(11-09-2018, 09:53 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(11-09-2018, 01:41 PM)JagNGeorgia Wrote: I think Bernie would have stomped Trump in 2016, but I don't think he can do it now. He was their best chance and they instead picked the worst possible candidate.

They don't really have that star power now. Everyone on the left loves Michelle, so I guess it's as good as any. Not sure she'd want to do it though.

I actually agree with this statement. The Democratic party screwed themselves by forcing Hillary down everyone's throats. When I looked at the last presidential ballot I saw two people (Trump and Hillary), that I did not like and did not respect. That is why I voted 3rd party. I may not like many politicians at all, but they at least have to earn my respect, for me to vote for them. Both parties failed miserably at putting respectable candidates on the ballot. As far as Bernie goes, I still believe he could beat Trump, but the Democratic party will never allow him to get that chance with their current leadership, because he is too radical for them. They want to keep the same old ideas and people are rebelling against them. That party needs new leadership or they will fail again.

Bernie was too radical for them. He isn't anymore.

He's now just slightly left to the modern democrat party. The party is moving closer to him. In 2009, 1/3 of Senators voted similarly to Bernie 90% of the time with 9 of them at or above 94%.

Today, he votes in unison with Schumer (84%), Leahy (80%), Blumenthal (85%), and Warren (93%) most of the time. I wouldn't be surprised if they throw him up there as a candidate since they know how popular he was.

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