The last point epitomizes the kind of bubble that Bernie Sanders has insulted himself within in that he actually believes Congress is responsible to the will of the people. Let's consider his education proposal in this regard. Sanders is insisting that Congress will approve his agenda because it's what the American people want and it's the right thing to do. Sanders apparently went MIA in the spring of 2013 when Congress refused to listen to the 90% of Americans who supported national background checks for gun purchases in the wake of the Newtown massacre. Sanders also apparently has no idea that the Republican governors in 19 states are seemingly unaware that they will one day be paying a price for denying their citizens the Medicaid expansion that could potentially save thousands of lives. Insisting that Republicans will enact Sanders' agenda because it's what the American people support is unfathomably naive, so much so that you really have to question whether Sanders has even been paying attention to the political climate in Washington over these past seven years.



Overall, this portion of the Sanders interview is perhaps most telling in that Sanders simply doesn't understand the relationship between Congress and the people. Voters so far have shown they just aren't that into Sanders and his revolution the way they were with Barack Obama. Outside of caucus states, Sanders isn't drawing in record numbers to the polls. Even his go-to demographic of millennials and Gen X'ers is not necessarily a given in each state, despite what Sanders may believe. Yet with all that, even if Sanders were to get elected, we've seen that his name at the top of the ballot doesn't ensure down-ballot success. His agenda would have no shot at passing a divided Congress, even with popular support behind him. The fact that Sanders hasn't even considered this possibility should be most troubling to voters. It's one thing to be optimistic about one's chances, it's another one entirely to have no idea the kind of political climate you are about to enter.



For a twenty-five year member of Congress to be this unaware is unbelievably troubling.