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In reply to the discussion: Hillary 75%, Bernie 15%, Webb 4%, O'Malley 2% [View all]okasha
(11,573 posts)and don't come into this calculus at all.
Sanders started out polling in the 13-16% range, and after all that"mojo" and "bern" and crowds and leaving no talking head show unturned and the Facebook exposure, he's still polling in the 13-16% range. To wit, Democrats are not moving for him at all. He has a problem. He may plateau out a point or two higher, but I have my doubts.
Face it. "Progressives" are not the Democratic base. The base consists of African Americans, Hispanics, lgbt's and women. Bernie is offering pie-in-the sky proposals, but he's not telling anyone how he's going to pay for any of that or even get his program through Congress. He hasn't shown any willingness so far to cut back on military spending, which is a black hole even deeper and wider than corporate welfare. The only concrete proposal the public knows about is raiding middle-income retirement funds. And that pig ain't gonna fly.