2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The latest Quinnipiac poll is everything we've been waiting for! [View all]You really don't have any grasp on how radically the country has changed. Really, the impact of the establishment's policies have radicalized people, and the impact has been disastrous. The polls on the issues, the size of the population that no longer affiliates with either party (and how well Sanders does with that group), how well Sanders does relative to Clinton versus Trump, how much more liked and trusted he is. What in the hell does modern America have to do with America 40 years ago?
As it stands now (none of us can predict the future), he is by far the most electable candidate. To think that he would collapse and she wouldn't is to basically argue that there are more scandals or developments that could crash his candidacy than hers. I don't see how any logical person could argue that, given her top donors, the FBI investigation, her foundation, her Wall Street transcripts, etc.