Rep. Ellison Predicts Trump's Success; Beltway Insiders on "This Week" Panel Laugh in His Face

[The_Counsel]

69. Honestly, I See Neither Hillary Nor Bernie "Bringing in More Voters" at the End of the Day.

You can see that this bears out in the polling and general discourse among potential voters.

It seems just as many Bernie supporters plan on voting against Hillary or sitting out as Hillary supporters the other way around. It was apparent two months ago that enthusiasm among Dem voters isn't nearly what it was in '08 this year. It's not even as high as GOP enthusiasm--and that's scary.

And why is courting Republican voters a negative for Hillary--especially when she's allegedly ignoring independents? Shouldn't that be a GOOD thing? A big reason why Obama won so big in '08/'12, carrying virtually every swing state and a few previously-red states was because of a modified version of Howard Dean's 50 state strategy. You can't do that by ignoring/insulting entire sections of the electorate. It's why I can't believe Trump has gotten as far as he has, but now that he has, the Electoral College math doesn't look so good for him at the moment.

I submit that Bernie should try to do the same exact thing: court those GOP voters. He's an independent himself, so he should already be in good shape among those voters. He's got the left because of his "Democratic Socialism" views. He SHOULD go for the GOP voters next because that can only help him in the Electoral College. Much has been said about his polling numbers in a head-to-head against Trump. They're better than Hillary's, yes. But that only speaks to national polling, though. The dirty secret is that Hillary's Electoral College numbers are better against Trump than Bernie's. Bernie can still win, but he has less room for error.