How Hillary Clinton awkwardly exploited the limits of Bernie Sanders' political imagination

Feb 21, 2016 article by James Poulos @ The Week

"After a late surge from Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton managed to eke out a win in Nevada on Saturday. Clinton played the expectations game brilliantly, casting her near-humiliation as just one more step closer to an inevitable victory. But there's only so much finessing even a Clinton can do. Despite her projection of limitless confidence, her victory speech in Nevada laid bare the limits of her appeal to Sanders' supporters..."

"The temptation today in American politics is to give up on fundamental reform in favor of the comforts of identity politics.
Whatever its partisan stripe, identity politics gives us a shot of pride right at the moment we'd rather not feel so insignificant before America's vast problems and vast government. This is what Clinton awkwardly taps into and what Sanders ignores — at his own peril."


http://www.theweek.com/articles/607357/how-hillary-clinton-awkwardly-exploited-limits-bernie-sanders-political-imagination