I know right now we are supposed to start rallying around the heir apparent...
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But hillary has demonstrated weakness to key vulnerabilities that the GOP will seize upon in a general election.
It's also worth noting that moderates on either side of the aisle seem immune to the ignorant suggestions of communist overtones in bernie's democratic socialist moniker. Though many Bernie supporters may back Hillary in the general as a half-hearted token of support, there will be little follow-up turnout at the next mid-terms, as witnessed in the Obama buyer's remorse turnout which lead to a solidified GOP control of congress.
My point is that fervent bernie supporters (which appear to be a considerable majority in key states) are primarily interested in electing a party outsider, who also appeals to the segments which both admire and despise trump, and bernie seems poised to galvanize this group into a new faction (yes, faction) squarely opposed to the primarily corporatist goals of either party. The ensuing emergence of a movement no longer consumed by xenophobia or ideology, obsessed with only one thing: fundamental change to the way america works will change forever the discourse of American politics. Third-way dems shilling for their corporate bosses and repubs blindly saluting traditional conservative values will lose their luster when voters realize that what they really want is change, and Hillary cannot compete with either trump nor bernie in this regard.
The Republicans want badly to run against hillary because although they know she will trounce them in a general, she is the lesser of two evils. A Bernie win followed by a strong mid-term turnout would spell the end to their oligarchy, and both parties will be devastated by the crowd of incoming progressives.
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