The GOP will try to use the Scalia replacement to get social conservatives to show up to the polls (which is one reason why they've turned it into an election issue and created a mini-constitutional crisis.) That's a gambit that just might work.

And he refuses to blindly support Israel. And he said he wouldn't let people die on the streets (pay for them with government funds). He really is sounding like a liberal (I'm watching my recording now .... )

If he runs as an independent, then it is guaranteed that he will lose. That would be an even greater blow to his ego. These third-party candidates end up as footnotes in the history books, not as winners.

Gallup finds that about 1/4th of the country self-identifies as "liberal" when given a three-choice universe of liberal/moderate/conservative. So I'm being kind when I guesstimate that about 4 out of 10 of those self-described liberals are progressives-pining-away-for-socialism.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/180452/li...ervatives.aspx

Even the Tea Party has more devotees than that, and I sure as hell don't want that minority thinking that it gets to impose its ways on everyone else.

Trump nearly has the Republican primaries sewn up, for better or worse.
Bloomberg is the Independent who will emerge, and quite possibly win.
Hard to beat a fiscal conservative (see NYC) and a social moderate/liberal again see NYC. That is a potent combo for the large number of independents.

I was otherwise engaged, and not in the fun way.

I'm seeing bits of the debate this morning and it looks like a blood bath. Based on what some of the posters here are saying, Trump is pivoting to the center on some issues. Not a surprising move now that he's pretty much won this primary. I want to remind everybody that he got this far by scapegoating Mexicans, Muslims, African Americans, the Chinese, the Vietnamese, et al. He has stoked the worst aspect of the American psyche - racism. He's pretty much been endorsed by the KKK and Aryan Brotherhood. IMO he does not get a walk now just because he won't 'let people die in the streets'. He's a sick and dangerous malignancy and needs to be amputated from the American public narrative.

Hillary is standing as a Democrat.

So as usual you ignore the part where I showed that what Sanders is proposing is actually quite popular when you actually ask people, and post a non-sequitur about liberals.

And like Boiler she can't elucidate why.

Covered man many times, now why somebody would vote for Hillary is a mystery. Outside of the medical sphere.

When you ask Americans about whether they like features of the ACA, then they're pretty positive about it. But when you ask those same Americans how they feel about Obamacare, they start shaking their heads.

If Sanders won the nomination, he would be targeted as a pinko commie and he and his ideas would become less popular quickly. Sanders has largely been untouched by attack ads and aggressive campaigning to date, but that honeymoon would end if he became the nominee. Clinton has been in the national spotlight and attacked for decades, so you can't compare the two directly.

If nobody has a majority of delegates going into the convention, then it will be brokered. It is not determined by a popular vote and a plurality is not enough.

Early state results are often not a good indicator of the final outcome. We'll have to see.

Which posts do you and Jerseygirl explain your "anyone but Clinton" stance? In fact, Steerpike specifically asked you for your reasoning a few days ago and was met with silence...