Commentary

Commentary on: TheTrouble with Joe and Bernie (Post by Paul Krugman) on May 2, 2019.

     The author does an excellent job bringing out the problem with both Biden and Sanders. He argues that none of them is ready to face a painful political reality. According to the article, Joe Biden is at the front line for the Democratic nomination followed by his protester Bernie Sanders. The author claims that in the U.S, the topic of electability is unknown by the citizens. However, he is more concerned with what the Americans will experience if either Joe or Bernie wins in the elections (Krugman, 1). He worries that they are not well prepared for the political trench welfare that follows a democratic win.

     In the article, Krugman suggests that the problem with Joe and Bernie is that both in their ways believe they have extraordinary power for the conviction. According to the author, this belief might cause them to defy the harsh reality in the issue of the tribe in today’s politics. For instance, Joe who has won the heart of many Republicans believes that the right personal association with the people might enhance him to make bipartisan deals on law enforcement (Krugman, 1). However, this is not possible because even when the former president, Barack Obama was elected, he believed Republicans would back him up with bipartisan but to his surprise, he experienced full scorched-earth opposition.

     On the hand, Bernie does believe in neither bipartisanship nor unipartisanship in his leadership with the Republicans. He claims that he is a Democrat, despite that he is seeking for nomination on the party. However, the author suggests that Sanders believes he can persuade the voters to support the progressive policies and full policy that would help them to fix the broken things in America (Krugman, 1).  Hence, the lack of realism in both politicians might result in their failure.

Works Cited

Krugman, Paul. "Opinion | the trouble with Joe and Bernie." The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia, 2 May 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/opinion/sanders-biden-2020.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FUnited%20States%20Politics%20and%20Government&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=4&pgtype=collection.