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Millions of Democrats will need to seriously prepare for what a Bernie Sanders nomination will look like.
Are there any moderate Democrats left standing? Of course there are. In fact, if you wanted to perform a redundant task, you could add up the support of moderates vs progressive and see who comes out of top. But there will be tough decisions ahead for them. Believe me, I’ve been there.
It was September 2015 and the British Labour Party were about to announce the newly elected leader of their party. Earlier that year the outgoing leader, Ed Miliband, had lost a general election, giving the opposition an unexpected majority for the first time since 1992 (this was a majority of only four seats, albeit).
After experiencing another defeat, many in the Labour party felt the winds of change were on their side. Not incremental, small-scale, slow change, though; but massive, wide-ranging, visible change — a sentiment that will resonate with many Democrats now; a feeling that it is their time.
Before all the leadership candidates took the stage for the formal announcement (kind of live a National Convention), various media sources caught wind of a Corbyn win and it was apparent that the future of the Labour party would be changing for the foreseeable future. To his credit, Corbyn won the support of the Members, the MPs, and the…