With the U.S. midterms concluded, a new book just out, and a weekend ‘Gathering’ of progressive leaders and close allies in his home state of Vermont, there is plenty of fresh talk about whether Sen. Bernie Sanders will run for president again in 2020.

Some think he’s not the best choice for Democrats. Some think he clearly should run. Some argue the progressive case is obvious. Some who even worked for Sanders’ 2016 campaign are not sure, at least according to the headline, that another run is the wisest move.

But while Sanders, his wife Jane O’Meara Sanders, the family, and his political team have made clear they are seriously considering it—there is no decision yet.

“We need a leader that is going to unify the world. We need someone who gives their life and heart and soul to making us secure on our planet, in our workplace, in our homes, in our lives, after we retire, when our children are born — and that’s Bernie Sanders. And there is no one who comes near him on the political scene.”
—RoseAnn DeMoroSongwriter and music legend Bruce Springsteen may not have intended to make the case, but comments he made in an interview published on Sunday have been seized by at least a few of those clamoring for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to end the internal debate his team is having about the run and announce as the best Democratic Party candidate to challenge Donald Trump in the next election.

The longtime Democrat and legendary musician told The Sunday Times that Democrats in the U.S. need a candidate “who can speak some of the same language” as Trump when it comes to communicating with blue collar workers and others suffering under economic weight. “I don’t see anyone out there at the moment…the man who can beat Trump, or the woman who can beat Trump,” Springsteen said.

“The Democrats,” he added, “don’t have an obvious, effective presidential candidate.”

But in response to Springsteen’s remarks, U.S. labor leader and political organizer RoseAnn DeMoro—who spent the weekend at The Sanders Institute Gathering in Burlington, Vermont telling anyone asking or listening that the Independent senator is the only choice for the next presidential election—on Monday tweeted her agreement that the Democrats do not have anyone at the moment better than Sanders—officially an Independent—to lead the party in the effort to dethrone Trump.

“I agree with this,” she said about Springsteen’s critique of the potential Democratic field. “And that is why @springsteen needs to help #Bernie2020.”

Interviewed by the Washington Post‘s David Weigel over the weekend, and asked about other possible 2020 candidates, DeMoro was described as “incredulous” about the very premise of the question. “There are no other candidates,” she told him.

In a joint interview with Common Dreams and The Katie Halper Show on Saturday night, DeMoro said that in her mind—and in the minds of many progressive organizers, labor leaders, and rank-and-file voters—it’s not even close.

“If Bernie doesn’t run, we don’t have anyone who represents what Bernie represents. There is no one in the political spectrum who represents the values that he has,” she explained. “There are some who fake it, who feign it—they say, ‘Oh, I’m for Medicare for All’—but when push comes to shove they can’t articulate anything about Medicare for All. I’m mean, it’s a joke.”