I did not have ‘Pelosi takes on the gerontocracy’ on my 2024 bingo card
One Pelosi ally said it was possible she would press Biden publicly to give up his spot atop the Democratic ticket.
“The speaker does not want to call on him to resign, but she will do everything in her power to make sure it happens,” this person said, referring to Biden quitting the race.
[Edit] changed the title to Politico’s after reading this community’s sidebar
Bernie does do things for image for the purpose of principle though - he will happily fall in line publicly over politics if it gives him political clout to make workers’ lives better.
Sounds a lot like doing something on principle to me.
I don’t disagree, but I did want to highlight that while not everything he does directly helps working people he’s always focused on that goal. Other politicians may want to be loved but Bernie just does it for the end goal.
(You can find some hilarious interviews with him about merchandising things like Birdie and the Mittens meme - he acknowledges that it’s useful for fund raising and visibility but he really has no patience for it)