An Open Letter to Bernie Sanders

Dear Senator Sanders:

If I were starting a country from scratch, I might very well call on you to build its government structure. I would be confident with you leading the charge. I understand the value of what you espouse and I see how it works in some other countries.

But we are not starting from scratch. We are immersed in a full-blown crisis. It’s like Donald Trump is a kid who got behind the wheel of his parents’ car and he keeps crashing it into things. And we’re being forced to watch, feeling helpless.

Most of us want someone to shoot out the tires, wrangle the keys away from the little miscreant, and put a safe driver behind the wheel. If, in order for that to happen, he or she has to drive down the center lane for a while so we can all catch our breath and regroup, we’re OK with that.

I know ‘center’ is a dirty word among your following and I get why you and they find it maddening. But consider this: we now have a centrist sugar daddy who wants to drive, but if he gets beat by another driver, he’ll give that driver all his resources — gas, mapping technology, manpower, reach.

However, you, Senator, won’t commit to using them. You’re willing to ask tons of passengers who are not convinced you can drive to get in the car on faith. You want them to hop into a vehicle that could…