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because Republicans' decades long dislike of her & Bill will bring will bring the GOP base out to the polls in record numbers.
Who does the GOP want to run against in the General? Trust me... that is not Sanders... it is not O'Malley, hell, it is not Chaffee or Webb. They are desperate to run against HRC. There is an epic amount of Op Research and she will get the base to go vote in November. Sanders... Webb, O'Malley. no not really.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027061446
I don't know where you pulled your "repubs want Bernie to be the Dem nominee" statement from, but if it's anything more than wishful thinking, provide your source or admit you're wrong. I just googled Republicans want Hillary for nominee and came up with the following.
Republicans for Hillary, Part 2 - Why conservatives want her to run.
This is from her 2004 primary effort, but the same is still true.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/chatterbox/2003/09/republicans_for_hillary_part_2.html
1. She brings a divided right together. There are all sorts of interesting fissures these days among conservatives. Neoconservatives are divided about whether to remain faithful to Donald Rumsfeld. Supply-siders (a group that, for convenience' sake, Chatterbox lumps with Paul Krugman's "Starve-the-Beasters"
are mad at the neocons for waging a costly war that makes future tax cuts unthinkable. The military is mad at the Bush White House for stretching its resources too thin (a subject Chatterbox hopes to expand on later this week). Libertarians are mad at the Bush White House for post-9/11 infringements of civil liberties.
How to reunite these warring factions? Imagine an imminent presidential run by Hillary Clinton. Clinton-hating is perhaps the sole unifying principle left in the GOP.
2. Nostalgia. The longing to re-create Clinton-bashing unity isn't based solely on political calculation. The right actually misses its halcyon days of concocting insane Clinton conspiracy theories (remember the Mena airport?). Bliss it was in that dawn to be alive! Now that they're in power, folks like Theodore Olson have to act respectable. It's mostly worth it, but it's a lot less fun.
3. Fund raising. Some of the longing to re-create Clinton-bashing unity is based on political calculation. If the rank and file can be riled up into thinking a Clinton restoration is imminent, they will give generously to Republican candidates and causes.
4. Belief that American politics is dynastic. For years, Republicans braced themselves for a Kennedy restoration that never happened. With George W. Bush, it did happen. Is this the future pattern of presidential politics? Chatterbox suspects not, but conservatives are temperamentally sympathetic to primogeniture. That's how Dubya got elected in the first place!
5. Belief in their own Hillary caricature. The standard Republican view of the former first lady is that she's a power-grabbing b****. By pretending that Hillary's scheming to seize the presidency, conservatives can claim to offer evidence for their view.
5. A longing to make the 2004 presidential race interesting. Conservative journalists are no less inclined than other journalists to root for developments that will spice up political coverage. A Hillary bid would certainly achieve that.
But lack of passion (or even a perceived lack of passion) is dangerous for her regardless of how serious a candidate Sanders winds up being. Republican base voters will be fired up beyond belief to take back the White House -- and vote against Clinton -- next November. She has to find ways to create that passion for herself within the Democratic base.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/08/10/this-bernie-sanders-crowd-shot-should-make-hillary-clinton-a-little-jittery/
And this, written during the last primary she lost, but still true today.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/chatterbox/2003/09/republicans_for_hillary_part_2.html
are mad at the neocons for waging a costly war that makes future tax cuts unthinkable. The military is mad at the Bush White House for stretching its resources too thin (a subject Chatterbox hopes to expand on later this week). Libertarians are mad at the Bush White H[ouse for post-9/11 infringements of civil liberties.
How to reunite these warring factions? Imagine an imminent presidential run by Hill
Is that they are about a decade behind in their grasp of reality. Also, they don't read books, for the most part, except for propaganda books from Regnery.
Repubs don't understand true grassroots. They understand astroturf. They understand getting paid to be on a bus to go see bush. Those things they understand, but they don't understand true grassroots, such as what you are seeing with Bernie.
Here's how I know this. For four years I was on an armchair detective website. This site attracted a lot of wingnutz, as they were called at the time. My understanding of how they "thought" was gradual and I put it together over a period of about four or five years. Republicans are no mystery--they're just people who don't have a lot of curiosity, they don't read, and they were probably raised in authoritarian households, for the most part. They're also kind of simple in a strange sort of way. These are all generalizations; of course, like anything, there are exceptions.
Cher
People power, not money power!!!
Latinos for Bernie.
Todos con Bernie
20,000 @capacity
You should also mention the eight thousand outside who could not get in.
All disguised as empty seats.
Photos WORTH THOUSANDS OF WORDS!
How can they BE THERE...WITHOUT MSM? Because People don't Rely on the MSM ANY MORE!
THEY CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER "OFF MSM CONTROL."
TAKE THAT IN YOUR CHOPS ...MSNBC with your LATEST FIRINGS! WE LEFTY DEMS ...Now Have OUR OWN SITES!
