Perhaps it is all wishful thinking - But if Bernie Sanders did run for President in 2016 - would you

[MADem]

53. That will NEVER happen because the DNC would not give it to him. He is not a Democrat.

He'd have to first, change his party registration. Do you honestly--in the "real world" as opposed to the flights of fancy we see here on DU on occasion--EVER think he'd do that? In a million years?

And do you think that the DNC and the House and Senate PACS would say "Oh well, yeah, sure....this guy hasn't paid his dues, hasn't done a thing to strengthen the party, but we're gonna put the wealth we've accrued through 20 hour days of eating rubber chicken, ass kissing, gladhanding fat cats to get these donations, behind this third party upstart? This ELDERLY third party, late-to-our-party, upstart, running against the crazy-angry-once fat/now beefy Governor of NJ?" Yeah, that's a winner, NOT--what a way to make a wheezy, asthmatic overweight guy look like the "fit and vigorous one" in a compare/contrast exercise!

And if you think BS has a serious intent of seeking the presidency I have a bridge for sale in Boston--it's a beauty, almost brand new! Every Senator, at some point in their career, looks in the mirror and sees a potential President looking back at them. It's the hubris of the upper chamber; 100 lawyers, all thinking they're the smartest guy (or gal) in the room. No one says "No, nay, never" when asked if they'll run--they always demur.

It's just a silly exercise to believe that the people who have done the hard work---and it IS hard work to keep a party funded--scooping up dough to keep our DNC running, will just step aside for the former mayor from Burlington to step on up there and "own the road," because a minority of people well to the left of the mainstream have an idea in their head that he is the answer to their prayers.

I can't help but notice that a lot of the people who regard Bernie as an Answered Prayer felt the same way about Barack Obama before he had any kind of national track record, and they're the same people who now think POTUS is "evil" and a "corporatist" and a "sellout" and whatever. They'd likely think the same thing of their hero when he got all pragmatic on them, too.

BS is not a "dream candidate." He's a wise old dude who is a fine voice in the Senate, someone who can challenge the status quo and advance the debate there. He's not a potential Leader of the Free World.