how would she drag votes away from Biden? how would she actually even run in the first place? Are they just assuming Biden will be dead by then (probably a reasonable assumption)
You can challenge the sitting president in a primary. While it's unlikely the incumbent president will lose the primary, every president who's received a strong challenger in the primary went on to lose the general election.
It will obviously be Bernie's fault, I can see the NYT op ed now. "Yes Bernie Sanders swore his allegiance to Hillary before an altar of blood, but could he have done more to boost her campaign?"
Can't wait to accuse her of dragging votes away from Biden and giving us Trump II.
how would she drag votes away from Biden? how would she actually even run in the first place? Are they just assuming Biden will be dead by then (probably a reasonable assumption)
You can challenge the sitting president in a primary. While it's unlikely the incumbent president will lose the primary, every president who's received a strong challenger in the primary went on to lose the general election.
I mean its kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy, the existence of a strong challenger at all implies a lack of faith in the incumbent.
It will obviously be Bernie's fault, I can see the NYT op ed now. "Yes Bernie Sanders swore his allegiance to Hillary before an altar of blood, but could he have done more to boost her campaign?"