'LL DO QUICK MATH FOR YOU: THAT'S A 25 POINT ADVANTAGE YOU HAVE OVER HER IN FAVORABILITY. THIS IS NOT A CONVERSATION. THERE IS SOMEONE WHO IS THE PRESUMED NOMINEE OF THE DEMOCRATS, AND IT IS VERY CLEAR. BUT I'LL GIVE YOU ONE MORE. HERE'S ANOTHER POLL, OF ALL PLACES IN A FOX NEWS POLL, EVEN FOX NEWS HAS TO ADMIT THAT BERNIE SANDERS IS NOT JUST THE MOST POPULAR POLITIAN, THE MOST POPULAR IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. THEY SURVEYED POLITICIANS AND ISSUES, BERNIE SANDERS CAME AT NUMBER ONE. +29.

DONALD TRUMP, -9. IF IT'S SANDERS AGAINST TRUMP IN 2020, SANDERS NOW HAS A 38 POINT LEAD OVER HIM. 38. THAT'S THE FOX POLL I JUST SHOWED YOU, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL FAVORABILITY, 61 TO 44. EVEN THERE, A GIANT 17 POINT LEAD IN FAVORABILITY. THAT DOESN'T EVEN TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE UNFAVORABLE NUMBERS I MENTIONED EARLIER. WHO IS THE PRESUMED NOMINEE OF THE DEMOCRATS IN 2020? IT'S THE MOST OBVIOUS QUESTION OF ALL TIME. AND BY THE WAY, I REMEMBER WHEN HILLARY CLINTON WAS THE PRESUMED NOMINEE, AND THE ENTIRE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TOLD US THAT NO ONE SHOULD RUN AGAINST HER. HEY, WE HAVE A VERY SIMILAR SITUATION HERE.

SOMEONE WHO IS THE MOST POPULAR POLITICIAN IN THE COUNTRY, LUCKY, IS ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE AND JUST RUN. REMEMBER HILLARY CLINTON LOST THE PRIMARY IN 2008, THAT SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM AT ALL, LOSING A PRIMARY BEFORE. THEY STILL HAD HILLARY CLINTON AS THE PERCEPTIVE NOMINEE. SHE LOST AGAINST OBAMA, SO SHE WAS NEXT. THIS IS NOT MY LOGIC: I BELIEVE IN PRIMARIES, I BELIEVE EVERYONE SHOULD RUN, NO MATTER WHO YOU SUPPORT, BUT BY THE LOGIC OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ESTABLISHMENT, BERNIE SANDERS WILL BE NEXT, AND THE NEXT ONE IS INCREDIBLY POPULAR. GOOD LUCK, DEMOCRATIC PARTY. I guess everyone will now line up behind Bernie Sanders until everyone else has to enter the race.

Let's see how it turns out.