Can Bernie be stopped? Some Democratic donors are trying
Nervous Democrats who never thought Bernie Sanders had a chance of winning the 2020 primary are now asking the party's big-dollar donors to open their wallets to stop him
By
BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press
February 25, 2020, 4:27 PM
WASHINGTON -- Nervous Democrats who never thought Bernie Sanders had a chance of winning the 2020 presidential primary are now asking the party's big-dollar donors to open their wallets to stop the self-described democratic socialist.
It might be too little, too late.
For months, few paid heed to the Vermont senator as he advocated for a “political revolution.†His sagging poll numbers and a heart attack last fall only heightened the sense that Sanders was unlikely to become the Democratic nominee.
But after wins in New Hampshire and Nevada and a virtual tie for first place in Iowa, many are waking to the reality that Sanders could be on his way to clinching the nomination next week when voters in more than a dozen states head to the polls on Super Tuesday. That’s led to a scramble to pull together the resources to stop a candidate many establishment-minded Democrats believe is too liberal to defeat President Donald Trump.
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