2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why should we vote for a candidate with LESS of a chance to win the GE? [View all]libdem4life
(13,877 posts)Could be some are unaccepting of an Independent coming into the Democratic Party, even though he works with them in Congress.
As far as I'm concerned, he represents the values of the Democratic Party...and he's not liberal. He's an old-fashioned Democrat. It's what we used to be about, what brought me into this party decades ago, and I'm proud to help bring it back.
I do agree, however, that her negatives do not bode well and will probably outweigh the "Socialist!" panic. When people learn that we already have a fair dose of socialism, thanks to FDR et al, I think that will settle in. The older folk will at least remember about FDR and the younger ones are mostly behind Bernie because he reaching out to them politically and personally.