2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If any of this counts as "progressive", I'll eat my hat. [View all]DanTex
(20,709 posts)But our reasons for wanting our respective candidates to win is the same: the future of the country. I happen to think that the future of the country would be better under Hillary, and I have my reasons (the main one is I don't think Bernie would hold up to GOP attacks).
Here's the thing. If Hillary were to lose the primary, I would obviously support Bernie in the general. But a substantial number of people here on DU are aligned with the "Bernie or Bust" ideology of letting Trump win if Hillary becomes the nominee. In general (though not always), the harshest Hillary critics are the BoBs. And regardless of how one feels about H vs B, it goes with out saying that nobody who wants to let Trump into the white house cares the slightest bit about where the country is heading.