... you're referring to those who absolutely refuse to vote for Hillary should she become our nominee. Their major fallacy is that somehow the Dem establishment will finally "learn" that we don't want Republican-lite or centrist Dems if we just let let such candidates lose -- and a President Trump would certainly be a wake-up call, so the theory goes.
But....
Remember when the Republicans, following President Obama's election, bitterly whined that their guy obviously "wasn't conservative ENOUGH"? That's what we'd see the Democrats do if Trump gets in the White House, but it would go like this: "Obviously our candidate was still TOO LIBERAL."
So, yeah, while I'm a Bernie supporter -- cuz I think Dems need to be more "go-big-or-go-home" rather than centrist (basically, I don't think we can balance the rightward tilt of the political scales by running to the middle) -- I'd definitely vote for a centrist Dem before a rightwing loon any day. I hope most Bernie supporters see what I see: Bernie's candidacy *is* evidence that a large number of Americans actually are coming around to the idea that centrism may not be the right approach. All I can say is, we need to vote for the "most progressive" choice appearing on the GE ballot. Sanders might not get the nod this time, but it will certainly be a whole lot more difficult work for the next progressive if he /she has to follow a devastating Trump administration rather than a status quo Clinton administration.
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