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Liz or Bernie? Who should be progressives’ top choice?

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Progressives like me are facing a difficult choice at the moment.  Is Elizabeth Warren a better candidate than the OG, Bernie Sanders?

Do Warren’s sheer knowledge and the level of quality and detail in her numerous lefty policy proposals outweigh Sanders’ 40-year consistent record of being a progressive champion?

Does Sanders’ ideological consistency give him the upper hand compared to Warren’s past as a registered Republican (albeit more than 20 years ago) and her break from complete support of Medicare for All?  

Questions like these are forcing progressives and leftists, accustomed to having to choose between the lesser of two evils each election, to make a choice that we rarely have to make﹘a choice between two superb candidates with excellent qualities.

My take is that this tension is only a proof of a healthy and upsurging progressive movement and progressives like Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez ought to let the primary play out for a bit longer before making a final decision as to who they will support.