Opinion | The Simple Reason the Left Won’t Stop Losing – The New York Times

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Opinion | The Simple Reason the Left Won’t Stop Losing – The New York Times

This year’s campaign offered the prospect of transformational change, with a Democratic nominee who was more liberal than any in more than a half-century. Instead, the nominee now seems likely to be a moderate white grandfather who first ran for president more than 30 years ago and whose campaign promises a return to normalcy.

True, Bernie Sanders could make a comeback, but it would need to be a big one. Among people who voted on Super Tuesday itself — rather than voting early, before Joe Biden won South Carolina — Biden trounced Sanders. The race would have to change fundamentally for Sanders to win.

If he doesn’t, the obvious questions for progressives is what went wrong and how they can do better in the future. I think there are some clear answers — empirical answers that anybody, regardless of ideology, should be able to see. I’d encourage the next generation of progressive leaders to think about these issues with an open mind.

Bernie Sanders might have been the best hope, but he hardly was a refreshing candidate for President. But nobody serious wanted to run against an incumbent, while flawed, currently oversees a fairly strong economy, providing good times for America. Herbert Hoover and Nixon also had pretty week opponents too.

March 9, 2020 Morning

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Good morning! Happy Worm Moon 🌕! With the frost coming out of the ground, I bet earth worms are out and about. Mostly sunny and very spring like at 42 degrees at the Elm Ave Park & Ride – CDTA. There is a south breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Thursday around 4 am. ☃️ But a few days with the heat off and at least during the day time with the windows open. It was a bit cold when I opened the windows this morning 🔳but it was sure refreshing.

Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 71 degrees at 4pm. 30 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 20th. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. A year ago, we had sunny skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 42 degrees. The record high of 81 was set in 2016. 6.9 inches of snow fell back in 1961.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:07 pm with sun having an altitude of 43.1° from the due south horizon (-27.7° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 6.4 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. Before you know it, your shadow will be as short as Mini Mike. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:18 pm with the sun in the west (259°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (265°) starting at 6:53 pm and lasts for 2 minutes and 55 seconds with dusk around 7:23 pm, which is one minute and 11 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Full 🌝 Moon in the east (84°) at an altitude of 4° from the horizon, 226,510 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 7:56 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 69 degrees. There will be a south-southwest breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 38 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 53 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 44 degrees at 4am. 21 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 4th. South wind around 7 mph. In 2019, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 28 degrees. The record low of 0 occurred back in 1996.

Today in 1959, Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York. 🎎 Ever since then barbie dolls have had their heads eaten off by family dogs 🐶 and boys have had fun burning their heads off with lighters.

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 47. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 44. Typical average high for the weekend is 43 degrees. Kind of last weekend but only a few degrees cooler. I might do an overnight in Schoharie to check out that tiny home expo at NYPA Gilboa plant but it depends on what I’m doing with Save the Pine Bush.

🌹🌻🌼Only 10 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!🌹🌻🌼

Looking ahead, there are 7 weeks until Arbor Day 🌳 when the sun will be setting at 7:51 pm with dusk at 8:21 pm. On that day in 2019, we had rain showers, partly cloudy and temperatures between 50 and 40 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 63 degrees. We hit a record high of 91 back in 1962.

Spring?