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[Mister Agenda]

I fear that the oppo research the GOP has on Sanders that they're waiting to spring if he becomes the nominee would sink his presidential campaign. They'll paint him as a hypocrite (millionaire socialist), commie ('praised' Castro, supported the Sandinistas, honeymooned in Soviet-era Moscow), and ne'er do well (stole electricity from a neighbor, never held a 'regular' job outside of politics).

If he gets the nomination he's got my vote; but just because someone's positions resonate doesn't mean they're the best candidate to field in a particular election. Swing voters, they type that voted for Obama and then voted for Trump, the ones who will make the difference in battleground states, may not 'get' the difference between social democrats and democratic socialists; but for the most part they know 'socialism bad'. The sad part is that Bernie is not a socialist in any meaningful way, just a Social Democrat, him embracing the title was shooting himself in the foot should he ever want to be president of the USA (given his likely remaining lifespan). The country is ready to expand healthcare benefits, but if you call yourself a socialist, not enough are going to trust you not to smuggle gulags in while you're about expanding Medicare; and this is still true largely of even Democratic voters.

OTH, if the economy tanks, any port in a storm....