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Berning down the house!

Bernie has shown that he doesn't have what it takes to become POTUS. He's also too old now. He should stand aside and make his network work for Tulsi.
 
Nonsense!
The only thing standing between Bernie and 2020 is a hostile DNC, a rigged primary!
Remember her emails!
 
What does this mean for the Bernie Bros who went hard core Trumpster?

Prediction: Double down on Trump and pretend they never supported Bernie.
 
I also question the wisdom of having someone of such advanced age for President, but I'll be glad to have Bernie in the primaries.
 
Simple solution to the age thing: quickly pick a younger VP who's as much like him as possible. Whoever that younger person is will then be in a position to be treated as Bernie's post-mortem representative.
 
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SuburbanTurkey said:
I also question the wisdom of having someone of such advanced age for President, but I'll be glad to have Bernie in the primaries.
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Why?

If Sanders is in the primaries, there's a good chance at another split, where a bunch of 'BernieBros' think their guy isn't getting a fair shot. (Of course the same thing probably happens in every primary, but with Sanders it appears to be worse.)

The best thing for the Democrats is for Sanders to stay as far away as possible, and endorse whomever the eventual candidate is.
 
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Why?

If Sanders is in the primaries, there's a good chance at another split, where a bunch of 'BernieBros' think their guy isn't getting a fair shot. (Of course the same thing probably happens in every primary, but with Sanders it appears to be worse.)

The best thing for the Democrats is for Sanders to stay as far away as possible, and endorse whomever the eventual candidate is.
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This happens every election. The internet gets itself worked into a frenzy over some outside the mainstream darkhorse candidate, they convince themselves he can win, make up all sorts of conspiracy theories about why he didn't, wash, rinse, repeat.

Bernie Sanders, Ron Paul, kinda of Ralph Nader, (arguably) Bat Buchanan, hell Ross Perot was almost like a weird, proto-version of it.

And the idea that Bernie Sanders lost the election for Clinton is laughable. He came in behind Gary Johnson, Jill Stein, Evan McMullin, and Darrel Castle and as always everyone was running a distant second to perennial write in favorite "Did Note Vote" who has held every elected office in America since forever.
 
You're saying a primary potentially featuring up to 20 candidates will cause a split if Sanders joins? Really?

What happened to all those "accept whoever gets nominated" and "don't let perfect be the enemy of good" calls that were going around? Why is it only a certain sector needs to make compromises?

For the record: no I didn't want him to run. Although, I'm OK with it in the face of some of the other candidates walking themselves back to the right recently.
 
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I agree that it is good to have heavyweights in the Primaries who won't make it, since they might draw oppo-research resources away from the actual front-runners.
As a rule of thumb, the less voters know about a nominee, the better.
 
Donal said:
You're saying a primary featuring up to 20 candidates will cause a split if Sanders joins? Really?

What happened to all those "accept whoever gets nominated" and "don't let perfect be the enemy of good" calls that were going around? Why is it only a certain sector needs to make compromises?
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In my opinion, a Sanders run (and defeat) in the primary will be worse than other candidates for a couple of reasons:

- Sanders has more name recognition than many/most other candidates

- Sanders' reputation as an outsider means that his eventual defeat will be seen as more significant than for other candidates.

- Plus, he doesn't play well with others. He's not a democrat, and in 2016, despite the fact that he had pretty much lost, he stayed in the race (which helped cement divisions.)
 
Hey, it ain't the clown car the GOP has been running out for the last 3 elections.
 
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