
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders is unquestionably the most left-wing member of the U.S. Senate. It is, therefore, impossible for a centrist independent to endorse him. Having said that, his opposition is uniformly unappealing. Gerald Malloy, the Republican candidate, notes that Vermont has a long tradition of sending Republicans to the Senate. Sadly, that was a different Republican Party. Both Malloy and the other opposition candidates to Sanders voice either wishy-washy, or antagonistic, attitudes toward U.S. support for Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression. Some of them voice concern about the federal deficit, but none of them offer concrete proposals for dealing with it. Malloy is a Trump supporter and has received and welcomed Trump’s endorsement.
As much as I dislike doing this, I am going to have to remain on the sidelines with respect to the U.S. Senate race in Vermont.