Robert Reich sends a note to Bernie Sanders [View all]
A Public Note to My Friend Bernie Sanders
Dear Bernie:
I dont know what youre going to do from here on, and Im not going to advise you. Youve earned the right to figure out the next steps for your campaign and the movement you have launched.
But let me tell you this: Youve already succeeded.
At the start they labeled you a fringe candidate a 74-year-old, political Independent, Jewish, self-described democratic socialist, who stood zero chance against the Democratic political establishment, the mainstream media, and the moneyed interests.
Then you won 22 states.
And in almost every state even in those you lost you won vast majorities of voters under 30, including a majority of young women and Latinos. And most voters under 45.
You have helped shape the next generation.
I love the way he summed up:
Regardless of what you decide to do now, you have ignited a movement that will fight onward. We will fight to put more progressives into the House and Senate. We will fight at the state level. We will organize for the 2020 presidential election.
We will not succumb to cynicism. We are in it for the long haul. We will never give up.
Thank you, Bernie.
Bob