Column: Bernie Sanders isn’t going to destroy Democrats. He’ll save them – Los Angeles Times

Column: Bernie Sanders isn’t going to destroy the Democratic Party. He just might save it

After Bernie Sanders led the popular vote in the Iowa caucuses, the emails started trickling in. Alarmed Democrats, and excited Republicans, saw in Sanders a ghost that has loomed over the Democratic Party for decades: George McGovern. McGovern, the 1972 Democratic presidential nominee, suffered a historic defeat that year.