[FreedBird]

If Hillary wins the primary, Sanders could run on an independent ticket for President. He could create a socialist party and disrupt Hillary’s chances of winning.

[Slambat]

“The intoxicating vision of a social redemption achieved by Them - this is what creates the left, and makes the believers so self-righteous.”

It don’t create the left. The left is always there it’s
part of human nature. Just like greed and lust and as proven
by previous elections at least 47% will always choose the
easiest rout or way out or in. Laziness.

Socialism is the absence of self control. The ones that cant
control themselves control the rest.

[Slambat]

“He could create a socialist party and disrupt Hillary’s chances of winning.”

Good luck with that, we already have two.

[Wallace T.]

Not likely. I think Sanders was initially set up as a sparring partner for Hillary Clinton, to make her appear moderate. He is the leftist equivalent of Ron Paul, an ideologue with non-centrist views. What the Democrats did not factor in is the same voter discontent that has plagued the GOP-e. He may well have won the Iowa caucuses, but for her operatives' dirty tricks. As the Senator from neighboring Vermont, he should be expected to win in New Hampshire. Iowa and New Hampshire were also Ron Paul's strongest performances.

However, Sanders has almost no appeal to the black voting bloc, which will be strong in South Carolina and in the "SEC" states, with Texas having a strong Hispanic influence as well. Hillary Clinton will likely have the support of the Mexican-American politicians in the Lone Star State. The South is her firewall, and by early March, she should be well on her way to the Democrat nomination, provided her health holds up or her numerous scandals lead to her indictment. As far as the latter, nothing has happened so far, and I doubt anything will with Obama in office.

Sanders would be prevented from running as a Green Party type candidate by "sore loser" laws in several states. This is the same barrier that prevented Ron Paul from going with the Libertarians after his failed 2008 and 2012 GOP primary campaigns.