In the Sanders-Clinton Battle, It's the 1970s vs. the 1990s

After spending far more time obsessing over the thoroughly bogus triviality of whether Tom Brady was using ever-so-slightly deflated footballs while Bernie Sanders's insurgent presidential candidacy drew large crowds across the country, the media is still struggling to come to grips with the phenomenon of a powerful Sanders challenge to Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton. That's especially true with regard to the context of the campaign.

Generally presented as some sort of out-of-the-blue challenge to the orthodoxy of our financialized politics, the Sanders vs. Clinton battle actually has deep roots in decades past, with the Vermont senator representing major strands of the unfulfilled politics of the 1970s while the former secretary of state's candidacy is deeply rooted in the dominant politics of the 1990s.

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