Thursday, October 03, 2019
Tough Call
What do you do when your candidate suddenly becomes ill? It's a tough PR call. Do you try to calm the waters? Do you reassess the campaign? What messages are credible? This is the conundrum that Senator Bernie Sanders' candidacy for president is facing. Sanders suffered chest pains and had two stents inserted into his veins overnight. Since he is not a young candidate, health has always been a lurking issue. Now the perilous state of his robustness has come to the fore. Will voters abandon him for one of the other Democratic candidates? It is too early to know, but there is plenty of worry already. The top three candidates are in their 70s and health is an issue for all of them. This makes for a volatile race if one or more should take ill. Democrats have one over-riding goal -- unseat Trump who also is in his 70s. It is a geriatric contest in which vigor is a closely watched element. Sanders now has a hill to climb and it won't be easy.
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