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I think that *if* Biden gets reelected whoever comes after will probably have to tack left or risk facing a Ralph Nader figure. But with Trump around the left is a paper tiger. At the moment not even the internet communists and assistant professors of geography are getting enthusiastic about Cornel West.

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Maybe, but voters keep picking center left dems

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Ralph Nader was a big problem for Democrats in 2000 and somebody like Cornel West would be a big problem today if the Republicans were about to renominate Mitt Romney instead of Donald Trump.

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