Just had an Epiphany

Full disclosure: I'm a Bernie supporter. And I've already participated in a primary. And spent money.

And while I can draw on about 4 decades of Bernie history to point at, demonstrating his unwavering service to the people, I wonder about whether he will take the nomination.

You see, most folks don't bother with looking up voting records or public statements. For some reason folks write off massive corporate campaign contributions from banks and Wall Street, and Wal-Mart Board membership, and support for welfare "reform" and NAFTA and think that whomever does those things will help them out in the long run. They'll never see her as the moderate Republican she actually is. There is, quite simply, no reasoning with this magical thought process.

Even so, I always hold out hope that some miracle will happen, and the throngs of young Bernie supporters will get out from behind their phones and vote in their state primaries. It's their future, after all. More magical thinking? Perhaps.

And now, the epiphany. Many projections have Bernie at better odds of winning the general than Hillary. But they forget one thing: there remain millions of Republicans in this country that are not bat-shit crazy. And these folks will cross over and vote for what they see as a Blue Dog before they vote for Trump.

Let's just hope she doesn't pick Feinstein as a running mate or we might just as well start calling ourselves Sparta.