Karl Rove: Sanders could win the presidency in 2020

Republican strategist Karl Rove says Sen. Bernie SandersBernard (Bernie) SandersHealth care at night: DOJ charges doctors for illegal opioid prescriptions | Cummings accuses GOP of having hindered the investigation of the price of drugs | Sanders woo Republican voters with "Medicare for All" | Dems investigates the financing of the anti-abortion group's anti-abortion campaign campaign manager: Sanders can not defeat Trump Booker calls for a radical reform of voting rights MORE (I-Vt.) Could defeat President TrumpDonald John TrumpHouse Dems asks Barr to cancel his "inappropriate" press conference on the Mueller report The DOJ plans to release a "slightly redacted" version of the Mueller report on Thursday: WaPo Nadler accuses Barr of "unprecedented measures" for "edit" the Mueller PLUS report in 2020.

In an opinion piece published Thursday in the Wall Street Journal, Rove quoted Sanders' show at a public meeting Monday in Fox News, during which the public applauded his calls to "Medicare for All ".

"If only 37 percent of Americans in the RealClearPolitics average think the country is going in the right direction, while 56.4 percent think it's on the wrong track, Sanders could be seen as an agent of change." , wrote Rove.

"If he is a Democratic candidate, the task of Mr. Trump will be to convince Americans that a socialist turnaround would be a ruinous change. Based on Monday's town hall, it will not be as easy as Republicans can think of. Mr. Sanders is a real competitor, "he added.

Rove wrote that Sanders had shown that he had improved as a candidate since 2016, citing the way he had avoided the question of whether he was enjoying Republican tax cuts. to focus instead on Trump's refusal to publish his own statements.

Rove added that Sanders had learned to "soften the contours of socialism" and was now broadcasting a message focused on the economic disparities that resonated with voters.

Polls show that Sanders is one of the top Democratic presidential candidates, behind the former vice president. Joe BidenJoseph (Joe) Robinette BidenMcAuliffe says that he will not run for president in 2020: the former Obama campaign manager: Sanders can not beat Trump Trump says he would like stand against Buttigieg PLUS in most surveys.

A national poll last week showed him in first place and as the primary beneficiary if Biden, who still has not officially announced, decides not to show up.

Sanders' municipal affair in Fox News attracted more than 2.55 million viewers, as well as the anger of Trump, an avid Fox News fan, who accused the network of not allowing Trump supporters to participate in the event.