All you fools supporting Sanders were probably supporting Nader in 2000

[matt819]

103. Not the same thing

Nader was a third party candidate who drew votes away from the Dems.

Sanders and others are going to go head to head with Hillary in the primary. Regardless of who wins the nomination, she/he will have the support - or should have the support - of everyone on this site as well as every Democratic in the country.

The question at that point is the extent to which that candidate can draw votes from the so-called independents or from Republicans who are truly fed up with the extremist, theocratic policies of their hijacked party. We can debate that all we like, though I think that would be pretty fruitless. By that point, it will be up the campaign of the nominee to make those arguments.

Or, more realistically, the issue will be more of a GOTV effort. Look, no dem is going to vote R, regardless of the nominee. The odds are equally strong that no R will vote D regardless of how crazy their nominee is. I mean, really, Using Bruce Jenner as an example, here's a transgender man outing himself as a republican. A party that thinks "his kind" are freaks, less than human, and he supports them. So, imho, it will more likely come down to who wins the GOTV effort.