Kind of on the level of an enraged & vindictive 17 year old Girl-----LOL
I don't see Bernie as angrier than Trump, but different strokes. The dirty secret that the left is trying to hide is that a sizeable % of the base has hated Hillary for a long time, still much of that quite evident on current social media. It's why she lost to Obama & why so many were clamoring for Elizabeth Warren to run last year. She has too much "baggage"& let's face it, not a particularly likeable person. Many of my fellow progressives are settling for her not because they like her, but they feel she's a pragmatic choice that could win the White House. The same can't be said for Bernie.which is why the GOP establishment is now so "impotent" & which fostered such grassroots angry populist demagogue ready candidates as Trump & Cruz, candidates that the party establishment hates. The center of gravity is NOT the party, but right wing media. Unfortunately, for Ailes & Fox News in re to Trump, they created a Frankenstein monster which they can't control.
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and for the record, Fox has been blasting Trump since day one.
Trump is not a product of right wing media, Trump is a product of social media, a medium he has a mastery of unrivaled by the other candidates.
Kind of on the level of an enraged & vindictive 17 year old Girl-----LOL
I don't see Bernie as angrier than Trump, but different strokes.
The dirty secret that the left is trying to hide is that a sizeable % of the base has hated Hillary for a long time, still much of that quite evident on current social media. It's why she lost to Obama & why so many were clamoring for Elizabeth Warren to run last year. She has too much "baggage"& let's face it, not a particularly likeable person. Many of my fellow progressives are settling for her not because they like her, but they feel she's a pragmatic choice that could win the White House. The same can't be said for Bernie.
It's what also makes her a very vulnerable candidate. She expected, just like she did in 08, for the election, especially the primaries to be a virtual cakewalk, more of a coronation than a campaign, but just like in 2008, that's not what she is getting.
and before you Dems get too cocky, just remember the GOP thought Mitt Romney was the "pragmatic choice" that could get elected. Personally I am both happy and relieved that Elizabeth Warren didn't run, she is one candidate that the Dems would have voted for enthusiastically and without reservations. She would have been tough to beat. I give Trump a serious chance of beating a badly damaged Hillary Clinton, I wouldn't have given him a snowballs chance in hell of beating Elizabeth Warren. When Trump starts beating up on Hillary in the fall, he will appear justified, especially on this "War on Women" bullshit, what with Hillary's past staring her right in the face, everyone is going to be reminded how she ran roughshod over all the "bimbos" in Bill's past, she was ruthless and the whole country is going to be reminded about it. Trump would have no such leverage over an Elizabeth Warren and going "tough" on her would make him look like a heartless bully, where Hillary will be seen as deserving everything she gets.
She'd probably have a harder time with Cruz, IMO. Rubio, after the disstrous debate, may no longer be a factor.
Limbaugh's influence has been gone for years. Most people have no clue who Ailes is. Levin and Hannity are jokes and only have their group of secular followers.
Trump is the product of reality TV which is the latest thing to dominate politics.
This is probably the weakest group of candidates -- on both sides -- to ever run. The Dems have two old and, if one weren't married to a former Prez, unelectable candidates. The GOP has a couple of good guys - Kasich, in particular -- that just don't have the oomph in today's reality TV world.
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