Outside of Sanders and (possibly) Biden, do we have a weak 2020 lineup?

[Mr. Smith]

2016 was a weak GOP line-up, look what happened.

1972 was a strong line-up, look what happened.

1988 was a strong line-up too (besides Dukakis and Jackson anyway), look what happened.

In short: Wait and see. And if Trump manages to stay where he is, then it'd take some kind of anti Hail-Mary for the Democrats to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory even with someone like Kerry or Dukakis or 2000-era Gore anyway.

[Mr. Smith]

"Outside of Sanders"...?

Sanders is weak, weak, weak too.

You wish.

[Mr. Smith]

"Outside of Sanders"...?

Sanders is weak, weak, weak too.

Weak nationally? I utterly agree. He could never win a general election on his own.

Within the party, as a figure who holds immense power at rallying the progressive wing to support a nominee, and potentially make or break that nominee's candidacy in the general election? Immensely powerful.

People are underestimating the power of the 'Bernie Bros'. They are our Tea Party, and Bernie is our Trump. He's the 21st century William Jennings Bryan. He'd never win an election but he's basically begun a realignment of the party.

Oh, he totally would now, if weren't so old.

Never forget that this was said of Reagan after he lost to Ford, who lost to Carter (who btw, also dark horsed past 15+ establishment candidates and won Wisconsin out of nowhere) , take a guess what happened when this Carter person, ya' know, couldn't get Congress to work with him.