Beneath tonight's crowing and cheerleading there are legit fears that a Bernie nomination could damage the "progressive" movement and the party for decades. Can it be their internal polling - as opposed to the MSM pap that insists he would beat Trump - reveals that Americans would not elect an admitted socialist? That the result would be a total wipeout of Dem power?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...23482e-d70c-11e5-be55-2cc3c1e4b76b_story.html
This is the source of the panic that Sanders causes the much-maligned Democratic elites. It’s not about ideology; it comes from a fear that having Sanders as a nominee will decimate progressive candidates down the ballot — and leave Republicans in control of the House, and state capitals, for another decade or two.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...23482e-d70c-11e5-be55-2cc3c1e4b76b_story.html
This is the source of the panic that Sanders causes the much-maligned Democratic elites. It’s not about ideology; it comes from a fear that having Sanders as a nominee will decimate progressive candidates down the ballot — and leave Republicans in control of the House, and state capitals, for another decade or two.