2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Blaming Sanders: Why Democratic Party Unity is Officially Impossible [View all]GRhodes
(162 posts)So the argument is that the Republicans are going to work more with Hillary freaking Clinton? Is that the argument? Be honest, they'll work with her if she gives away the store to her and their donors, which is likely to happen. Besides, if she is "centrist" and is negotiating with the Republicans, and if all negotiations result in a middle position between two negotiating parties, where will that compromise be? Things are going to continue to get worse, and people will, as a result, continue to be radicalized.
"Why do Bernie supporters feel that the GOP will treat him differently?"
They won't, but he has an actual long term vision that people can organize towards and it calls for needed, and long overdue, structural changes. I don't see the logic in voting for a president with only the short term in mind, especially when our problems have no chance of being solved by superficial changes. This is to say nothing of her horrific polling. She's starting the election from a bad position and has lots of things hanging over her head that could make things much worse.