DNC to consider resolution urging Bernie Sanders, Angus King to run as Dems

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4. Well, let's see what happens with this vote. If it were to pass,

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it would then go on for a full vote. Even then, it'd be as a courteous, inclusive gesture. Few Democrats would want this, certainly virtually none in the DNC or party leadership.

You know, considering how 2016 went, I'm inclined to think Sanders would do much better running as an independent. Seriously. I think some people don't understand how many Democrats would have taken note of his 2015-2016 behaviors, and since. We most of us tend to be quiet participants, and very, very few of us attend rallies or make noise on social media. But, mainstream Democrats of many factions outnumber Sanders' residual followers in very large numbers and, to put it gently, he's not unknown to Democrats now. He has a history.

Speaking of, there is the matter of the endorsements of powerful Democrats, Democratically aligned groups (like Planned Parenthood...), and delegates that he would have to have to become candidate. In spite of perhaps starting better due to name recognition, picking up a handful more this time initially, then what? He has a big history with these people who pay big attention. They contain very, very few admirers, and those are the only ones who'd feel they owed him more than a bottle of water and a call to 911 if he were broken down at the side of the road.

Think independent -- proudly independent. He could be 2020's Ralph Nader, Jill Stein, and Bernie Sanders.