A FUTURE YOU CAN BLEAT IN?
As the unimaginably long line snaked through block after block after block south of Pioneer Square on the day of the big Bernie Sanders rally at Safeco Field, the day before the Washington State Democratic caucuses, a few jokes came to mind (this’ll be nothing compared to the bread lines when President Sanders takes office—that sort of thing), but the general vibe was optimistic and enthusiastic. That is, until we saw you, with your sad little captive goat, wandering up and down the line, shouting about liberty. You are part of the reason some people can’t take the Bern’s chances too seriously.
CAUCUSING THE DAY AFTER THE SANDERS RALLY
You, a young Capitol Hill resident who works in health-care research, showed up to your caucus a little apprehensive about the whole process. You don’t like to be a “joiner” or to “get into a group mentality,” you said. But you’d spent the evening before at the Bernie Sanders rally at Safeco Field, and it had inspired you. That—combined with a touch of distrust of Hillary Clinton—had you leaning toward Sanders, though you still considered yourself an undecided voter…