Bernie Will Get the Nomination and Lose the General...Badly

[mystery-ak]

February 13, 2020
Bernie Will Get the Nomination and Lose the General...Badly
By Ed Mazlish

Even before most people were paying attention to the Democratic debates and primaries, I predicted on my Ayn Rand: Taking Liberty podcast with Scott Schiff that Bernie Sanders would win the Democratic nomination for president in 2020.  The basis for my prediction was that in a flawed field, the Democrats would "test drive" each of their candidates as the frontrunner, disqualify each candidate for his obvious flaws, and settle on Bernie for several reasons.  That is what is happening.  Bernie has rocketed to the top of the Democratic field and seems poised to claim the Democratic nomination.

Bernie is the guy with whom Democratic voters are most comfortable deep in their hearts.  He says all the things the others believe and that Democratic voters feel, but he says it all without dilution and without intellectual compromise.  His intellectual consistency makes him the most comfortable candidate to the Democratic base — they know that when it comes to policy, Bernie will not embarrass and will not disappoint.  When he speaks, Democrats nod their heads in agreement — even the ones who oppose him.  That is a huge asset when running in a hotly contested primary.

Bernie is also the candidate with the most committed followers.  His organization is second to none in the Democratic field.  But while organization and intellectual consistency are important, they are not enough to win the nomination alone, as Ron Paul found out during his runs for the Republican nomination.  The base of the electorate needs to be comfortable with the candidate in order for him to win the nomination.  Republicans were never really comfortable with Ron Paul's foreign policy plans — but Democrats are deeply comfortable with every one of Bernie's policy positions.

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[Cyber Liberty]

I would not bet against this scenario.  Communists are the biggest single voting bloc in the Rat party.

[Snarknado]

Sanders isn't looking that strong to me - he needs to pick up 90% of the supporters Warren is losing but that isn't happening so far. With the dems' proportionate delegate allocations 25% "wins" won't get you to 50% of the delegates.

Edit> Dems say Sanders worries them because he can't be elected, but I think there's a lot more to it than that - they may be more worried about him winning than losing. It's interesting to look at it from the perspective of dems in Congress. Most aren't openly advocating socialism; even the centerpiece medicaid-for-all was co-sponsored by less than half of them. The rest must be dreading the prospect of a Sanders presidency tanking the economy, pushing unpopular and divisive programs and dooming them in 2022. And Sanders knows he'd have only 2 years to ram his agenda through and is perfectly willing to throw the dems under the bus to get everything he wants. I don't think enough of them will go along with it, and I don't think Sanders will compromise on half measures. They could be looking at a total meltdown.