People forget, or maybe never knew, that Bernie for decades attracted substantial independent and even moderate/conservative support in Vermont - both in his numerous victories for the House and then the Senate. He ran, after all, as an Independent:https://twitter.com/SteveKornacki/status/1231313073039958023 …
He *is* a moderate! He's been one his entire life. The radical case for him has always been his potential, not his platform.