The Republicans are in denial about Sanders. Bernie Sanders is the realist we should elect.

[californiabernin]

In conclusion <snip>:

In the face of the Sanders surge, Clinton supporters have resorted to the “electability argument”: that Sanders can’t be elected because he’s too far left. Put aside the irony of Clinton dismissing the electoral viability of someone she might lose to. Clinton has inevitable baggage of her own that raises doubts about her electoral prospects. And Clinton’s decision to present herself as the candidate of continuity in a time of change is problematic. In contrast, the positions Sanders champions — Medicare for All, cleaning up politics, curbing Wall Street, a less-interventionist foreign policy, rebuilding the United States, tuition-free college, fair taxes for the rich and corporations — are all extremely popular. Furthermore, Democrats have a natural electoral majority if they turn out. Even the Clinton campaign worries about her ability to rouse the young and people of color as Obama did. In contrast, Sanders has clearly electrified millennials with his message and integrity. A voter using his head rather than his heart might well be conflicted on the question of electability.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/bernie-sanders-is-the-realist-we-should-elect/2016/01/26/6af4d268-c392-11e5-a4aa-f25866ba0dc6_story.html

[saltpoint]

1. They are in denial about Sanders and about

several hundred other things, too.

Pretty long list of things the Republicans are in denial over, including the fact that their own party is being run by rabid kooks, manipulative theocrats, pathological liars, and overt racists.

[californiabernin]

2. Some progressives are fearful of Sanders because his nomination is what Republicans want.

The Republicans would do well for themselves to be careful what they wish for!

[saltpoint]

4. I think so too, californiaberin. Nobody --

probably including Senator Sanders himself -- expected him to draw crowds of the size and fervor he's getting.

The Republicans are in just a hell of a state -- quite chaotic, really -- which is fine with me -- and they are dismissing Sanders' odds.

Bernie' a pretty damned focused guy. I think no matter who the Pukes nominate, he'd kick their ass.

[TDale313]

3. I truly believe he'd do better in the general than Hillary.

Particularly if Trump is the Republican nominee.

[californiabernin]

5. In a debate, Sanders would eat Rubio alive. n/t

[TDale313]

6. That's true of most of the clown car.

I think Trump v Hillary is a particularly bad matchup for Dems.

[californiabernin]

7. Yes i agree with that because Trump is the outsider and people want an outsider. n/t

[TDale313]

8. And Hillary is the ultimate Washington insider.

A symbol of the very system Trump's railing against. And fair or not, she does not come off as authentic, whereas Trump comes off as "say it like it is"

[californiabernin]

10. Which is why our best hope of winning is a candidate who really does "say it like it is."

Regardless of the Republican opponent, but particularly I would agree in the case of Trump.

[jillan]

9. I do too because Bernie doesn't play games, doesn't pander, and doesn't take shit.

Who else but Bernie would block the President's nominee for his ties to big pharma the day before he meets with the President but Bernie?

He makes no apologies & that is exactly what I want in a leader.