2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Republicans afraid of running against Bernie, want Hillary instead. [View all]cprise
(8,445 posts)...some magical strategizing ability to them (the way we usually do) which gives them the power of reverse-psychology over us. And anyway, they have become very splintered since Bush2.
We know it for ourselves: Bernie is the stronger candidate largely for the same reason Obama was... he's got a great record and is to the Left of Clinton.
The more progressive Candidate *IS* the one with the greatest crossover appeal! The "swing" voter is disappearing and turning into a different animal -- The deeply concerned Independent. That is what pain does.
People who are pushing Clinton as the 'realistic' choice are trying to sell a realism that looks like 2014. The establishment must be brought to heel (and I mean take a back seat here) or else watch people stay at home in droves.