2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Krugman Desperately Invokes Bloomberg Doomsday Scenario to Scare Us into Backing Hillary [View all]Zen Democrat
(5,901 posts)I see what's happening in my crystal ball, and the anti-establishment candidates are going to win the nominations -- Trump and Sanders. Trump will run with Rubio. Sanders will run with Warren.
Sanders & Warren WIN in a LANDSLIDE against the Billionnaire. The Senate will become solid Democratic. The House will be a toss-up, with Republicans having an gerrymandered advantage, but ..... the Republican Party may be split asunder and go the way of the Whigs. The Third-Way will die on the vine, or the Democratic Party may be in danger of a split also.
Could 2016 be the year that the extant parties for the last 150 years evolve into new realities with a reshuffling of the deck, or, in other words, an actual new deal? It's a possibility. The current liberal/conservative paradigm may have run its course.