Is It Bern Out?

Bernie Sanders has announced that he is running again for president.  He's following in the tradition of other candidates who came in second in the nomination race and then tried again.  We all remember the success of people like Rick Santorum, Mike Huckabee, Hillary Clinton, Mitt Romney, and John McCain.  They were rejected by the voters once, but then they came back for a second try and a second rejection.  The problem for Sanders is that he is yesterday's news.  The Democrats would love to have a new face, not a familiar old one.  And old that face is.  Bernie is 77 and looks tired and beaten next to any of the other potential candidates aside from Joe Biden.  The weirdest part of the race right now is that Biden tops the polls with Sanders second, but a large majority of Democrats say that they want someone new as the candidate.

Here's a prediction:  by the Iowa caucus, Sanders will have been pushed aside by the Democrat voters.  He may get enough votes to stay in the race for a few primaries, but his effort will fail.  In 2016 he had the good fortune to run against Hillary Clinton.  Think about it.  Hillary was perhaps the only candidate the Dems could have run who would have lost to President Trump in that year.  In 2020, Hillary isn't going to be in the mix (at least we hope she won't.)  Without being the anti-Hillary, what is the reason to choose Sanders as president.  Is America actually looking for a curmudgeon?  I don't think so.