2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Is it clear Karl Rove wants Bernie to run against? Why? [View all]SDJay
(1,089 posts)And so can his minions. I think there are a couple of other reasons:
1. It's looking more and more like tRump is going to be their nominee (and oh pleasepleaseplease put Sparkle Moose on the ticket!).
2. They've got a war chest of sleaze to throw at HRC, but they know that the Clinton Machine is also ruthless and will dig up a ton of skeletons on tRump and perhaps Churchy Spice if that glorious day comes when he puts her on the ticket.
3. They don't think SBS will spend time or money digging up dirt on tRump, which he probably won't.
Hot Karl is already getting busy trying to polish a turd, and that polish is more likely to remain in place if a clean campaigner like SBS is on the other side.
One other thing - I think a lot of us (and I'm not referring to the OP here) put way too much stock in what Hot Karl thinks. When's the last time he did anything right for his money people? He was SURE that Rmoney was going to win in 2012 and pissed away hundreds of millions of dollars in other people's money pushing that narrative. He's overrated.
So it's possible that he's just making another idiotic mistake. Good.