Thread: Bernie won the first three contests. Then, due to a combination of various missteps and the other candidates consolidating in a totally unprecedented way he got behind and then the pandemic essentially shut down the election.

Concluding much of anything about the general viability of left electoralism, inside/outside strategies regarding the Democratic Party, or any similarly weighty subject on the basis of all of that sequence of events is....odd.

It would be like watching a Red Wings-Bruins game where Boston was ahead until their goaltender starting messing up in the 2nd period & Detroit ended up winning and concluding that it's metaphysically impossible for a team from the Northeast to beat a team from the Upper Midwest.