The Bernie Sanders smear campaign has begun

[Babel_17]

336. Nice of you to say, thanks!

Their bread and butter is the process of politics. Just as there's a good chance of Senator Sanders being our candidate, there's every chance that they'll just look at the numbers and start being extremely respectful of Sanders.

There will be a point of divergence when calculating our chance for victory in 2016. One path will have the enthusiasm of the Sanders/Warren/Progressive movement/Youth vote behind it, the other path will instead show a path where that enthusiasm was effectively spurned, and all hopes were put behind getting the electorate behind HRC's campaign and strategy.

They will be left with the kind of cold equation that a good wonk won't ignore. Those that haven't sworn a blood oath to the Clinton side will be very careful to not alienate the voters of this new phenomenon.

Look at the enthusiasm of the Sanders rallies, and look at the optics of every other politician's rallies. The talking heads on TV will have an easy story and talking point to focus on. Just look at the video on the monitors, and chatter about them.

When our party's wonks get televised and are asked to speak about this they won't want to look behind the curve, and irrelevant to the discussion. The better ones will have prepared, and have gone on record as being supportive of the enthusiasm.

This would also mark the time when the inevitability of the Clinton nomination is no longer a given by the majority of journalists. People will have begun to start believing their eyes, rather than the pundits stale cliches.