New Hampshire PROBABLY WILL Allow Bernie Sanders on the Ballot.

[MineralMan]

44. Again, the distinction is too finely drawn.

Remember when Sanders said he'd do a "major address" on what Democratic Socialism is? Hasn't happened. US voters are not going to listen to such a speech and will not understand it if they do.

We have a two-party system, and that's it. You're a Democrat or a Republican. Yes, the terms "Socialist" and "Teabagger" are used to call some candidate some negative name. It's guaranteed that whoever the Democratic nominee is, the opposition will try to attach the "Socialist" label to that candidate.

In US politics, the fine points of political philosophy are simply not relevant. Even on DU, we don't agree on terms like "liberal" and "progressive," so they get bandied about as labels willy-nilly. It's ridiculous.

In our elections, we're pretty evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans, with each person understanding those words in a different way. All attempts to draw finer distinctions than that are simply ignored and have no value in a campaign.

We have people here arguing whether Bernie Sanders is actually a Democrat, with some people pretending that it makes any difference at all. It doesn't. Bernie's running for the Democratic nomination. If he gets it he'll be he Democratic nominee, just as Hillary will if she is the nominee. The voters will do as they always do and vote for the Democrat or the Republican.

The rest is excess verbiage. It doesn't matter in any real way. Some people may have time for discussion of such fine distinctions. I do not. There's an election to win about a year from now. There are more important things to be doing, like keeping the Republicans from gaining control of all three branches of federal government. Now that's something worth talking about.

I believe that Hillary has the best chance of beating whichever GOP clown car occupant gets the nod. I think Bernie Sanders is a great guy, but that he cannot win next November. That's why I support Clinton. Nothing else. We must win.

Once elected, whoever wins will be subject to all of the limitations on the President in the Constitution, and those limitations are many and serious. Our Presidents are not able to do what they want without cooperation from Congress. That's why it's so important not to let the regressive party control all three branches. That issue overrides everything else, in my opinion.

So, don't look for me to discuss political nuances. I don't have time for that.