Sanders opens 12-point lead nationally: poll

[OliverQ]

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/483408-sanders-opens-12-point-lead-nationally-poll

[dem4decades]

1. Why do I feel the larger Sanders lead the better chance Trump has to be elected?

It's depressing as hell.

[riversedge]

5. I am feeling the same

[Zolorp]

9. Keep hope alive

Look at actuary tables for 79 year old men who have had a heart attack within the last year.

[Turin_C3PO]

11. I hope you're not implying what I think you're implying.

That would be terrible.

[Zolorp]

14. Sanders is an unwell man.I expect him to drop out for health reasons

The rigors of a national campaign will eventually prove to be too strenuous for a man of his age and in his health. He'll be forced to leave the race. I give it another month, tops.

[Eyeball_Kid]

15. Age is and will always be a factor.

The political conversation around "ageism" is bound by myths.

When we get old, we slowly lose capacity-- slowly if we're lucky. That's just a fact of nature.

The Democratic primary field is virtually saturated with people in their 70s, and that, IMO, is too old to take a job that's the most demanding on earth. And I'm in my seventies, and I'm perhaps more fit than 98% of people my age. I know that younger people have more energy and stamina as a natural condition that has nothing to do with prejudice or bias. It's just a fact of nature that we can't fake. We all die. Remember Dylan's line: He not busy being born is busy dying.

[Zolorp]

20. I agree

Ideal situation would be for Klobuchar or Buttigieg to break out, but I just don't see that happening.

[Locrian]

16. ummm, bloomberg is 78, biden 77, sanders 78 - n/t

[Zolorp]

19. Only one has had a heart attack in the past year.

The rigors of the campaign are not good for a man of his age in his health.

I predict he will have to drop out.

[nobuddy]

18. this sounds eerily like

Clinton referencing Bobby Kennedy

[Zolorp]

2. So we're just gonna sail right over that cliff

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

3. At least we all finally know Bernie's the one who's REALLY inevitable, as I've been sayin all along

while others demanded that Bernie, the current frontrunner, should drop out... no, that's the former frontrunner who showed he wasnt inevitable, as he hasn't, and won't, win a single state.


Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join the revolution!!

[Dopers_Greed]

4. Ideas for 2024 nominees anyone?

When Trump's up for his third term.

[Zolorp]

6. I think Kamala Harris or Stacy Abrams would be great against Donald Jr.

[still_one]

8. Unfortunately, there may be more truth in that than not

[still_one]

7. Thanks Bloomberg. Looks more and more like we are headed for an open convention.

[BusyBeingBest]

10. Moderates need to coalesce around one candidate.

[Turin_C3PO]

12. I'm still pulling for Biden.

He’s still in this thing.

[Eyeball_Kid]

17. I was surprised and dismayed...

... at Biden's debate performances. His projection of overweening confidence and his bragging, combined with his fragmented sentences and "stream of consciousness" ramblings were enough to send me looking for a younger voice. He seemed too eager to impose dominance over his competitors and implied that all of them are to be summarily dismissed in favor of his candidacy. I don't want another "stream of consciousness" rambler in charge of anything. We have that in Dictator Donnie right now. I'm not intending to be insulting or demeaning to you, Turin, or anyone else. If Biden gets the nomination, I'll vote for him in a heartbeat. But Biden presents complications that I hope we don't have to face.

BTW, I saw Dweezil Zappa and his "Hot Rats Orchestra" last week in Portland. It was a great show with outstanding musicians, including Mr. Zappa. I'd see them again.

[LanternWaste]

21. I suppose yours is what happens when we

give a greater priority to a perceived style over measurable and objective substance.

Dismaying? Certainly. Surprising? No... not really. We're a shallow, consumer culture which values pretty packaging over actual content.

[jcmaine72]

13. How long before someone dismisses this poll as not being indicative of what "real America" thinks?

I guess, just like Iowa and NH, the whole of America is too white and not representative of what "real America" is like.