A cautionary note about the excitement over the polls showing Bernie up, way up over

[merrily]

5. If Hillary is the nominee, we'll be in big trouble.

All over reddit and facebook, you see posts saying I used to be a Democrat, then I changed to (Indie, Green, whatever), but I am going to change my registration back to Democrat so I can vote for Bernie in the primary. Those people will not vote for Hillary (or for Biden).

Also, many who are still registered Democrat see Sanders as their last hope. If he does not get the nomination, esp. after how the DNC, party politicians and the corporate media have been treating him, they are going to join the 63% who have already stopped voting. Then there are the 63% who don't vote, many of whom have been getting fired up for Sanders to the point that they will show up at the polls in the general, if he is the nominee. Are they fired up enough to show up for a primary, though? Dunno.

Whether we like it or not, the energy is on the Republican side. After 8 years of non-stop Obama hate and Democrat hate, they WILL show up at the polls, whether or not Trump is their first or last choice of a candidate. If Democrats cannot GOTV--every bit of it--for any reason, then, the apocalypse: a Republican House, a Republican Senate, a Republican majority SCOTUS and a Republican in the Oval Office.