re: #307 KGxvi

I think it’s a combination of these two things. I think there was much less organic support for Hillary Clinton within the Democratic voters than the narrative makers would have us believe. I also think the BernieBros/moonbats are akin to the Trumper/wingnuts in the GOP, they’ll go to war for their guy against even perceived general election allies. Those who didn’t like Clinton, for whatever reason, went to Sanders because he appeared to be the only viable alternative. But there were enough voters willing to vote for Clinton that those opposed couldn’t overcome it.

2020 is going to be a very different beast for Sanders (assuming he runs) because the field will be bigger and because when you run a second time, you face a lot more scrutiny - both from the media and from voters. I don’t think Sanders has the discipline to handle that.

If Bernie decides to run, the Russian bots will be out in full force supporting him, even more so than in 2016. It may depend on how much Putin wants him to disrupt the Democratic primaries.