Politico: Bernie's longshot victory strategy

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1. Great post, thanks

Except for #4. I completely disagree, Clinton is not a stronger candidate than Trump, she will be weakened by him should they go head to head. On a retail level they may be able to appear to be stronger but in reality? No.

Bernie is our only chance.

I said this in another post:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1505303

Clinton supporters cannot see why Trump can easily take them down, fighting dirty will never beat Trump. They think dirty tricks and triangulation tactics are strengths.

They are not.

Edited to add: if they think that co-opting Trump would work, good luck. Even if they manage it, they would lose even more liberals and progressives. They cannot keep their base and co-opt Trump.

It's possible that Trump, should he become president, would be easy to control within the beltway environment (government is not a business and Mr. Thin Skin is transparently insecure).

The possibly bi-partisan oligarchy would either go down with him, or lose. You can't beat someone with no conscience, not by the usual tactics. I strongly believe Bernie is our only chance.

They need us and we know better.

Unless they buy him, in which case the public outrage would be unprecedented