Bernie Will Get the Nomination and Lose the General...Badly

American Thinker ^ | 02/13/2020 | Ed Mazlish

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Even before most people were paying attention to the Democratic debates and primaries, I predicted on my Ayn Rand: Taking Liberty podcast with Scott Schiff that Bernie Sanders would win the Democratic nomination for president in 2020. The basis for my prediction was that in a flawed field, the Democrats would "test drive" each of their candidates as the frontrunner, disqualify each candidate for his obvious flaws, and settle on Bernie for several reasons. That is what is happening. Bernie has rocketed to the top of the Democratic field and seems poised to claim the Democratic nomination.

Bernie is the guy with whom Democratic voters are most comfortable deep in their hearts. He says all the things the others believe and that Democratic voters feel, but he says it all without dilution and without intellectual compromise. His intellectual consistency makes him the most comfortable candidate to the Democratic base — they know that when it comes to policy, Bernie will not embarrass and will not disappoint. When he speaks, Democrats nod their heads in agreement — even the ones who oppose him. That is a huge asset when running in a hotly contested primary.

Bernie is also the candidate with the most committed followers. His organization is second to none in the Democratic field. But while organization and intellectual consistency are important, they are not enough to win the nomination alone, as Ron Paul found out during his runs for the Republican nomination. The base of the electorate needs to be comfortable with the candidate in order for him to win the nomination. Republicans were never really comfortable with Ron Paul's foreign policy plans — but Democrats are deeply comfortable with every one of Bernie's policy positions.

[ridesthemiles]

Have ANY of the Dem candidates commented on how THEY would handle the Coronavirus???

[ridesthemiles]

I listened closely to the sound bit about the reporter question to Bloomberg:

Are YOU trying to BUY the election?

Bloomberg said no-—I think technically, he is parsing the words, and he isn’t TRYING to buy the election...

HE IS BUYING THE ELECTION not just trying...

[Beagle8U]

Bloomberg has to much money for the rest of the rats to compete with. He can buy all the ad space and fill it 24/7 with negative ads.

Bernie and Biden doesn’t have a chance.

[EinNYC]

The Bernie phenomenon is the result of decades of conditioning schoolchildren to believe that government will solve all their problems and take care of them, so they don't have to think so much. Just sit there complacently and accept what is handed to you, spiced up with the mantra Free-Free-Free. It's Animal Farm writ large, and it scares the HECK out of me. If these brainwashed demobots ever come to outnumber thinking people, heaven help us.

[Bommer]

Mike has yet to show, unless he runs 3rd party. If Bernie gets screwed over, he will inact revenge by going 3rd party

[Preachin']

Honestly, I’d love to see Biden win in South Carolina and turn this into a competitive bloodbath. It thrills me to see liberals waste money on campaigns.

[oldtech]

Why would any person in their right mind vote for Sanders anyway? If we ever get the DOJ back on the right track, I’d say a Bernie voter needs to be investigated.

[Maine Mariner]

Agreed. I will not be surprised if Bloomberg is the nominee.

[warsaw44]

I have thought for months that when Trump is reelected there will be massive riots country wide.

These people know deep down they have no chance to win the election and they’ll have their battle plans already drawn up.

It’s going to be ugly and in some cities the powers that be will not attempt to stop them.