Mythbusting for Bernie: He's unelectable in the general

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15. I've been trying to explain this to people...

That no matter who wins the primary, Democrats are taking the general. There is no meaningful competition from the Republicans. Their best challenger was shouted down in January - yes, Romney was their best hope, and what a sorry hope that was.

Can anyone here picture americans taking a Rubio candidacy seriously? Another Bush is doomed from the start. Paul might have fair odds, but he's so completely fucking tone deaf that he'll crash and burn well before the election. Walker is one of the most reviled politicians in the nation. Ted Cruz looks like an elf carved out of earwax and is dumb as a brick. It's like an entire roster of Herman Cain.

Given that Democrats are going to win, then, why not go for the best, most liberal candidate that we can? There's no need to cede ground and retreat. No need to run our own conservatives to compete.

Fuck, a Kucinich / McKinney ticket would have a shot, that's how irrelevant Republicans are this time.