The primary election and the GE are, by FEC rules, two different elections

[jmowreader]

Any of us can donate $2700 directly to any one candidate in the primary election, and another $2700 in the general election. You can donate to as many candidates as you want.

The real problem for Sanders, being that he's publicly repudiated PACs and SuperPACs, is a GE campaign is far more expensive than a series of primaries. I think in the 2016 GE, a billion dollars isn't going to be enough money. If Bernie doesn't take 529 money he's going to get buried, especially come October when some of the more "interesting" parts of his background show up in GOP attack ads. If he does take it, the GOP will bury him over that flip-flop.

With Bernie on our ticket, the only way the GOP loses is if they have an "Eagleton Moment." In 1972, Missouri Senator Thomas Eagleton was originally picked by McGovern as his running mate...then information about Eagleton's several stays in a mental hospital (he had severe depression) became public and McGovern forced him off the ticket. In 2016, if the GOP nominates Ted Cruz and Cruz is later found constitutionally ineligible to run for president, they'll have to choose someone else quick - and my feeling is, they'll pick a respected, very senior member of Congress to run so he can have "former presidential candidate" in his obit.