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    Are Democrats Ready To 'Feel The Bern' Or Is Sanders The 'MySpace' Of 2020?

    The Vermont independent showed he can still raise boatloads of money, but with so many progressive choices, Sanders may be at a disadvantage.
    by Domenico Montanaro Feb 23, 2019 4 minutes
    Robert Camacho, center, cheers as California Sen. Kamala Harris launches her presidential campaign in Oakland, Calif., in January.

    Bernie Sanders has again proved he should not be underestimated in a presidential contest.

    Despite talk of his coalition potentially fracturing with such a big Democratic primary field, the Sanders faithful showed they've still got his back. In the 24 hours following the Vermont independent's announcement Tuesday that he was again running for president, he raised a whopping $6 million.

    He took in $600,000 from people who signed up to make recurring monthly payments to his campaign. That will give him a guaranteed source of revenue that could help him last for a very long time in a protracted primary fight. It's a model that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who like Sanders identifies as a democratic socialist, also touted.

    "It's like Netflix," she tweeted, "but for unbought members of Congress."

    Others see Sanders and his 2020 run as less Netflix and more something else.

    "Bernie Sanders is the

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