Interlopers poised to take control of Democratic Party like Trump took GOP
By Michael Barone
February 17, 2020 | 9:01pm
It’s a familiar plotline. An interloper runs for a party’s nomination and, with an anti-insider pitch, scores wins and near-wins in the first contests with vote pluralities. His numerous opponents, fearful of antagonizing his enthusiastic supporters, launch attacks on one another that, predictably, hurt the attacker as well as the target.
Party establishment types, convinced the interloper is a sure loser in November, dither and tilt things mildly against him while trying to maintain the impression of fairness. Candidates with no chance remain in the race, dividing the anti-interloper vote, hoping the interloper will collapse. But he doesn’t — and even starts winning absolute majorities in late contests.
That’s how Donald Trump won the GOP nomination in 2016, and so far, it’s consistent with how Bernie Sanders is doing in the 2020 race.
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