My opinion of Bernie Sanders today is the same as it was in 2016

[brooklynite]

I have no objection to any of his proposed policies.

I don't think for a minute that he can sell them to a General Election electorate, or actually get them passed as President.

[LongtimeAZDem]

1. As such, he can't help us, but he can certainly hurt us.

[handmade34]

2. correct

[katmondoo]

3. Does he believe his own policies or just using them for attention

[R B Garr]

9. I think this is the key. People are catching on that realism

doesn’t have to be part of the dialogue, so why should he have all the fun.

[samnsara]

4. I liked his message but NOT the messenger...

...but many other have that message now.


Spell checks going nuts.

[Pachamama]

5. +100000

My thoughts and feelings exactly about Bernie Sanders

[secondwind]

6. He always polled higher than HRC against Trump.

Still, I would rather he not run again.

[David__77]

8. I absolutely thought he was most viable in 2016.

My thought right now is that that may be true of Biden.

[radius777]

12. Those numbers were hot air

as he was never hit with any type of serious oppo or negative ads.

HRC was battle tested.. she had taken 25 years of beatings from both the right and left, and without last minute Comey's stunt she wins the election easily, even with the Russian meddling.

HRC also won several demographics Sanders never would've done well with, such as moderates, suburban women, PoC and others... Sanders would've done better w/youth and white men but I don't think it would've been enough to offset his glaring deficit with the typical Clinton/Obama voting blocs.

[VOX]

14. THIS.

Bernie was given a pass by Republicans in 2016, with an eye toward fomenting disharmony within the Democratic Party. The Russian interference really focused on this divisive tactic as well.

If the Republicans had actually released their hounds on Bernie in full fury, his campaign would have had the aerodynamics of a grand piano.

[LongtimeAZDem]

17. Exactly

[Act_of_Reparation]

7. Bernie's a kind of William Jennings Bryan.

Influential, popular, and disruptive, but not the most thoughtful or capable candidate. I think he will probably do well in the primary, but probably not as well as he did previously.

That being said, I no longer trust people who claim to know what candidates can or cannot win general elections.

[Fullduplexxx]

10. Someone who doesnt know his time has passed

[honest.abe]

11. Thats pretty much how I felt in 2016 but..

considering what happened then I fear Bernie will again be a divisive and destructive force in the Dem primary. I wish he wasn't running.

[Tom Rinaldo]

13. Sanders helped move the ball regarding some policies entering the mainstream of political debate

Ever since I underestimated how quickly LGBTQ rights and "Gay Marriages" could win majority support in this nation I am hesitant to argue that public support for things like the living wage, free public college education , important elements of the "Green New Deal" and some version of Medicare for All might shift in our favor much quicker than previously thought.

[crazytown]

15. "Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall" Obama 2013 Inauguration

[Tom Rinaldo]

16. Thank you for posting that video

First time I saw it, and though I knew about the event I knew virtually nothing about the memorial. Cross currents of social change, both good and bad, seem to keep accelerating.

[Codeine]

18. It's a good message delivered by a shitty messenger.

Compound this with the antics of his base and his candidacy becomes utterly untenable.

[Blue_Tires]

19. Bernie the man isn't that bad

Despite the fact that he hates Obama and Hillary a million times more than Trump...

But mark my words: When he loses (again), his cultists are going to set the world on fire just to spite us (again)...

[Starry Messenger]

20. Some of his policies are great, if limited, in my view

He just can't organize himself out of a paper bag and he doesn't have a broad coalition, by almost design on his part.