The Candidate I agree the MOST with on the issues is Bernie Sanders

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53. So, what you're saying is your worried Bernie will win the primary?

I think I misunderstood your post, I apologize. My brain has been a bit scrambled today.

I think if Bernie manages to gain enough traction with his beliefs to win the Democratic nomination, it would signal a significant change in the hearts and minds of a majority of the Democratic voters of this country. By the time such could take place, any manufactured fear of the term "democratic socialist" would have been properly laid to rest. Which would mean he'll have a good chance of winning the general as well. We all know the branch of the Republican party who keep screaming "socialist" as a pejorative will never, ever vote for a Democrat in their lifetime anyway. It's not as if they're relevant to our decisions. The secret is to teach what a progressive, populist candidate really is and bring people to you by showing them how they could benefit. Not tearing down others, but building on your own strengths. Which, I concede, is a very idealistic concept.

I still stand by my belief that the primary is when a person should embrace their idealism, and the general is when they should support the majorities choice of a candidate. It's how we force our party to move to the left, by letting them know it's the direction we want it go.

I'd like to add one more thing, Bernie isn't going to run attack ads against other Democrats. He's out to sweep the feet out from under the Republicans. He's going to lay out what he believes in, why he thinks it can help the majority of the population and why changing the way we currently pander to the corporations is destroying the concept of the American Dream. Which are all things every Democrat in this country should be focusing on.