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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nIt would have made sense three weeks ago too, and it would have worked so much better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bernie\u2019s Bargain<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Wednesday Senator Bernie Sanders spoke out about the results of Tuesday\u2019s primaries. He made it clear that he was going to continue his campaign, and debate Biden Sunday in Phoenix. But Bernie\u2019s speech wasn\u2019t really a challenge to Biden\u2019s success; it was the opening gambit in negotiations with the Democratic convention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sanders honorably has spent a lifetime fighting for his beliefs. Universal health care, forgiveness of student loans, and dealing with climate change are his core issues. He\u2019s bringing them to the table at the debate, demanding that Biden respond to his concerns. What Bernie offers is a motivated base, a voting group that Biden absolutely needs to win the election in November. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And Biden can offer Sanders and his supporters reasonable answers, moving to \u201cthe left\u201d without leaving his more moderate supporters. So the debate on Sunday is likely to be more friend-to-friend negotiations, rather than a bitter attack that damages both candidates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If Sanders likes what he hears, and Biden gets the results in Tuesday\u2019s primaries in Ohio, Florida, Illinois and Arizona that he expects, perhaps the Democratic Primary campaign will wrap up in the next week. If not, Sanders will continue. This is his last chance to run for President, and his best chance of getting his views \u201con the table\u201d. He won\u2019t quit without getting something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Back to Work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Just a personal note: I\u2019ve gone back to work, temporarily. I\u2019m teaching social studies to sixth, seventh and eighth graders, filling in for a teacher who just had her first child. It\u2019s a real eye-opener: when I left the classroom in 2006 there were still chalkboards and pencil and paper notes. Today there\u2019s a \u201cSmart Board\u201d, every kid has a \u201cChrome Book\u201d and tests, assignments and projects appear magically in the \u201cIn Box\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Luckily for me, kids are still kids, and history is still history. So if my \u201cTrump World\u201d essays seem to be appearing later in the day, and have odd references to Hindu culture, the Middle Ages, or the Civil War, there is a reason. It\u2019s exciting to be back in the classroom, but it\u2019s not exciting to be back in \u201cfive in the morning\u201d world. Thank goodness spring break is only a week away!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"