Elephant in the room

[MADem]

37. Who would that be, who doesn't "take advantage of the benefits?"

If people want to fire up a SUPER PAC in support of a candidate, that candidate can't do diddly about it. In fact, the key is that there be NO coordination between the super PAC and the candidate.

You don't think there are people at Lockheed who won't "reward" Sanders for backing a piece of shit military aviation platform that explodes on the runway?

This whole "I'm purer than thou" game is just that--a game. The money will still come, even if the "pure" candidate says "Well, 'i' don't authorize that..." Of course they don't. They keep their distance, and someone ELSE authorizes it....but the result is the same.

And if he doesn't take the money? He'll get CRUSHED. Money talks. That's assuming by some miracle he got the nomination, mind you--I don't see that as a likely outcome at all but I discuss it for the sake of argument.