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135. Nope.

Joe didn't have to change drastically. But he knew that he had to change. And that IS in the articles. Mainstream as he is, his administration still shows that he changed.

That Joe is still mainstream, still doesn't make Bernie populist.
If Bernie was a populist, then so are AOC and Warren, particularly re Wall St. and worker economics.
Trump was the populist; this time he and his voters have redefined it, because their culture wars are astroturfed; the Bernie-AOC-Warren populists won't engage those any longer.

I don't like hearing that a mainstream candidate would move to avoid floor fights -- which don't make Democrats look bad, imo; just outspoken and heterogeneous -- as if their moves are only temporary rather than going for inclusivity and equal voice. It diminishes what we're told to believe about our party nominees.