NYT: The Democratic coalition ≠ True Leftists and coastal liberal elites

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/01/upshot/the-problem-for-bernie-sanders-the-narrow-lane-to-hillary-clintons-left.html

Nate Cohn explains why Sanders and Warren would struggle to win the Democratic nomination, even without Clinton in the race. Fairly obvious stuff, but often forgotten by internet leftists and professional progressives in the NYC/DC media who have an outsized voice in shaping the narrative:

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He then goes on to explain why Obama bucked the trend in 2008 and reiterates that Hillary is in fact a liberal who is more popular with liberal democrats than moderate ones:

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Pointless article. Sanders isn't the race to win and he knows this, otherwise he would have run as an Independent. He wants to debate Clinton on national TV.

The NYT does this kind of analysis everytime a candidate announces. But I think this had to be said considering how much it's falling on deaf ears in the comments section.

It was hilarious to read this HuffPo article yesterday by a writer who doesn't even realize he's living in a bubble:

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