"Today, We Are All Walter Mondale". Democrats learned the wrong lesson from 1984.

[JDPriestly]

95. Times change.

Teddy Roosevelt or FDR could not have been elected just a few years earlier than they were.

Same for Reagan. He could not have been elected in 1952. Eisenhower, who was conservative on foreign policy to some extent but liberal on domestic policy in most respects (our interstate highways prove it) would have been elected had he run as a Democrat or a republican. Stevenson was sort of a placeholder candidate for Democrats. (I remember because I was a child then and wearing a Stevenson button.)

If this time is right for Bernie, he will win the primaries. If not, we shall see. I think Hillary is a boring candidate and could easily lose to a more interesting Republican. Also, Republicans will not hesitate to do everything they can to blacken Hillary's reputation. We already see that. It will get worse. The accusations are insane and not related to reality, but people believe them. I have an otherwise liberal friend who actually believes the craziest conspiracy theories about Hillary, absolutely absurd things I would not repeat here. So Hillary has a steep hill to climb (pardon my bad pun) to become president.

I have been campaigning for Bernie. I have lots of experience in grassroots campaigning and never experienced a candidate so popular. This is especially true among young people. They can recite all his stances on the issues. They love him.

So, I think the voters will decide this one. Not the DLC or the DNC>