https://time.com/5781797/new-hampshire-democratic-primary/
If Sanders wins here, will he be unstoppable? And if so, then what?
The party mandarins are sure he’s a disaster in the making, a recipe for
re-electing Trump—that American voters will never go for a 78-year-old
democratic socialist with an expensive, disruptive agenda. That, in the
words of the celebrity consultant James Carville, who’s been stumping in
New Hampshire for the long-shot moderate Michael Bennet, “we don’t have
time for left-wing fantasies in this country.”
It’s a weird moment for a party that for three years has
poured its energy into fighting Trump at every turn. Suddenly, the
Democrats seem gripped by a low-grade panic, confronting the reality of a
difficult primary with no consensus to be had. Somehow, up against a
president they regard as a joke, a failure and a threat to the republic,
they’re all flogging unity while running in different directions. A
field that began with an embarrassment of riches—a record-setting 25
major candidates, including many truly big-time resumes—is now down to
this odd lot of flawed hopefuls. Partisans find themselves seized by the
paralyzing fear of making the wrong choice—or the sense that the right
one doesn’t exist.
