Ezra Klein: "Why Bernie Sanders's rise is more impressive than Donald Trump's"

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13. Kickety rec.

tRUMP has the same appeal as a blowhard pro wrestler has to wrestling fans. Lots of macho bombast, no content, sound and fury signifying nothing. Bernie is offering depth and substance. People haven't had that choice for so long it's taking a while for people to catch on to the fact that he's real.

And he's doing it by word of mouth and content-filled speeches, not pure media events. Bernie himself would say that there's nothing particularly camera-friendly about him giving a policy speech in a gym. And tRUMP is all about himself. Bernie is all about the people. He's not in it for glory or celebrity, he's there because someone has to do what he is doing and nobody else is.

(Let me clarify that I completely respect Sen. Warren's reasons for declining to run. Though if she had, I doubt Bernie would have.)