re: #186 KGxvi

I wonder if one of the reasons that Sanders has become a serious contender is because the field was so small. In a normal year, I’d say Sanders would be similar to the Kucinich type candidate than a viable challenger to the front runner. But there really weren’t any viable challengers this year. And honestly, I wonder if Hillary Clinton is actually good at electoral politics. I mean, she seems pretty good on policy (a bit too hawkish for me, but otherwise she fits pretty neatly in the middle of the Democratic coalition), yet she was looking at a tough race with Guilliani in 2000 before he dropped out and then lost to Obama in 2008 despite having every possible advantage.

The anti-Clinton sentiment is real. We shouldn’t pretend otherwise.

I think it’s really stupid, but that’s a different issue.