except the "Root" needs to be a governor , as they are the ones who can successfully govern the country while changing it as well.
Lincoln is considered a root president and he was not a governor
Also...Root presidency are generally brought into power by the younger ascending generation who totally reject that status quo. Bernie polls nearly 70% of the under 30 vote in the latest PPP poll. Further proof that what young voters want is an extreme leftist
Please go through the WaPo or NYT's archives. Reagan was literally considered a far right-wing extremist who would bring back Jim Crow and cause a Nuclear Holocaust. Of course everyone has forgotten that since the GOP totally reinvented his legacy and image. Jimmy Carter's campaign manager thought that Reagan would be ''the easiest one to beat.''
Except Lincoln was a moderate for his day , and after Grants first term the realignment fell apart and neither party was really able to get what they wanted until McKinley became president.
Also Reagan was still clearly less right wing than the pre FDR GOP ,while Sanders is clearly to the left of any president we ever have had . The fact is if you go to far to the left or right ,you will fail .
Americans have had it with Republicans and centrist Democrats. Macron in France has an approval rating on par with Trump. He was elected with the lowest turnout in modern French history. Same thing that's happening in America (the 2014 midterms had the lowest measured turnout in US history!). People dont want any more right wing policies but at the same time, they dont want anymore phoney ass Centrist DLC types who drop to their knees for corporate cash while forcing a wedding cake baker in Ohio to bake a cake for a gay couple.
Every realignment in US History, the person who seems most ''extremist'' there ends up winning.
Except those presidents also have to be be pretty good ones ,and Bernie sanders would be a disaster for the country .
Again Lincoln was a moderate , FDR ran as a moderate. If you ask me the real realignment was not in 1980 but by the fact that Reagan presidency was successful.
You really have no basis to say whether or not Bernie would be a successful president. You may seem to think he'd be a failure but only time can tell on that front.
