Democratic Primaries

Then why hasn't he done anything about it? I don't mean to be glib. My question is a serious one. If he's been right for decades and hasn't been able to convince more than a handful of his peers to support his agenda, what makes Sanders supporters believe he'd be able to do so as president? The presidency doesn't come with a magic wand.

That might be the most significant difference between Sanders and Biden. Sanders has never been able to build a coalition to actually *do* anything. His ever-present need to play the outsider makes him the less-likely candidate to get things done, simply by default. He's had decades to convince people and then build coalitions to get things done, and has accomplished next to nothing.

By the way, John Conyers introduced a Medicare for All bill in 2003 and every year since, but I don't see any Sanders supporters *ever* give him credit, even though his bill was the basis for Sanders' parallel bill in 2017, introduced 14 years later.