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Jan 2, 2016

None of them. Sorry to dispute the very question but they're all awful. I think it's a massive shame there's only 3 candidates (one of whom is never going to win the nomination - O'Malley). The Democratic Party is huge with many talented governors and senators yet the primaries this time around are ridiculously limited in terms of candidates and have far too few debates. This is the party most likely to win the general election and its basically just a coronation for Hillary Clinton. I miss the 2008 primaries when there was a larger array of candidates, even if they just boiled down to Obama and Clinton in the end.

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Feb 5, 2016

I'd say Bernie's relative success in Iowa and his polls in New Hampshire would challenge that assumption, though I do recognize why you feel that way.

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Feb 5, 2016

Bernie Sanders will win in New Hampshire, and probably a few other states in the North, but he's hideously unpopular outside of those areas (particularly in the South). Without a broader appeal across the country Sanders will not get the nomination.

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Feb 5, 2016

Polls consistently show he can beat most of the Republicans including Trump, and with Trump it's by huge margins. He has huge approval ratings, and in the South he will have the benefit of black voters.

I think the big value of Bernie is that he's pushing the pack leftward. It's a populist year.

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Feb 5, 2016

Sanders is down by 30 points in South Carolina, 20 points in Nevada, down 30 in North Carolina, and is down by the same number in even Massachusetts. In a 2 person race that's pretty conclusive. Sanders will not be the nominee, and that makes your point about Sanders beating the GOP field irrelevant, especially when indications show Clinton would be just as strong in the general election.

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