I think we can put to bed the "We have to vote for Hillary or the Republicans win" argument.

[JDPriestly]

167. What makes me believe that Sanders is prepared for the GOP?

The fact that his platform and his campaign is not about himself about about the issues that the vast majority of Americans are struggling with.

If you watch his speeches, you will see crowds of young people responding to Bernie's ideas on funding college educations and handling student loans.

Then you see how the current DNC leadership including Biden, Hillary and Congress went along with "reforming" (or deforming as my children would say) the Bankruptcy Code to make it nearly impossible to discharge student debt in bankruptcy.

Bernie is responding to the injustice of the heavy burden of student loans on kids whose parents can't afford to pay their full tuition to the ever more expensive colleges and universities and technical schools in our country.

Same on other issues from family leave to the many Americans who can't really afford to be paying the profits and outrageous salaries of health insurance companies just so they can enjoy the benefits of health care. Bernie supports single payer insurance that will cover every American as a right.

On issue after issue, Bernie's ideas appeal to ordinary Americans.

Hillary's. Not so much.

Nowhere do we see that more clearly than in their proposals on the minimum wage.

Hillary -- $12 per hour will do. Although Elizabeth Warren has told us that the wage needs to go up to $15 per hour if it is to keep up with the value of the dollar and the changes in that value over the recent decades.

Bernie -- supports the $15 per hour that is just and fair.

If we had candidates in our party who stood for what is right, we would not need the billions of dollars that candidates like Hillary --- who stand for compromises that hurt most Americans -- need.

If you are honest and tell the truth and know you are doing the right thing, you will be better liked than the person who cheats and doesn't say what is right. Eventually, the truth and honor do win over those who compromise basic values.

Hillary is a weak candidate. The only thing she has going for her is the fact that the Republican candidates are even weaker than she is.

Bernie Sanders does very well in polls that match him up with the Republican front-runners. Pretty much as well as Hillary.

As for attacks on Bernie, people don't care. With Bernie's campaign, it isn't about Bernie, it's about his stances on the issues. And if members of Congress value their seats, they will vote for Bernie's stances on those issues.