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Podcast: Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show
Episode: The Fall of France
Description: At the close of the Nevada Caucus, Chris Matthews ranted about the Sanders victory, going so far as to compare his “victory” (54% of voters voted against him) to the 1940 Fall of France.
On the one hand, he wasn’t completely wrong. The inability of the Democratic Party to see what needs to be done is eerily similar to the French failures in June of 1940. The obvious solution to the problem escapes the Party because there is no ability to understand that sacrifices must be made. Nobody on the Democratic Party stage is willing to make that choice and do...