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Bernie Sanders Needs to Take the Gloves Off.
The next round of debates are coming up, and it’s time for Bernie to fight.
Since early 2015, Bernie Sanders has been at the forefront of the national discourse, igniting a grass roots movement that has been responsible for changing the way we address the problems that face average Americans. He is a leader in every sense of the word, and I don’t think that it’s any secret he’s my candidate of choice for a wide variety of reasons.
That being said, of course — like any other candidate — he does have flaws. Perhaps the greatest of which is his unwillingness to raise too much of a challenge to those in the primary race along with him. He seems to have a clear and persistent fear of bringing up the problematic records of his candidates, probably because he is afraid of it potentially being used against them should they make it to the general. But I’m worried we may have reached a point where being too much of a nice guy could be evolving in to a detriment to his campaign.
The next debate is quickly approaching, and I think it’s growing increasingly apparent that if Bernie wants to win this nomination he’s going to have to change the strategy. Of course, I don’t want Bernie to resort to personal attacks. He doesn’t even have to.
