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[CoffeeCat]

16. I really don't know what they're thinking

But the way I see it, there are two potential answers:

1.) They erroneously believe that this primary is like any other primary--and that after the dust settles a couple of party mucky mucks will come out and give unity speeches and like magic--we'll all be besties.

2.) Hillary has all ready written off the left/progressives in the party and will end up choosing a Republican/Independent running mate, like Kasich or Bloomberg.

I think anyone who thinks that #1 will happen (and will work) is grossly misreading the psychology of the electorate. It's really not about Hillary or rejecting her, per se. It's about many in the Democratic party who are done with establishment politics; many who feel our government is beyond corrupt and no longer serves "We The People."

Given all of this, I tend to lean toward #2 happening. #1 forces you to completely rely on the left uniting for the GE. That's a big gamble. #2 allows you to neutralize the Progressives (make them irrelevant) and enables you to pick up Independents and some Republicans. As it stands now, Clinton is polling abysmally with Independents (indies on the left will go for Bernie; right indies will go for Trump). A Bloomberg or a Kasich would allow her to cobble together some kind of coalition to beat Trump in the GE.

I don't see how she does it with #1.