"In spite of its ultimate failure, the Sanders campaign was successful in several ways. It has forced the other candidates to address long-neglected matters that Sanders singlehandedly brought to the fore. Medicare-for-All and the proposed Green New Deal are now nearly mainstream positions. Sanders won the primary in the largest, richest, and most diverse state in the country, California. He was one of two men left standing after besting many candidates that started with high hopes and strong support from party insiders and donors. He went further, and came closest to real power, than any leftwing political leader in his lifetime. He helped build a political movement that will remain a force in American life and will keep trying to win. Because his support is so concentrated among the young, and because the problems he vowed to fight will only get worse whether Trump or Biden wins, this movement is only likely to grow, and its next leaders might eventually succeed where he failed."
Moshik Temkin at Newsweek assesses Bernie Sanders's place in political history.
And Paul Heideman at Jacobin warns against a leftist retreat.
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