David Sirota
American blogger
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Bernie Sanders in the Democratic Party could be Barry Goldwater to the Republican Party,
- Sirota told Will, referencing the hard-right would-be president who laid the groundwork for Ronald Reagan’s ascension years laterPoliticopolitico.com/newsletters/playb…
If 2016 is Bernie’s 1964,... we’re 10 years into that trajectory.”
- Sirota saidPoliticopolitico.com/news/magazine…
If the Democratic leadership could find a way to win the Senate and have Abdul lose, I’m sure they would take that bargain.”
- David Sirota, the longtime Sanders aide and 2020 campaign speechwriter, spoke plainlyPoliticopolitico.com/newsletters/playb…
A disciplined political party that didn’t want to undermine somebody like Abdul would not validate and elevate those, what I would call bad faith attacks, would not want to add gas to that little fire,
- Sirota told PlaybookPoliticopolitico.com/newsletters/playb…
If the analogy holds,... we’re 10 years into that trajectory.”
- Sirota told PlaybookPoliticopolitico.com/newsletters/playb…
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The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/08…