American Conservative Union Lifetime Ratings: 2.67 Booker, 6.31 Sanders (Lower is better)

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

51. American Conservative Union? With that name,

are they really progressive?

I'm getting quite tired of the trashing of Bernie Sanders.

You do know he'd have won the election. All the polling showed it, but the DNC was firmly behind Hillary, regardless of her flaws. He was absolutely the more progressive of the two, but he was almost totally ignored by the MSM, and even so he went from single digits in the polling to nearly winning the nomination.

When the first Catholic nominee ran for President, those who were paying attention pointed out that if he lost (which he was almost undoubtedly going to do) it would be more than a generation before another Catholic could credibly run for President.

This past election season we had the first Woman Presidential nominee, and a few small voices pointed out that if she lost (and most of those voices also pointed out what a flawed candidate she was), then it would be at least a generation before another women could credibly run for President.

Al Smith was the first Catholic Presidential candidate. He ran in 1928. John F. Kennedy was the next Catholic to run. He ran in 1960.

Hillary Clinton was the first Woman Presidential candidate. She ran in 2016. I'm not going to speculate as to the next woman candidate. Except to suggest it will be a very long time.