I believe that Sanders is not electable. You can argue, but this is true

[TexasTowelie]

24. The terms of service for DU members state that they can be banned if they discourage other members

from voting or that they will not vote for the eventual nominee. However, those rules don't apply to the overall electorate and there are no loyalty oaths. There will undoubtedly be a group that either won't vote or who won't vote in the presidential race while marking the rest of the ballot, no matter who wins the nomination.

The election in 2020 is probably the most important since 2000 because in the following year state legislatures will have to redraw districts after the census data is released. While it would be terrible to see Trump reelected, the 2020 race will affect politics not only for the next four years, but the next decade. Democrats need a presidential nominee with long coattails. but the independent senator from Vermont is not that candidate in most regions of the country.

Current speculation is that there are about a half-dozen House of Representative seats in Texas alone that could flip from red to blue if there is a strong ticket and campaign funds are wisely allocated. There are also House and Senate races in other states that can be flipped, but if we pick the wrong candidate then we will lose those so-called "red states" for a decade or more and possibly some of the gains that we made in the mid-term elections.

The question that I have for Bernie's supporters is why they would want to put him in the toughest job in the world that ages the occupant about two years for every one year while in office? It almost seems cruel.