as I was saying:

The Bernie Sanders assessment was what made me stop and think,
as this is relevant to 2020 -- very relevant.

It is especially relevant to Massachusetts, of which I am amongst the voters.
I have been sitting back and listening/reading as the Massachusetts radio stations, newspapers, and weblogs pay attention to Bernie Sanders. I had a sense that a score was being kept.

Remember, only four years ago -- there are old Mudcat threads to prove it -- people were saying that there ought to be a Hillary/Bernie ticket?
So, now we know what Hillary REALLY thinks of Bernie Sanders.
And this made me consider how seriously Massachusetts, not to speak of other states hereabouts, takes its senators.

Elizabeth Warren, don't forget, is one of the MA senators.
The other one is Ed Markey. Ed Markey is not running for President.
Markey has been a US Senator for a short time, but then
he was a US Representative for multiple terms before being elected US Senator.
Markey, love him or hate him, is the real deal, Senator-wise.
He knows how to write laws -- some of his have become law.
He knows about his constituents and he knows about his peers,
and how to interact with each.

No, I'm not saying I want Ed Markey to be anything other than
US Senator for Massachusetts.

What I'm saying is, what if Hillary is right when she says of Sanders,
"Nobody likes him," meaning Sanders's peers in Congress.

Now, if Elizabeth Warren doesn't like Sanders, it's one thing.
One, she's a rival in the running for US President.
Two, she's a woman, and it seems to be one those nasty commonplaces
that Sanders can disrespect women and get away with it.

However:
if Ed Markey dislikes Bernie Sanders?
If Ed Markey's colleagues dislike Bernie Sanders that much?

It makes me feel sorry for Mr. Sanders, if that's the case,
and this is no time to be feeling sorry for him.