2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: On what issue is Hillary better than Bernie? [View all]DanTex
(20,709 posts)would mean having barely any support to begin with, and the whole thing being DOA.
I think Hillary's experience would suggest that she is more qualified and skilled at maneuvering against the GOP. Bernie's never really had to do any of that, because he's always been so far to the left.
Immigration reform is going to be tough, but the reasons I think it would be more possible under Hillary are first, I think she would make it a higher priority than Bernie, and second because I think she has more political savvy.
It's true that Hillary has high disapproval numbers, but those always go up when someone gets into a political race. When she was SoS her approval numbers were great. And even with the high disapproval, she's beating everyone in the head-to-head polls. As for Bernie, I think it's naive to think that this country is suddenly going to get over the "socialist" stigma in the next 16 months.