Though old in years, in my mind I am still a 21-year-old with more than a little revolutionary spirit. I adore Bernie, and probably agree with 99 percent of his passionate positions. As we both are originally Brooklyn Jews I hear the sound of my childhood as I listen to him.

But, at our caucus I will proudly and enthusiastically vote for Hillary Clinton. For four decades, Bernie has delivered speeches while Hillary has achieved results. According to progressive journalist Nicholas Kristof, “in 25 years in Congress, Sanders has been primary sponsor of just three bills that became law, and two were simply to rename post offices in Vermont …”

Since she began her career in the early 1970s, Hillary has never wavered from her core beliefs and has devoted her life to pursuing the goals of equal and civil rights, increases in minimum wages, equal pay for women and meaningful funding for cancer research. She has been in the forefront on climate change and fierce in restoring the world’s confidence in the United States. Her international expertise is unparalleled.

In 1972, while still a law student, she traveled to Alabama to fight segregation. She worked with the Children’s Defense Fund and was successful in winning health insurance for 8 million children. She has put herself into the battle time and time again. No matter how many times she’s been bruised and beaten she always comes back, stands up and fights again for her core beliefs.

About Sanders promises, four leading independent progressive economists have said “Making such promises runs against our party’s best traditions of evidence based policy making and undermines our reputation as the party of responsible arithmetic …”

Hillary Clinton believes in the art of the possible.

Sandra Jaeger,

Georgetown