I think he (Trump) will get the same percent nationally that he is now getting among the Republicans plus some small fraction of the remaining Republicans. That should get him into a respectable but losing high 40s percentage among voters. That won't be enough nationally. There are too few educated voters out there, but far too many for Trump to be elected. Please archive this post. We can revisit it after the election. I think a primary difference between Sanders and Trump is that Trump is making hardened enemies hand over fist, whereas Sanders is making disbelievers and believers, but not hardened enemies. People naturally like Bernie. He has many friends on both sides of the isle in the House and Senate.
I thought you were "Hot for Hillary". What gives? I will agree that Bernie did well in the forum last night.
bernie lives is a bizarre world world where fake man made global warming is a more serious threat than terrorists. He will not outlive that quote in the general. It will cap his upside... it shows he is too nutty to be the CIC. Plus there are millions of democrats who will be happy to vote for trump not because they like Trump that much but because they too are concerned about jobs, and pay and what the open borders do to them. the establishment media has downplayed this now hatred of establishment policies for so long, some of you are fooled.
Jem, let's not forget that Bernie's campaign is also taking advantage of disillusion with establishment politics. The disillusioned among the Democrats are going to vote for Bernie, not Trump. It is bizarre, but both Trump and Bernie are taping into discontent with 'establishment' politics. Is that why we have a Trump on the right leading and a Bernie on the left leading? The level of discontent may have surprised mainstream politicians. This is shaping up to be a very interesting election year, to say the least...
The level of discontent has, indeed, surprised the establishment. In the past, they were able to promise, never deliver and still get re-elected. Now, suddenly, comes someone who - to them - says all the wrong things and all of a sudden has a dedicated and growing following. The corrupt never see the revolution coming until its too late.
that's what I said when he was at 30%. 30% are braindead and just want to hear something they can understand. Yet now we are talking 40% like nothing has changed. If you are just talking politics and not what is good for the country, once a jew gets out of New Hampshire it is hard to find a friend, especially among blacks. The humor in it all is you democrats still take politics seriously, like it can be a vehicle for positive change. No big deal for you, but a big problem for the media. The funny thing is, I have yet to hear Trump say anything that is untrue, no matter how crazy it sounds to the pc crowd, and even me. For instance, "We need to ban muslims until we figure out what the hell is going on." How is that untrue? What's the other side? "No, we should keep doing what we are doing even though we don't know what the heck is going on."? And everyone of his quotes follow that same logic. But I like the Bern. He's the first one that even got Hillary asking, "And how again are we going to pay for it?"
I agree I told my father in law I would take bernie over establishment dems and establishment Rs... he couldn't believe it. I told him I would rather see what a real lefty could do rather than the worst of the left and the worst we get from the establishment. . But... when I read that a top union leader stated that 60% of her membership know calls themselves conservative... I don't think hillary or bernie are going to come within 10% of Obama.
This so far is shaping up to be an election unlike any I can recall. It is very early, and normally anyone would be a fool to predict primary winners and losers this early. But oddly, the die seems already to have been cast. The populist wind in both parties appears unstoppable. But is it? Betty Davis said it best, "Fasten your seatbelts..."