Democratic Primaries

When I vote, I'm voting for a person, not a platform. Others may very well be different, and I accept that, but I've found over the years that someone who is a great prophet (which Sanders is) often tend not to be well suited as leaders precisely because they lack the flexibility that you need in a position like POTUS.

I've been all over the map this season - I liked Harris, I liked Warren, I even admired some things that Bloomberg had to say. I have reservations about Biden, but mostly due to his age (which I believe are applicable to Sanders, Warren and Bloomberg as well). What made a difference to me about Biden, however, was that he was able to form a coalition. That's what a Democratic president needs to be able to do. Most truly good presidents were people who were able to keep a coalition together, to get consensus on a single direction from multiple stakeholders across all portions of the political spectrum. Sanders has some interesting goals, but as a person, he's caustic, self-centered and dangerously resistant to ideas that aren't his own.

Not all Sanders followers are Bernie Bros, not by a long shot, but the ones that he surrounds himself with typically carry the same attitude he does - burn it all down. He's too late - the country is already burning, already running a fever, and there's no real guarantee that it will survive the disease. This is not a stable basis for a society long term.