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In reply to the discussion: Is it just possible that people who don't believe Sanders can win aren't "afraid" of him? [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)Sanders has a very steep hill to climb, and insufficient name recognition, money, support and a "perception of vigor" to make the path easy for him. He also doesn't fit the paradigm of a world leader--he looks like an academic, and he looks older than his actual age, which isn't helpful, either, to sell his brand to the more shallow members of the electorate. Clinton doesn't fit an American paradigm, either, but Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, has done her a MASSIVE favor by being out and about on the world stage--her presence in the big leagues makes it easier for Clinton and inclines people who are squeamish about any kind of change to feel more at ease about the possibility of a female POTUS.
I, too, remember the Kucinich posts. I should think Senator Sanders will gather a few more votes than he managed--Sanders is more beloved in VT than Kucinich was in OH, I think. He'll probably get a bit of traction in NH, too.
Nothing is actually "gained" from the simplistic dismissal of reservations, but it all makes for one hell of a DU catfight/brawl/donnybrook/bust-up. People on DU, some of them, REALLY like to fight. They think that yelling at people via the internet matters.
It's not living, though, when people do that kind of thing--it's an imitation of it!