Quote:They should have.  And that would be the main case in the general election.   Bernie Sanders would have to get on a debate stage with Donald Trump three times.  That wouldn't be pretty.  The foreign policy debate would seal the deal.  You'd have Sanders over there standing in a corner blathering on about climate change and renewable energy sources while people are getting their heads chopped off.  

...and you'd have Donald shouting about banning Muslims from entering the country and talking about how Russia's not a threat because he and Putin get along so well. That, also, would not be pretty.

 

It kills me to say this, but Hillary and Rubio are probably the closest things left to centrists in this race. Unfortunately, Hillary's a snake and Rubio wants to build a police state. We need a third party now more than ever. My hope, screwed up as it is, is that the two main political parties continue to pull so far to the extremes that those disillusioned folks in the middle who agree on more than they disagree on get around to forming a party of their own that drowns out one of the two legacy parties.

 

I think the Republicans could win with Rubio, because he's closer to center than anyone else remaining. I think Trump or Cruz would lose to either Democratic candidate for one simple reason: the key elements of their campaigns are built on fear, while the key elements of Clinton and Sanders' campaigns are built on hope. Regardless of what you think of Obama's Presidency, hope sells in this country, and it'll be far easier for a candidate promising free crap that he has no idea how to pay for to win than it will be for a guy who wants to carpet bomb the Middle East or ban Muslims from entering the US to do so.

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