Bond and Malitz aren’t the only Sanders alumni likely to bolt for O’Rourke’s team if he runs. And Linh Nguyen, another former Sanders digital staffer, migrated to O’Rourke’s Senate campaign as well. Sanders’ most ardent supporters say they are not worried that O’Rourke will deprive Sanders of top organizing firepower or signal an exodus of former Sanders talent to the O’Rourke team in the event that both men run for president. Tim Tagaris and Robin Curran, who led Sanders’ digital fundraising team, have already pledged to return to the Sanders fold, according to the Sanders campaign. But some Sanders loyalists nonetheless fear that the presence of some high-profile Sanders alumni closely associated with Sanders’ most successful tactics will obscure O’Rourke’s centrist policy record.

Source: Huffington Post December 29, 2018 23:15 UTC