In Council Bluffs, Bernie Sanders says his ideas are no longer 'radical'

[Omaha Steve]

Bernie Sanders in Council Bluffs on Thursday during his first appearance in Iowa as a 2020 presidential candidate.

WORLD-HERALD NEWS SErvice

By Roseann Moring

Four years ago, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders helped spark a progressive wave, inspiring legions of devoted supporters in a presidential primary in which he won 23 states.

His campaign fell short, but it elevated ideas — such as “Medicare-for-all” and tuition-free college — that in a few short years have become centerpiece issues for a new wave of Democratic activists and leaders.

“A lot of the things he was saying in ’16 or ’15 were out of the mainstream,” Pottawattamie County Democratic Chairman Scott Punteney said. “And people came around to that way of thinking.”

On Thursday in Council Bluffs, Sanders made his first Iowa appearance since his official announcement as a 2020 candidate.

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[kcr]

1. This is good. Much better than Corrupt Dems are Corrupt

I hope this is a sign he's pivoting away from that old saw.

[rurallib]

2. he's not really radical - he is where the mainstream really is

the radicals are the corporations that control the media and congress that are Bernie's main opposition.

[bigtree]

3. O'Malley touted tuition-free college

...and radical approaches to addressing climate-change.

I hate the bragging.

[workinclasszero]

4. I agree

Bernie's ideas are mainstream now.

He brought them to the fore when they were considered radical, and he was right.

I believe that falls under leadership...not being afraid to take the right positions regardless of there mainstream popularity at the time.

AOC is doing the same type of thing also IMO.

[Mr Tibbs]

5. They never were radical

His policies are what the US once was, before Reagan. Normalcy.

Normal is now viewed as "Radicalism".

[Garrett78]

6. They weren't radical before Sanders ran in 2016 either.

Radicalism is not the problem with Sanders.

[Uncle Joe]

7. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread Omaha Steve.

[David__77]

8. I'm hopeful he will raise some lines on foreign affairs.

A clear, pro-peace, anti-regime change intevention perspective is needed to oppose Trump’s war calls against Venezuela, for instance.