Robert Gibbs: The Bernie Sanders Coalition Is Not Broad Enough To Win the Nomination

‘He is a hugely popular figure obviously still in the party and will be for a long time’

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GIBBS: "Look, if that’s a coalition that can be replicated, and it likely can be, in these upcoming races, I mean, look, the challenge that Sanders has I think are several. I don’t think the party is ready for a revolution. They want a winner. They don’t want a revolution. 8 of the next 11 contests that take us through March are states that Bernie Sanders didn’t win in 2016. So there is — and the Sanders campaign is — yes, younger voters are voting for him, but they are not voting for him in historic numbers. There is a narrative problem, there is a coalition problem that just quite frankly, for Bernie Sanders right now, isn’t broad enough to win this nomination and that campaign has got to retool how it goes after voters starting today."

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