Could John Kerry wind up an alternative candidate for President?

[Gothmog]

47. What a sad and wrong response

Have you worked on a campaign before? You are aware that campaigns require cash and fundraising. In 2008, President Obama out raised McCain and the GOP. In 2012, President Obama kept the fund raising close so that he was competitive. When I posted that Sanders was bringing a knife to a gun fight, I meant that Sanders would not be able to compete against the financial resources that the Kochs and the RNC candidate will have compared to Sanders. Sanders is very very vulnerable to negative ads and would be buried by such ads without the resources to explain his position. The terms "socialism" and "socialist" poll very badly now and such terms would be radioactive after several 100 million of negative ads. Sanders programs will cost $17 trillion and the offsets or cost savings will be difficult to explain without sufficient financial resources.

President Obama was viable because he had the ability to raise enough funds to get his message out. Hillary Clinton and perhaps Joe Biden each have the ability to raise the funds to be competitive with the Kochs and the GOP. That is not the case with Sanders and many groups in the Democratic coalition will not consider Sanders if he can not demonstrate viability.