Bersani, the popular party veteran, trounced Renzi in the primary by almost 22 points.
Berlusconi actually admitted he would have never put his name on the ballot if Renzi was running.
Think about starting off with used equipment, recommends Cynthia Renzi, coordinator for continuing education at the French Culinary Institute.
Matteo Renzi, the dynamic young mayor of Florence whom he defeated in last year's primary to select the centre-left coalition's leader, is one name being mentioned.
But his main leadership rival in the party - Matteo Renzi, the mayor of Florence - has said Mr Marini's presidency would be a "disservice" to Italy.
Mr Renzi's biggest mistake was to think he could simply stroll into power by playing the age card, says Massimo Franco of Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.
"There's no point in having a great wine program if your staff doesn't know how to pronounce the wines or how to serve them, " says the French Culinary Institute's Renzi.
Last Tuesday Montella now the manager of Fiorentina sat in Florence's Palazzo Vecchio next to the city's mayor, Matteo Renzi, and talked about, well, flight and Jonathan Livingston Seagull, the 1970 fantasy novella.
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Bersani could have possibly led his party to a far stronger showing if he had allowed Matteo Renzi, the 38-year-old mayor of Florence and center-left darling to run in his place.
"Renzi is seen as a Blairite, but it's never been a Blairite left in Italy, and I don't think he was trusted by some of the party faithful, " Andrews told CNN.
Instead, the two dueled it out in an ill-advised primary race late last year in which Renzi - and the center-left -- ultimately lost after Bersani sold the party faithful on experience over optimism.
But while Renzi's following is growing, he was seen as too much of a modernizer for an Italian left long dominated by ex-communists, according to Geoff Andrews, an Open University senior lecturer and expert on Italian politics.
Last December, voters in his Democratic Party had the opportunity to choose a younger, more vibrant politician to carry the torch for the Italian left in the upcoming election in the form of Matteo Renzi, the brash 38-year-old mayor of Florence.
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