Will Bernie run and will he go Indy?

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Democratic Primaries only... Sanders has already said he won't be a spoiler.

Actually, he never said he wouldn't be a spoiler or wouldn't run as an Indy. That being said, I don't think he wants to ruin his reputation among the dem. party leaders.

Probably the Democratic primary only if he runs at all.

[Attorney General & PPT Dwarven Dragon]

as I've pointed out before, if he ran as an Indy spoiler he would face retribution from the Dem Senate caucus re: committee assignments.  they could turn him into a backbench ghost, and it's not like he can caucus with the GOP, so he'd have zero leverage.

so even if he genuinely doesn't give a sh**t in a Clinton v Bush race he will not run as an Ind.

he's 73. how many more senate terms does he have left anyhow? if he ever wanted to go all in, now would be the time.

He has definitely one more full term left in him, maybe even two. People who think old age means you leave the senate should remind themselves that Grassley is running for reelection despite the fact that he will be 83 on election day, and that McCain is running for reelection despite the fact that he will be 80 on election day.