Hillary Clinton is not a 2020 primary candidate.

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32. 2016 was not the first time Sanders ran a splinter candidacy that

helped elect Republicans and defeated Democrats. He did it in VT when he ran a hopeless campaign for governor, helping the Republican challenger defeat the Democratic incumbent.

Both times the danger of throwing the election to anti-progressive conservatives was obvious and both times he was completely unrepentant when it happened. To this day he says at almost every appearance in various ways that he sees no meaningful difference between the parties. Tweedledum and Tweedledee as he once put it.

Yes, that's bizarre, and his complete blindness or indifference to our liberal principles shocking, but nothing has ever changed his mind about that.

As for third-party down the road, I also haven't heard him say anything other than passionately declare that he will win the Democratic primary. Because, you know, we're no better than Republicans and the nation needs him. One thing I am sure of, somehow large amounts of money keep flowing in and the only way he'll be leaving the national scene will be if he's carried out.