The UK election offers a valuable lesson: hardline Far Left activism can be politically fatal.

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12. I get a different lesson

If a country is forced to choose between two completely unappealing candidates to lead them, they will go with the one already in place. The devil you know, e.g.

Labour should have had this in a cakewalk. Two things turned this around for the Tories. First, instead of offering a clear "stay" option to Johnson's "leave," they didn't distinguish themselves from the Tories on the Brexit issue, handing Johnson a get out of jail free card by letting him claim, "see? everyone wants to leave," when that is anything but clear. Second, Corbyn is SUCH an unappealing, repellent personality (at least in public), the Party ceded the media to Johnson. Johnson may act like a buffoon, but like a half-way amiable buffoon. He disguises the danger he presents (as did Trump to some extent) until it's too late.

An unappealing candidate in your top spot is what is fatal. An appealing candidate is a plus. This is how we took the White House from Bush, senior. This is also why McCain had no chance in the world. It is also why, if the Democratic Party chooses to go further left then we have before, that Warren will fare better than Sanders. However, if ANY halfway charismatic Democrat competes with Trump, especially in his current deranged state, we should win the election handily. Whether or not we win the counting afterward is, still a completely different issue--unfortunately.