2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why would a Democrat vote for H. Clinton and Citizens United? [View all]Gothmog
(145,124 posts)Some candidates are better able to raise the funds necessary to complete. President Obama blew everyone away in 2008 with his small donor fundraising efforts and that made it clear that he was electable. Jeb tried to do the same on the GOP side with his $100 million super pac and the only reason that Jeb! is still in the race is the fact that his super pac still has $100 million.
There are many on this board who doubt that Sanders will be able to compete in a general election contest where the Kochs will be spending $887 million and the RNC candidate may spend another billion dollars. This article had a very interesting quote about the role of super pacs in the upcoming election http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/03/bernie-sanders-grassroots-movement-gains-clinton-machine
I regret the fact the Bernie Sanders has embraced the idea that hes going to live life like the Vermont snow, as pure as he possibly can, while he runs for president, because it weakens his chances and hes an enormously important progressive voice, Lessig said.
President Obama was against super pacs in 2012 but had to use one to keep the race close. I do not like super pacs but any Democratic candidate who wants to be viable has to use a super pac.
I would love a good explanation as to how Sanders is viable in a general election contest. If you truly want to get rid of Citizens United, then you need to support the most viable candidate