I don’t think Sanders can compete in the South, we’ll see.
I do think if Trump pulls an upset and wins in Iowa it’s lights out for the rest of the GOP field.
I come form the south, and all my old high schools classmates, who are liberal, are posting about Bernie constantly. There was recently a rally in Birmingham, and they literally had people fainting, etc.
Hillary has no special advantage in the south...in fact, she rubs all my southern sensibilities the wrong way (especially the fake accent).
I’m actually terrified at the notion of Sanders winning the whole contest, but I think he’s surging right now.
I think either Biden and/or Warren jump in..but that’s a few weeks off.
They won't pull out until the end. The GOPe needs to prevent Trump from getting a simple majority in any state (which is much easier to do this year since they changed the nomination rules in 2012 after the TEA Party scared them, and it is always easier to do ith bigger fields). Further, it is "conventional wisdom" that the most likely person to beat Trump is Trump, so sticking around until the bitter end is not an unreasonable strategy.... plus the candidates get to keep campaign money, so they have that incentive as well. The GOPe isn't going to ask anyone to leave early for the sake of appearances if the top names aren't GOPe guys.