Bernie Sanders
In reply to the discussion: Who else is already sick of--- [View all]SheilaT
(23,156 posts)that Hillary is the ONLY Democrat who will win, and her winning the Presidency is a foregone conclusion.
Those two ideas are false and dangerous. The first one is patently absurd. While it's nice that her supporters are so loyal, they are living in a dream world to think that no other Democrat can possibly win the election.
The second one is equally absurd. Her supporters keep on brushing aside the reminders that she was inevitable in 2008, and yet somehow we are not in the final part of her second term.
In addition, their recent insistence that she should not face any challengers is scary. If she wins the nomination after a good primary season, all well and good (even though I will personally not be happy with her, but that's my problem).
Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders is an amazing man, and while I would love to see Elizabeth Warren in the mix, I'd be very happy to see him as the candidate. Or at the very least a presence that will push the debate in the direction it should go: to the left, to a genuine concern for the working and middle classes, to holding the oligarchy responsible for all the terrible things they've done over the years, to an acknowledgement that our recent wars have been disasters, to a first world health care system.