As they've for months, Mr. Biden and Mr. Sanders stay the general front-runners for the Democratic nomination, holding a constant lead in nationwid
As they’ve for months, Mr. Biden and Mr. Sanders stay the general front-runners for the Democratic nomination, holding a constant lead in nationwide polls whereas sustaining sturdy monetary help and expansive, skilled operations.
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The editorial board discovered fault with each males. Mr. Sanders’s coverage prescriptions are described as “overly inflexible, untested and divisive.” In an remark more likely to anger his supporters, the board in contrast the Vermont senator to Mr. Trump at one level.
“Three years into the Trump administration, we see little benefit to exchanging one over-promising, divisive determine in Washington for an additional,” it writes.
Mr. Biden, in the meantime, is described as preferring “merely restoring the established order,” with an agenda “that tinkers on the edges” and won’t sufficiently advance the nation, within the board’s view.
“What’s extra, Mr. Biden is 77,” the board provides. “It’s time for him to go the torch to a brand new era of political leaders.”
Of Mr. Buttigieg, the board writes, “His exhibiting within the lead-up to the primaries predicts a vibrant political future; we stay up for him working his manner up.”
Michael R. Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York Metropolis, declined to satisfy with the board, saying that he did not yet have positions on enough issues.
Within the 2016 presidential main race, the board endorsed Mrs. Clinton for the Democratic nomination and wrote that John Kasich, then the governor of Ohio, was “the one believable alternative for Republicans.”