re: #36 Targetpractice

It goes back to something I noted downstairs, Bernie has been in Congress for the better part of 20 years. In that time, he’s been a relative unknown, only really became a household name last year. Yet Hillary has had every facet of her life gone over with a fine-toothed comb, has been under scrutiny most of her political life, and has been seen as the anti-Christ by at least half the country for as long as Bernie has been in Congress.

So yes, most of his “electability” right now is based off his being a relative unknown. Once that goes away, you’re gonna see those numbers plummet.

Exactly. It’s the same trap a lot of people (including myself) fell into with Obama. That somehow the republicans wouldn’t throw every batshit conspiracy and scandal at him because they weren’t doing it at that moment in time.