Bernie V. the DNC

[Ronin13]

We are SO fucked...

Maybe not. I remember back in 2008 there was some nobody running in the Dem primary, and everyone thought "Hillary is going to win for sure..." And she got rubbed out and that inexperienced Kenyan Senator got the (D) nomination. Everyone now is pumped up for Bernie, and I somehow don't think the Democraps will allow any of that nonsense. They owe Hillary the office after '08.

[JohnnyDrama]

Interesting times indeed.

None of the "progressive" types I know are planning on voting for Clinton. I suspect if she were to get the nomination however, they'd tow the party line just to keep whoever runs for the other side out of office. On the other hand the prospect of Trump becoming president has them making plans to move to Canada.

[HoneyBadger]

Maybe not. I remember back in 2008 there was some nobody running in the Dem primary, and everyone thought "Hillary is going to win for sure..." And she got rubbed out and that inexperienced Kenyan Senator got the (D) nomination. Everyone now is pumped up for Bernie, and I somehow don't think the Democraps will allow any of that nonsense. They owe Hillary the office after '08.

The only important part about the (D) primary is the way the candidate is selected - and it isn't a simple popular vote. THAT is why Bernie doesn't have a chance. Hillary had the primary won almost a year ago.

ETA: Similar things will play out for Republicans. Carson has (had?) some popularity among a very specific set of voters, but he has no infrastructure to support it. Cruz and Bush are the only two candidates with any real amount of political infrastructure to win a primary the traditional way and then be successful in a national election. I have no idea how much caucus support Trump has in terms of delegates, but he's smart enough to understand how the system works.

[Great-Kazoo]

Trump has in terms of delegates, but he's smart enough to understand how the system works.


That's never stopped anybody before.