Nasty Hit: Top Sanders Advisor Questions Hillary's Capacity to Appoint Scalia Replacement

[Proud Liberal Dem]

57. One of the main problems I have with Bernie

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is that he is NOT technically a Democrat. Yes, he caucuses with the Democrats, voted pretty much the same as Hillary did when she was in the Senate, and is duly registered to run in the Democratic Primary but he is ultimately an independent and, like many of his supporters, seems to believe that elected Democrats are, in at least a lot of cases, pretty much just as bad as Republicans. I'll certainly support him if he's the Democratic nominee but he and his supporters won't do any favors for the Democratic Party now or in the GE by questioning the probable quality of Hillary's SCOTUS nominees (among other things). If Hillary ends up winning the primary fair and square, then Bernie and his supporters will need to unify around her against the GOP if they don't want the GOP in the WH. It IS a primary, of course, and there will be attacks back and forth but both sides need to avoid engaging in "scorched earth" tactics that will make achieving party unity more difficult once the primary is decided. Our biggest enemy is the GOP, not each other.